Category Archives: NVRA (motor voter)

“Ninth Circuit Hands Victory to Voting Rights Groups in Public Assistance Voter Registration Case”

September 3, 2015, 4:53 pmelection administration, NVRA (motor voter)Rick Hasen

This is a big deal: Today, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued a decision reinstating a case challenging the State of Nevada’s failure to provide federally required voter registration services to its low-income citizens. … Continue reading

NVRA Settlement Reached with Oklahoma

July 30, 2015, 9:03 amelection administration, NVRA (motor voter)Rick Hasen

Demos press release: Voting rights advocates and Oklahoma officials announced today that a settlement has been reachedto provide more effective voter registration opportunities to citizens throughout the state. This effort began last summer when the Metropolitan Tulsa Urban… Continue reading

“State to review thousands of motor voter registration complaints”

July 6, 2015, 1:34 pmNVRA (motor voter)Rick Hasen

The Houston Chronicle reports.

“States are ignoring federal law about voter registration. Here’s why.”

July 5, 2015, 8:26 pmelection administration, NVRA (motor voter)Rick Hasen

Douglas Hess for The Monkey Cage.

Will Kansas Have Two Election Registration Systems, One for Federal and One for State?

June 29, 2015, 1:42 pmelection administration, NVRA (motor voter), The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Challenge pending, now ripe after cert denial in Kobach v. EAC.

“Voting Rights Advocates Settle Long-Running Voter Registration Suit”

June 17, 2015, 7:45 amNVRA (motor voter), voter registrationRick Hasen

Press release: Voting rights advocates and Massachusetts officials announced today that settlements have been reached in a three-year old federal lawsuit regarding the requirement to provide voter registration opportunities to low-income citizens who receive public assistance benefits. The lawsuit,… Continue reading

“North Carolina in Violation of “Motor Voter” Law; Voting Rights Groups Call on State to Fix Voter Registration at DMVs, or Face Litigation”

June 1, 2015, 11:13 amNVRA (motor voter)Rick Hasen

Project Vote press release.

“Texas keeping thousands from registering, voting group alleges”

May 27, 2015, 7:33 amelection administration, NVRA (motor voter), The Voting WarsRick Hasen

MSNBC: housands of Texans are being disenfranchised thanks to chronic failures in the state’s voter registration system, a Democratic group alleges based on government records and extensive additional evidence. The charges raise serious questions about Texas’s commitment to making… Continue reading

“Voting Rights Advocates Call on North Carolina To Take Action After Voter Registrations Drop Sharply at State Public Assistance Offices”

May 8, 2015, 8:42 amelection administration, NVRA (motor voter), The Voting Wars, voter registrationRick Hasen

Demos Press Release.

“Register Minority Voters in Georgia, Go to Jail”

May 5, 2015, 3:42 pmelection administration, NVRA (motor voter), The Voting Wars, voter registrationRick Hasen

Spencer Woodman reports for TNR. It includes this: Last month, Brian Kemp told the Atlanta Journal Constitution that his elections director, Linda Ford, was resigning at his request because of a “technical error” that caused nearly 8,000 voters to be… Continue reading

“Kris Kobach asks U.S. Supreme Court to restore his proof-of-citizenship law”

March 27, 2015, 7:55 amElection Assistance Commission, Elections Clause, NVRA (motor voter), Supreme Court, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Wichita Eagle: Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn an appeals court decision and restore a state law he wrote requiring proof-of-citizenship documents to register to vote. Kobach wants the Supreme Court… Continue reading

“Voting Rights Advocates Settle Voter Registration Suit”

March 19, 2015, 9:25 amelection administration, NVRA (motor voter), voter registrationRick Hasen

Press release: “Today, voting rights advocates announced a settlement with the Massachusetts Department of Transitional Assistance (DTA) that will ensure that hundreds of thousands of eligible Massachusetts citizens are provided opportunities to register to vote in compliance with the… Continue reading