Category Archives: NVRA (motor voter)

Breaking: In Major Decision Rejecting Kris Kobach’s Claims of Massive Voter Fraud, Tenth Circuit Unanimously Holds Kansas’s Documentary Proof of Citizenship Requirement to Register to Vote Violates Constitution and Federal Law

April 29, 2020, 9:06 amfraudulent fraud squad, NVRA (motor voter)Rick Hasen

In a major ruling, a 10th Circuit panel (consisting of 2 judges, as a third judge on the panel had passed away), a Tenth Circuit panel has held that a Kansas anti-voting law championed by former Secretary of State Kris… Continue reading

“National Democrats jump into new lawsuit over Texas voter registration requirements”

January 7, 2020, 3:04 pmNVRA (motor voter), The Voting Wars, voter registrationJustin Levitt

The latest from the Marc Elias litigation machine is a challenge in Texas to the rejection of voter registration forms with digital pictures of signatures. The complaint notes that, among other things, when voters register to vote along with… Continue reading

“Groups settle suit with Arizona over voter address updates”

January 7, 2020, 3:03 pmNVRA (motor voter), voter registrationJustin Levitt

In Arizona, litigants settled an NVRA compliance case over alleged failures in the process of updating voter registration addresses when people change their address during motor-vehicle transactions. The settlement itself is here.

Purges and the 2020 election

December 31, 2019, 2:06 pmNVRA (motor voter), voter registrationJustin Levitt

Sam Levine, from his new post at the Guardian, with a report.

“Federal Judge Won’t Undo Georgia Voter Purge”

December 30, 2019, 1:04 pmNVRA (motor voter), voter registrationJustin Levitt

On Friday, the federal court rejected a preliminary injunction seeking to reinstate about 98,000 registration entries who had not responded to notices or contacted election officials since January 1, 2012 – declining (under Pennhurst) to issue a federal order enforcing… Continue reading

While in Wisconsin, a purge sits temporarily on hold…

December 30, 2019, 1:04 pmNVRA (motor voter), voter registrationJustin Levitt

The lede from the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel: “The Wisconsin Elections Commission deadlocked Monday over whether to remove the voter registrations of more than 200,000 people in response to a judge’s order. The commission’s inability to reach a consensus means the… Continue reading

“Are States Purging Or Cleaning Voter Registration Rolls?”

December 23, 2019, 9:30 amelection administration, NVRA (motor voter), The Voting Wars, voter registrationRick Hasen

NPR’s Pam Fessler.

PILF Sues Detroit Over Voter List Maintenance

December 11, 2019, 3:26 pmfraudulent fraud squad, NVRA (motor voter)Rick Hasen

Detroit Free Press: A public interest group has sued the city of Detroit in federal court, claiming it has thousands of dead people on its voter lists and even more duplicate names of registered voters — problems the group fears … Continue reading

“Group seeks to remove thousands from Wisconsin’s voter rolls because they are believed to have moved”

October 16, 2019, 7:14 amelection administration, NVRA (motor voter)Rick Hasen

Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel: A conservative group is seeking to quickly remove thousands of people from the voting rolls who election officials believe have moved.The question over how to treat as many as 234,000 voters comes as Wisconsin emerges as one… Continue reading

“Kentucky Democrats sue state for labeling 175,000 voters ‘inactive’ before election”

October 11, 2019, 8:21 pmNVRA (motor voter)Rick Hasen

Lexington Herald-Leader: The Kentucky Democratic Party sued the State Board of Elections Thursday, claiming it unlawfully placed 175,000 registered voters on an “inactive” list that might infringe on their right to vote.The lawsuit filed in Franklin Circuit Court followed unsuccessful … Continue reading

Unanimous 11th Circuit Panel Affirms District Court Ruling Upholding Broward County, FL’s List Maintenance Rules Against NVRA Challenge Brought by ACRU

August 23, 2019, 8:19 amNVRA (motor voter), voter registrationRick Hasen

Opinion in Bellitto v. American Civil Rights Union: The National Voter Registration Act requires state election officials to make a reasonable effort to remove certain ineligible registrants from the voter rolls. The American Civil Rights Union (“ACRU”) claims that… Continue reading

“Rensselaer County Board of Elections to give ICE voter registration information”

July 19, 2019, 10:36 amNVRA (motor voter), voter registrationJustin Levitt

Specifically, Rensselaer apparently indicates that they’re going to share the list of people registering through the DMV, ostensibly to combat illegal immigration (the only relevant list ICE would have, I believe, pertains to individuals overstaying visas). I’m not sure… Continue reading

“Happy Birthday to an Important Voting Rights Protection”

May 20, 2019, 11:47 amNVRA (motor voter)Rick Hasen

Demos on the 26th anniversary of the NVRA.

Tenth Circuit Panel in Oral Argument in Fish v. Schwab (was: Fish v. Kobach) Seems Skeptical of Kansas’s Attempt to Reverse District Court’s Block of Kansas’s Documentary Proof of Citizenship Law

March 18, 2019, 5:12 pmelection administration, NVRA (motor voter), The Voting WarsRick Hasen

You can listen to the oral argument here. With the caveat that one never knows how to read oral argument, and judges can change their minds before issuing an opinion, here are some thoughts: The judges seemed to believe… Continue reading