Category Archives: Election Assistance Commission

“Roberts Survives Re-Election Battle But May Opt Out of Rules Panel Chair”

November 5, 2014, 8:50 pmelection administration, Election Assistance Commission, political parties, political polarizationRick Hasen

Bloomberg BNA: Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kan.), the top Republican on the Senate Rules Committee survived a tough re-election battle Nov. 4 and may now be in line to take the chairmanship of the Rules panel, with the Republican takeover… Continue reading

35 Organizations Send Letter Calling for Up-or-Down Vote on EAC Commissioner Nominees

September 10, 2014, 7:21 amelection administration, Election Assistance CommissionRick Hasen

Read it here.

EAC Nomination Hearing for Republican EAC Commissioners

September 7, 2014, 9:17 pmelection administration, Election Assistance CommissionRick Hasen

Coming up this week.

“Don’t let Arizona and Kansas get away with potentially discriminatory voter registration rules”

September 2, 2014, 10:22 amElection Assistance Commission, Elections Clause, NVRA (motor voter), The Voting WarsRick Hasen

LAT editorial.

What’s the Matter with Kobach?

August 27, 2014, 4:44 amElection Assistance Commission, voter registrationDan Tokaji

By “Kobach,” I mean the Kobach v. EAC case in which the Tenth Circuit heard oral argument Monday – rather than its lead plaintiff, Kansas’ controversial Secretary of State Kris Kobach, who argued the position of his state and the… Continue reading

“Bloomberg Law: Suit Over Voter ID Law Expedited (Audio)”

August 26, 2014, 2:20 pmelection administration, Election Assistance Commission, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Podcast: Professor Daniel Tokaji, an elections law expert at the University of Ohio Moritz College of Law, discusses a lawsuit filed by Kansas and Arizona seeking to force federal election officials to impose proof-of-citizenship requirements on national voter registration… Continue reading

“Court hears arguments on voters having to prove citizenship”

August 26, 2014, 7:20 amelection administration, Election Assistance Commission, Elections Clause, The Voting Wars, voter registrationRick Hasen

The LA Times reports.

“‘Whoa, Whoa, Whoa’: 10th Circuit Not Quite Ready to Wade Into Dispute Between Kansas, Arizona and EAC”

August 26, 2014, 7:19 amelection administration, Election Assistance Commission, Elections Clause, The Voting Wars, voter registrationRick Hasen

A ChapinBlog.

“Federal appeals court questions Kansas’ proof-of-citizenship rules”

August 25, 2014, 4:39 pmElection Assistance Commission, Elections ClauseRick Hasen

The Wichita Eagle offers a detailed report on today’s Kobach v. EAC 10th circuit oral argument.

“Senate Rules Committee to Take Up Election Agency Nominees After Recess”

August 4, 2014, 7:10 pmelection administration, Election Assistance CommissionRick Hasen

Bloomberg BNA: “The Senate Rules and Administration Committee is expected to consider two Republican nominees to the Election Assistance Commission sometime after Congress returns in September from a five-week recess. Movement toward Senate confirmation of the nominees could put the… Continue reading

“Getting Back Together: New Nominees Raise Hope for a Revived EAC”

July 18, 2014, 8:39 amelection administration, Election Assistance CommissionRick Hasen

A ChapinBlog.

Breaking: U.S. Election Assistance Commission May Be Back with Commissioners Soon

July 17, 2014, 2:09 pmelection administration, Election Assistance Commission, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

President Obama just announced two nominations for the U.S. Assistance Commission. Matthew Masterson and Christy McCormick are Republican-chosen nominees to join the two nominees from the Democrats, Thomas Hicks and Myrna Perez. The EAC was created as part of the… Continue reading

Quote of the Day

June 4, 2014, 9:26 amelection administration, Election Assistance CommissionRick Hasen

“If Keith Olbermann were running a ‘worst agency in the world’ contest, the EAC might even get more votes than its sister agency, the ever-so-dysfunctional FEC (the Federal Election Commission).” —Heather Gerken, ‘Bad News Bears’ of Elections

10th Circuit Grants Stay in Kobach v. EAC Case

May 19, 2014, 7:17 pmElection Assistance Commission, Elections Clause, NVRA (motor voter), The Voting WarsRick Hasen

In this brief order, the 10th Circuit has stayed the district court’s order requiring the U.S. Election Assistance Commission to modify its federal voter registration form to require documentary proof of citizenship for AZ and KS residents. The appellate… Continue reading