Category Archives: voter registration

Wisconsin Appeals Court Declines to Intervene in Purge Case

January 8, 2020, 8:27 amvoter registrationDan Tokaji

AP reports on the yesterday’s ruling: A state appeals court will stay out of a closely watched Wisconsin case over the purging of up to 209,000 registered voters in the battleground state.The District 4 appeals court in Madison said in… 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.

“Voters in town once run by polygamous sect probably broke the law when they cast ballots, prosecutor says, but charges are unlikely”

January 5, 2020, 12:54 pmchicanery, voter registrationJustin Levitt

The Salt Lake Tribune runs a story about potential improper registration in Colorado City (which, despite the name, is half of a community that straddles the Utah-Arizona boder). There are real problems of unlawful behavior in Colorado City. But… Continue reading

Here come the latest purge demands

January 3, 2020, 4:42 pmThe Voting Wars, voter registrationJustin Levitt

Looks like Judicial Watch released another tranch of NVRA demand letters. Also looks like they’re still identifying allegedly non-compliant jurisdictions at least in part by comparing point-estimate registration data on legal domicile to trend-estimate ACS data on physical CVAP presence.… Continue reading

“Conservatives seek immediate purge of voters in Wisconsin”

January 2, 2020, 1:36 pmThe Voting Wars, voter registrationJustin Levitt

The latest on this saga is a motion seeking to hold the members of the Wisconsin Elections Commission in contempt for failing to remove 200,000 voter registrations pending an appeal of a state trial court’s order. More 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.

“22,000 reinstated to voting rolls as Georgia attorneys defend purge”

December 20, 2019, 8:24 amThe Voting Wars, voter registrationRick Hasen

AJC: The Georgia secretary of state’s office announced Thursday that it would reinstate about 22,000 voters that it had removed from the rolls earlier this week.The announcement came two hours before state attorneys returned to federal court to defend the… Continue reading

“Judge orders state to purge more than 200,000 Wisconsin voters from the rolls”

December 13, 2019, 7:53 pmThe Voting Wars, voter registrationRick Hasen

Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel: An Ozaukee County judge on Friday ordered the state to remove hundreds of thousands of people from Wisconsin’s voter rolls because they may have moved. The case is being closely watched because of the state’s critical role in… Continue reading

“Will the Class of 2020 Vote Next November? California’s Governor Just Vetoed Legislation That Would Have Made it More Likely.”

November 11, 2019, 11:59 amvoter registrationRick Hasen

Civics Center: Almost every member of the Class of 2020 in California high schools will be old enough to vote next November. But will they be registered? Governor Gavin Newsom just vetoed AB 773, which would have required public… Continue reading

“After the Purge; How a massive voter purge in Georgia affected the 2018 election”

October 30, 2019, 12:55 pmvoter registrationRick Hasen

APM Reports: Georgia is one of a handful of states that removes people from the voter rolls for not turning out to vote in recent elections. Democrats and voting rights advocates have argued that just because someone chooses not… Continue reading