Proposed Republican Rules Package Would Prohibit Amendments on Congressional Bill to Require Documentary Proof of Citizenship Before Voting
Good catch from Pam Fessler.
Category Archives: voter registration
“Donald Trump Announces Plan to Change Elections”
Sort of. The Newsweek headline should really read “Donald Trump Announces Policy Goals” for elections, since all of what he’s proposing would require legislation: “We’re gonna do things that have been really needed for a long time,” he said. “And… Continue reading
“‘Bunch of bull.’ NC voters furious to learn candidates want to disqualify them.”
There’s a challenge to the eligibility of 60,000 voters in the NC Supreme Court race decided by just a few hundred votes. Among the challenged voters: the incumbent justice’s parents.
Any mass challenge to voter registration is going to… Continue reading
“Republican calls for second recount in NC Supreme Court race”
I’ve gotten a few questions about this. First, there was a request for a machine recount of the by-a-tiny-nose North Carolina Supreme Court election between incumbent Allison Riggs and challenger Jefferson Griffin. Then there was a request for a… Continue reading
“RNC Voluntarily Dismisses Challenge to Michigan’s Expanded Voter Registration Sites”
Democracy Docket has posted an update on the RNC’s challenge to Governor Whitmer’s decision to expand voter registration sites in Michigan. The RNC had take the position that Whitmer was acting outside of her executive authority in increasing the number… Continue reading
“Iowa can challenge ballots of 2,000 voters on flawed noncitizen list, judge says”
Des Moines Register:
A federal judge has ruled that Iowa poll workers may continue challenging the ballots of more than 2,000 Iowans who are on a flawed list of possible noncitizens, denying a request to order counties to allow those… Continue reading
“Suspicious voter registration forms in Pennsylvania linked to Arizona city councilman’s company”
Votebeat:
Two Pennsylvania counties have identified an Arizona-based company as the source of thousands of last-minute voter registration applications that they are investigating.
The company, Field+Media Corps, which conducts voter registration and outreach programs, is run by Francisco Heredia, a… Continue reading
AP on Those Potentially Fraudulent Voter Registration Forms in Lancaster PA
AP:
York County Chief Clerk Greg Monskie confirmed this week that his county was reviewing suspect forms. County Commissioner Julie Wheeler issued a statement saying voter registration forms and mail-in ballot applications were among a “large delivery containing thousands… Continue reading
4th Circuit finds RNC raised federal question in NC state equal protection dispute by invoking HAVA
Wonky civil procedure decision today (that is, Republicans filed in state courts and would have preferred to stay there; the board removed to federal court and wanted to stay there) in RNC v. N.C. State Bd. of Elections (lightly revised):… Continue reading
“As Texas refuses online voter registration, paper applications get lost”
Votebeat and the Texas Tribune:
There is no simple way to know how many people are disenfranchised because of this, but more than a dozen local election officials and volunteer deputy registrars shared examples, and multiple people told similar… Continue reading
“U.S. citizens are among the voters removed in Virginia’s controversial purge”
NPR:
Nadra Wilson of Lynchburg, Va., was concerned and confused when she received a letter in the mail from local election officials notifying her that her U.S. citizenship was in question.
The notice said she needed to affirm she was… Continue reading
“Lancaster County officials hold onto crucial details of investigation over ‘fraudulent’ voter registration applications”
LNP:
Thousands of voter registration applications submitted to the Lancaster County elections office are being reviewed because some of them may be fraudulent, District Attorney Heather Adams announced Friday.
At a news conference alongside the Lancaster County Board of… Continue reading