Category Archives: voter registration

“How Oregon Increased Voter Turnout More Than Any Other State”

July 28, 2017, 8:02 amelection administration, voter registrationRick Hasen

The Nation: Recently, policy-makers have begun examining automatic voter registration (AVR). It has generated a lot of excitement, and rightly so. New research from Demos examines the effects of Oregon’s recent adoption of AVR on the level and composition of… Continue reading

Justin Levitt: Mass. Voter Registration Ruling is “Significant”

July 24, 2017, 5:09 pmvoter registrationRick Hasen

Boston Globe: The ruling is a significant one and could influence election law in other states, according to Justin Levitt, a professor of election law at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles. “The rationale is thought out in great detail,”… Continue reading

State Court Strikes Down Mass. 20-Day Registration Cutoff for Voting

July 24, 2017, 12:20 pmvoter registration, votingRick Hasen

The opinion is not yet available, but according to the ACLU’s Dale Ho: “Decision means state cannot require ppl to register 20 days before election bc violates state constitution.” More: “No remedy ordered yet – could mean Election Day… Continue reading

GOP Illinois Governor Will Sign Automatic Voter Registration After Vetoing It Last Year”

May 31, 2017, 7:33 amvoter registrationRick Hasen

Sam Levine for HuffPo: Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner (R) intends to sign legislation supported by both chambers of the Illinois legislature that will automatically register people to vote when they interact with state drivers’ facilities and other state agencies. The… Continue reading

“Nevada Governor Vetoes AVR, Voters To Decide”

March 22, 2017, 8:56 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter registrationRick Hasen

A ChapinBlog.

“How the Ugly 2016 Presidential Election Could Change the Way We Vote in Future Ones”

November 29, 2016, 7:13 amalternative voting systems, voter registrationDan Tokaji

The Fix on ranked-choice voting, automatic registration, and other possible reforms.

“Illinois advances effort to automatically register two million voters”

November 17, 2016, 7:26 amvoter registrationRick Hasen

Think Progress.

“Ohio does not want to add most illegally purged voters back to the rolls”

October 13, 2016, 8:12 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter registrationRick Hasen

Think Progress: A few weeks ago, a federal court declared Ohio’s purge of Harmon and more than one million other inactive voters illegal. Since then, the state and voting rights groups have been negotiating a settlement to allow most of… Continue reading

“Florida Voter Registration Deadline Is Extended, a Win for Democrats”

October 13, 2016, 8:07 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter registrationRick Hasen

NYT: A federal judge has extended Florida’s voter registration deadline to Oct. 18, agreeing with voting rights advocates and the state Democratic Party that damage from Hurricane Matthew threatened to deprive some residents of their right to cast a ballot.… Continue reading

“Facebook’s voter registration push pays off big time”

October 13, 2016, 7:31 amvoter registrationRick Hasen

The CS Monitor reports.

“New state laws discourage registering immigrants. How will that affect the Latino vote?”

October 10, 2016, 7:35 amcampaigns, voter registrationRick Hasen

Heath Brown for The Monkey Cage: On Oct. 3, Latino Decisions released results of a poll of Latino voters, with fairly predictable results. Most respondents – 67 percent – rate Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton favorably, while 77 percent hold a… Continue reading

Breaking: Democrats Sue to Extend FL Voter Registration Because of Hurricane

October 9, 2016, 4:46 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter registrationRick Hasen

The complaint states that failure to extend in the face of a hurricane violates rights to equal protection and the right to vote, with displaced voters being treated worse than others, as well as a Voting Rights Act claim: Because… Continue reading

“State Democratic Party to SOS: Voter registration deadline is illegal”

October 7, 2016, 11:27 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter registrationRick Hasen

Jon Ralston: Nevada Democrats have notified the secretary of state that Saturday’s voter registration deadline violates federal law because it falls outside of a mandated 30-day window before the election. If the SOS does not extend the deadline to Tuesday,… Continue reading

Chapin: Lennon’s Law, Hurricane Matthew and the 2016 Election

October 7, 2016, 7:31 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter registrationRick Hasen

The following is a guest post from Doug Chapin (and huge thanks to Doug for putting this together so quickly): Over at the Election Academy blog – where I usually get my electiongeek on – I often refer to something… Continue reading