“Texas’s Voter-Registration Laws Are Straight Out of the Jim Crow Playbook”
Ari Berman writes for The Nation.
Category Archives: voter registration
“Ind. office raided in growing voter fraud case”
IndyStar:
Indiana State Police investigators on Tuesday searched a voter registration agency on Indianapolis’ north side as they look into a voter fraud case that spans nine counties.
The investigation began in late August when police learned of the … Continue reading
“News Analysis: Voter registration numbers soar; Social media helps break registration records”
That’s the lead story in this week’s Electionline Weekly.
More on the Ruling on Election Day Registration in Illinois
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Although Think Progress criticizes the ruling, I tentatively think it is right on the merits for reasons I expressed in When is Uniformity of People, Not Counties, Appropriate in Election Administration? The Cases of Early and Sunday Voting”… Continue reading
NRA Sends Incorrect Voter Registration Materials in Wisconsin
Patrick Marley: ‘.@NRA is sending voter registration packets to WI voters but telling them to send them to wrong place — the state instead of local clerks”
More: “So far, the state has received 24 @NRA voter… Continue reading
“Texas principals failing at little-known voter-registration mandate”
San Antonio-Express News:
It’s a little-known, openly violated state election law that gets no real enforcement. If not for the latter, Texas school principals would be in big trouble for not offering eligible high school students opportunities to register to… Continue reading
Hmmm, Vote Purge Suit in Texas Focuses on Hispanic Counties, Not Entire State
This is interesting:
However, U.S. District Judge Ricardo Hinojosa appeared confused as to why the attorney general’s office had gotten involved and said it was the Texas Secretary of State that should be held responsible….
The National Voter Registration… Continue reading
“Steve Bannon moves Florida voter registration to home of Breitbart writer”
Guardian:
Donald Trump’s campaign chief has moved his voter registration to the home of one his website’s writers, after the Guardian disclosed that he was previously registered at an empty house in Florida where he did not live.
Stephen Bannon… Continue reading
IL Gov. Vetoes Automatic Voter Registration Bill; Override Possible
Details to come.
Update: Here’s AP.
“Group sues Illinois over polling-place voter registration law”
Reuters:
A group aligned with a conservative Illinois think tank sued the state in federal court on Thursday, challenging a recent law allowing Election Day voter registration at polling places in the state’s most populous counties.
The statute in… Continue reading
Ohio Voter Purge Case to 6th Circuit
Cincinnati Enquirer:
The three 6th Circuit judges quizzed both sides about the case Wednesday, but they could take weeks to make a decision.
Judges Eugene Siler Jr. and Julia Smith Gibbons were appointed by presidents George H.W. Bush and… Continue reading
“As Clinton launches registration effort, community groups focus on Asian Americans”
“Democrats Have a Plan to Register 50 Million New Voters”
Ari Berman writes for The Nation.
“This new California law could dramatically change the demographics of its electorate”
Eric McGhee and Mindy Romero in The Monkey Cage:
California recently passed the New Motor Voter Act, a law designed to register eligible residents to vote by default when they use the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV), unless they decline.… Continue reading