Category Archives: voter registration

“Does America Really Have a Problem with Ghost Voters?”

September 24, 2015, 7:42 amNVRA (motor voter), voter registrationRick Hasen

VICE: Earlier this year, the Public Interest Legal Foundation, a nonprofit law firm founded to “fight lawlessness in American elections,” issued a report with what, on the surface, looked like alarming statistics: according to US census data, in… Continue reading

“Voter registration at the center of partisan voting war”

September 23, 2015, 10:06 pmNVRA (motor voter), The Voting Wars, voter registrationRick Hasen

Zach Roth reports for MSNBC.

“Director’s Note: Expanded Opportunities on National Voter Registration Day”

September 22, 2015, 7:40 amelection administration, voter registrationRick Hasen

David Becker writes for Pew. MORE from Doug Chapin.

“How Automatic Voter Registration Can Transform American Politics”

September 22, 2015, 7:38 amvoter registrationRick Hasen

Ari Berman writes for The Nation.

“Support lackluster for voter registration”

September 18, 2015, 7:42 amelection administration, voter registrationRick Hasen

Bismarck Tribune: Support for voter registration was weak Thursday during a meeting of the interim Judiciary Committee, whose members, tasked with studying the issue, were more concerned with verifying residency. North Dakota is the sole state without voter registration,… Continue reading

“Entwining Two Rights in California: Voting and Driving”

September 17, 2015, 12:22 pmvoter registrationRick Hasen

NYT editorial.

“Kobach’s dual voter registration scheme is illegal and should be dumped, ACLU says”

September 12, 2015, 12:26 pmelection administration, NVRA (motor voter), voter registrationRick Hasen

KC Star on a very important suit.

“California Senate OKs automatic voter registration plan”

September 11, 2015, 7:55 amvoter registrationRick Hasen

LAT: In response to the record-low turnout in the last election, the state Senate on Thursday approved a bill that would automatically register to vote any eligible Californian who gets a driver’s license unless they opt out. The measure… Continue reading

“Hassan vetoes 30-day residency requirement to vote”

July 10, 2015, 3:52 pmelection administration, voter registrationRick Hasen

AP: “Gov. Maggie Hassan has vetoed legislation that would have required people to live in New Hampshire for 30 days before voting.”

“Senate passes online voter registration bill”

June 24, 2015, 1:41 pmelection administration, voter registration, voting technologyRick Hasen

News from Ohio. Prospects less certain in the Ohio House.

“Voting Rights Advocates Settle Long-Running Voter Registration Suit”

June 17, 2015, 7:45 amNVRA (motor voter), voter registrationRick Hasen

Press release: Voting rights advocates and Massachusetts officials announced today that settlements have been reached in a three-year old federal lawsuit regarding the requirement to provide voter registration opportunities to low-income citizens who receive public assistance benefits. The lawsuit,… Continue reading

News from Ohio: “Senate moving to approve online voter registration”

June 10, 2015, 7:59 amelection administration, voter registrationRick Hasen

Columbus Dispatch: Senate Republican leaders want to see online voter registration pass by the end of June. Ohio currently allows voters to update their registrations online, but full online registration is not available. The Senate Government Oversight and Reform… Continue reading

“Republicans reject another way to expand voting access”

May 14, 2015, 2:10 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter registrationRick Hasen

MSNBC: Democrats and Republicans have battled in recent years over almost every major aspect of voting rules. But they have found one rare area of agreement: allowing people to register to vote online—an innovation that a growing number of… Continue reading