Category Archives: voter registration

“Register Minority Voters in Georgia, Go to Jail”

May 5, 2015, 3:42 pmelection administration, NVRA (motor voter), The Voting Wars, voter registrationRick Hasen

Spencer Woodman reports for TNR. It includes this: Last month, Brian Kemp told the Atlanta Journal Constitution that his elections director, Linda Ford, was resigning at his request because of a “technical error” that caused nearly 8,000 voters to be… Continue reading

“Rep.: Harris Co. officials derail online voter sign-up”

May 5, 2015, 7:30 amelection administration, voter registration, voting technologyRick Hasen

News from Texas.

“In short, not a good day at the office for Detzner but likely a very good day for OVR in Florida.”

April 9, 2015, 7:17 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter registration, voting technologyRick Hasen

Chapin on Fla. SOS bullshit.

“Google searches show that millions of people wanted to vote but couldn’t”

March 26, 2015, 10:35 amvoter registrationRick Hasen

Alex Street at The Monkey Cage: Some scholars argue that requiring early registration hurts voter mobilization in the final days of the campaign, when interest in the election is most intense. But skeptics counter that most of the people who… Continue reading

“Access Denied: New ACLU/Center for Accessible Technology Report Rates State OVR Sites”

March 26, 2015, 9:39 amelection administration, voter registration, voters with disabilitiesRick Hasen

A ChapinBlog.

Two New Reports from the ACLU

March 25, 2015, 8:51 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter registration, voters with disabilitiesRick Hasen

Access Denied: Barriers to Online Voter Registration for Citizens with Disabilities Published by the ACLU and the Center for Accessible Technology focuses on one urgent issue: the accessibility of online voter registration websites for voters with disabilities. The Cost of … Continue reading

“Should Voter Registration Be Automatic?”

March 20, 2015, 7:34 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter registrationRick Hasen

Russell Berman for The Atlantic.

“The Oregon Trail:The state’s new governor is going on the offensive in the battle for voting rights.”

March 19, 2015, 4:48 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter registrationRick Hasen

Alec MacGillis writes for Slate.

“Voting Rights Advocates Settle Voter Registration Suit”

March 19, 2015, 9:25 amelection administration, NVRA (motor voter), voter registrationRick Hasen

Press release: “Today, voting rights advocates announced a settlement with the Massachusetts Department of Transitional Assistance (DTA) that will ensure that hundreds of thousands of eligible Massachusetts citizens are provided opportunities to register to vote in compliance with the… Continue reading

“Oregon’s Automatic Registration is Law: Now What?”

March 19, 2015, 7:24 amelection administration, voter registrationRick Hasen

A ChapinBlog.

“Would Automatic Voter Registration Increase Turnout?”

March 18, 2015, 7:48 amelection administration, voter registrationRick Hasen

NPR reports.

“Want More Voters? Abolish Registration”

March 17, 2015, 9:46 amelection administration, voter registrationRick Hasen

Frank Barry for Bloomberg View.

“Controversial Iowa voter rules will not take effect”

March 13, 2015, 1:55 pmelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter registrationRick Hasen

Des Moines Register: Rules enacted by former Iowa Secretary of State Matt Schultz to identify and disqualify ineligible voters will not take effect, following the resolution of a long-running lawsuit on Friday. The Secretary of State’s Office — now… Continue reading

“Estimating Voter Registration Deadline Effects with Web Search Data”

March 12, 2015, 2:45 pmvoter registrationRick Hasen

Alex Street et al. paper in Political Analysis. Abstract: Electoral rules have the potential to affect the size and composition of the voting public. Yet scholars disagree over whether requiring voters to register well in advance of Election Day reduces… Continue reading