Category Archives: voter registration
“Voter Registration Modernization Bill Would Improve Outdated Election System”
Press release: “U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) today introduced the Voter Registration Modernization Act, which would provide national standards for secure and accessible online registration and help bring America’s election system into the 21st century.”
Did I ever mention… Continue reading
“Less than 1 percent of voter registration forms turned in by a Georgia group accused of fraud are actually fraudulent”
WaPo:
Less than 1 percent of voter registration forms turned in by a Georgia group accused of voter fraud are actually fraudulent, the Georgia’s secretary of state’s office announced Wednesday.
There were 25 confirmed forgeries found in voter registration… Continue reading
“Sometimes it’s the simple things; Johnson Co., Kansas finds simple solution for proof-of-citizenship”
That’s the lead story in this week’s Electionline Weekly.
“Fraud investigation condemned as effort to ‘suppress’ voters”
The latest from Georgia.
“Less Traveled By: Not Many Dual Track Voters – What Does It Mean?”
“Georgia secretary of state investigating allegations of voter registration fraud”
“Arkansas Neglecting Low-Income Voters, in Violation of Federal Law”
Press release: ” Citing evidence that low-income Arkansas residents have unlawfully been denied the opportunity to register to vote, attorneys from the voting rights groups Demos, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, the NAACP, Project Vote, and… Continue reading
“Abbott defends raid on Houston voter registration group”
Dallas Morning News:
Attorney General Greg Abbott said Tuesday that his office’s investigation of a Houston voter registration group that netted no prosecutions but left the organization in tatters was justified.
The 2010 investigation, which included an aggressive raid,… Continue reading
“Ada County wrongly strips more than 750 voter registrations”
Late last week, Rick linked to a story about potential double voters in Maryland and Virginia. Two groups (Election Integrity Maryland and the Virginia Voters Alliance) claimed to have discovered “tens of thousands” of electors on the rolls in both… Continue reading
“Fairfax officials say some people may have crossed Va.-Md. line to vote twice in 2012”
WaPo: “Tens of thousands of voters were registered to cast ballots in both Virginia and Maryland during the 2012 presidential election — and more than 150 appear to have voted twice, an advocacy group claims…Some Democrats were more skeptical,… Continue reading
Gov. Christie Attacks Same-Day Voter Registration in Illinois
He also comments on some ballot access decisions:
“He will try every trick in the book,” Christie said of Quinn. “I see the stuff that’s going on. Same-day registration all of a sudden this year comes to Illinois. Shocking,” he… Continue reading
What’s the Matter with Kobach?
By “Kobach,” I mean the Kobach v. EAC case in which the Tenth Circuit heard oral argument Monday – rather than its lead plaintiff, Kansas’ controversial Secretary of State Kris Kobach, who argued the position of his state and the… Continue reading