“Renewed ‘Scrub’ of Florida Voter List Has Elections Officials on Edge”
The Tampa Bay Times has this story on a new “purge” of noncitizens planned by Gov. Rick Scott.
Category Archives: voter registration
Litigation Anticipated on NC Voting Changes
The Charlotte Observer has this report on lawsuits anticipated after North Carolina’s Republican Governor Pat McCrory signs a sweeping election bill, as he’s expected to do later this month. Meanwhile, the Triangle Business Journal reports here on Democratic Attorney General… Continue reading
“Release – Culberson-Rokita Bill Empowers States to Fight Voter Fraud”
Press release: “Reps. John Culberson (TX-07) and Todd Rokita (IN-04) recently introduced H.R. 2829, the Restoring Important Voting Eligibility Requirements to the States Act of 2013, or the RIVERS Act. The RIVERS Act restores the states’ Constitutional power to… Continue reading
“The potential impact of one voting change in Durham, N.C.”
Don Taylor blogs.
And an update.
“Florida To Resume Voter Purge Following Supreme Court VRA Ruling”
“Republican Who Tossed Voter Registration Forms Let Off The Hook”
Ryan Reilly:
The young Republican who grabbed national headlines after being arrested for throwing voter registration forms into a dumpster before the 2012 election won’t be facing any legal consequences.
A judge in Virginia dropped several misdemeanor charges against… Continue reading
New Project Vote White Paper on Interstate Matching Programs for Voter Registration
Here.
“Project Vote Releases Policy Paper on Permanent Portable Voter Registration”
Press release: “Continuing in our Issues in Election Administration series, today Project Vote is releasing a new policy paper on Permanent Portable Registration. You can read and download this new paper here.”
Literacy tests from the 60s
This isn’t a news item, but rather a collection of actual literacy tests from the 60s.
This Slate piece linked to this site hosted by the Veterans of the Civil Rights Movement, and their collection of literacy tests. As… Continue reading
Problems with data matching
This Miami report discusses Belén Alvarez Vásquez, listed on the electoral rolls with the last name of “Alvarez Vásquez” and on the records of deceased individuals with the last name of “Vásquez.”
Here, the mismatch failed to remove Alvarez Vásquez… Continue reading
“Sale of Voter Registration Data Raises Questions, Objections”
A story discussing permissible use of voter registration data in California. Every state’s laws are different: this study lays out the basic landscape as of 2004, though use restrictions have since changed in some places.
EAC Going Out of Business Sale?
In my mind, Exhibits A and B for keeping (and strengthening) the federal Election Assistance Commission arrived this morning.
Draft data from the 2012 Election Administration and Voting Survey — our best national source of data to date about the… Continue reading
Automatic voter registration
Steven Hill, in the Atlantic, calls for states to enact automatic voter registration in the wake of Shelby County.
The Oregon House, apparently, was listening. It passed this bill, empowering the Secretary of State to register individuals… Continue reading
BREAKING NEWS: Section 4 of VRA struck down
The wait is over. SCOTUSblog reports that section 4 of the VRA has been struck down — the formula for determining preclearance coverage. The Chief Justice wrote the opinion, with Justices Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, and Kagan in dissent.
UPDATE: The… Continue reading