Category Archives: voter registration

“Voter registration down among Hispanics, blacks”

May 4, 2012, 10:57 amvoter registration, votingRick Hasen

WaPo: “The number of black and Hispanic registered voters has fallen sharply since 2008, posing a serious challenge to the Obama campaign in an election that could turn on the participation of minority voters….For both Hispanics and blacks, the… Continue reading

“LDF and Project Vote Win Important Legal Victory for Public Assistance Recipients in Louisiana”

May 4, 2012, 9:37 amNVRA (motor voter), voter registrationRick Hasen

Press release: “Yesterday, voting rights advocates won an important legal victory that will ensure that Louisiana’s public assistance agency clients—the state’s poorest and most marginalized residents—will be offered an opportunity to register to vote. In a forceful decision, a … Continue reading

“Between Voting Rights and Voting Wrongs”

May 1, 2012, 7:39 amelection administration, The Voting Wars, voter id, voter registration, voting, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Michael Waldman of the Brennan Center has written this oped for the NYT “Campaign Stops” blog.

Moritz-ELJ Conference: HAVA at 10

April 27, 2012, 9:04 amelection administration, Election Assistance Commission, Fixing Election Administration, provisional ballots, voter id, voter registration, voting technologyDan Tokaji

I’m pleased to announce that The Ohio State University’s Moritz College of Law will host a conference on Friday, May 18, 2012 to commemorate the 10th Anniversary of the Help America Vote Act of 2002, with papers to be published… Continue reading

“3rd-party groups register voters – very carefully”

April 25, 2012, 3:18 pmvoter registrationRick Hasen

The Orlando Sentinel reports.

DC Court Reviewing Fla. Sect 5 Challenge Won’t Rule before July

April 24, 2012, 8:33 amThe Voting Wars, voter registration, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

See here.

New curbs on voter registration could hurt Obama”

April 22, 2012, 1:04 pmThe Voting Wars, voter registrationRick Hasen

Reuters reports. I think that’s the point.

“Georgia Agrees to Comply with National Voter Registration Act, Settles Lawsuit Brought by Lawyers’ Committee and Partners”

April 19, 2012, 7:44 amNVRA (motor voter), voter registrationRick Hasen

This press release begins: “A coalition of national voting rights groups have secured a landmark settlement with the State of Georgia to ensure that voter registration is offered to all public assistance applicants. The state has settled a lawsuit, brought… Continue reading

“Arizona Case is a Vivid Reminder of Lasting Power of Motor Voter”

April 19, 2012, 7:38 amelection administration, NVRA (motor voter), voter registrationRick Hasen

A ChapinBlog.

“Voter ID Laws Take Center Stage at House Judiciary Hearing”

April 18, 2012, 6:10 pmelection administration, military voting, The Voting Wars, voter id, voter registration, voting, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Main Justice reports. You can find a link to the webcast, and to the witness statements of Cleta Mitchell, J. Christian Adams, Eric Eversole, and Wendy Weiser, here.

Arizona Will Seek SCOTUS Review of 9th Circuit Opinion on Federal Voter Registration Form

April 18, 2012, 11:03 amelection administration, NVRA (motor voter), Supreme Court, The Voting Wars, voter registrationRick Hasen

AZCentral.com: “‘We always expected the U.S. Supreme Court to have to decide this one,’ [AZ AG] Horne said, adding that he expects the high court to uphold the entire law.” My earlier coverage is here and here. One… Continue reading

More on 9th Circuit Gonzalez v. Arizona Opinion

April 18, 2012, 7:37 amelection administration, Election Assistance Commission, voter registrationRick Hasen

Following up on this post, Howard has this news roundup. One knowledgeable reader questioned my suggestion in the last post that the federal form could be used for third party voter registration efforts, suggesting that the form doesn’t seem… Continue reading

En Banc 9th Circuit Decides Very Important Voter ID and Voter Registration Case from Arizona

April 17, 2012, 12:18 pmvoter id, voter registration, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

[For updated coverage, see here.] The Ninth Circuit, sitting en banc, has decided a major election law case, Gonzalez v. Arizona. The majority opinion by Judge Ikuta begins: Proposition 200 requires prospective voters in Arizona to provide proof… Continue reading

DOJ’s Tom Perez’s Rutger’s Speech on Voting Rights

April 13, 2012, 4:28 pmredistricting, The Voting Wars, voter id, voter registration, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Here. Lots of comments on Texas redistricting, the voter identification cases, and Florida’s new voting law. Perez says that because of evidence of discriminatory intent or effect, section 5 of the Voting Rights Act is still “critically necessary.”