“Lawyers’ Committee and Partners Settle Indiana Class Action Lawsuit Regarding Compliance with the National Voter Registration Act of 1993”
See this press release.
Category Archives: voter registration
“Michigan Failing to Offer Voter Registration to Public Assistance Clients”
Project Vote has issued this press release.
“6 face charges for illegal voting in Duluth, Iron Range”
News from northern Minnesota:
St. Louis County Auditor election department records show that Brown voted in the November 2008 general election. According to the criminal complaint against him, Brown has been convicted of multiple felonies in multiple states. He told… Continue reading
And If I Do Say So Myself Dept.
Florida SOS Kurt Browning has written Changes Improve Florida Elections. I find the following paragraph to be particularly disingenuous:
I have no reason to believe that the court’s review will be more or less favorable than the U.S. Justice… Continue reading
“Citizens Rise Up in Maine”
The Boston Globe offers this editorial.
“Federal Primary Runoff Elections and Voter Turnout Declines, 1994 – 2010”
FairVote has posted this new report. Here is a summary:
This report analyzes turnout data for the 146 primary runoff elections held between 1994 and 2010. Primary runoffs are elections between the top two vote-getters that are held after… Continue reading
“Judge fines ACORN $5,000 for voter registration scheme”
The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports.
“DSCC asks Justice to halt Florida voting law”
Ben Smith has this post on Politico, regarding a letter from the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee to DOJ’s voting rights section, asking that it deny preclearance of Florida’s recent changes to third-party voter registration, early voting, and provisional voting rules. … Continue reading
Maine EDR Supporters Claim They Have Enough Signatures for Referendum
According to this report, groups seeking to reverse the elimination of election day registration say they’ve collected enough signatures to get their referendum on the November ballot, but those signatures still need to be verified. In related news, the… Continue reading
Opinion Upholding PA Voter Registration Law
The opinion, which rejects Project Vote’s facial challenge to a law prohibiting per-signature payment for registration workers, may be found here (h/t Richard Winger).
Update & clarification: Rick tweets on the case here. I’ve slightly amended my initial… Continue reading
Fla. Secretary of State Helpfully Flags Which Provisions of New Election Law May Violate Voting Rights Act
He’s only sidestepping DOJ on 5 of 81 election law changes: “changes to the time in which third party registration groups are required to submit voter registration cards, adjustments to petition signature verification, the discontinuation of changing your registration at… Continue reading
“Turning Away College Students”
The Bangor Daily News editorializes about the recent allegations of voter fraud in Maine.
“Democrats slam Indian-American Gov for saying herself ‘white'”
PTI: “Democrats have accused North Carolina’s Indian-American Governor Nikki Haley of listing her race as ‘white’ in her voter registration form in 2001 and playing on it for political convenience. Haley created history this year as she was sworn… Continue reading
The Person Offering Medical Pot for Voter Registration Cards is a Dope
…and someone who backtracked fast.