Category Archives: voter registration

House Oversight Requests Documents re 2018 Georgia Elections

March 6, 2019, 3:07 pmchicanery, provisional ballots, voter registration, voting, Voting Rights Act, voting technologyJustin Levitt

The House Oversight Committee asked Georgia Governor Brian Kemp today for a set of documents related to voters’ difficulties in Georgia in 2018. So far, it’s just a request. And Kemp appears unimpressed.

More on SOS Office Use of the KY Voter Registration System

March 6, 2019, 2:59 pmelection administration, voter registrationJustin Levitt

The reporting continues with respect to employees in the Kentucky Secretary of State’s office, looking up names in the voter registration rolls, potentially to assess political affiliation. The SOS’s office claims that “all searches were performed at the request of… Continue reading

“Secretary of state advises Texas counties they may keep vetting list of suspected non-citizen voters”

March 6, 2019, 4:20 amvoter registrationDan Tokaji

San Antonio Express News: Texas Secretary of State David Whitley will tell Texas counties they may continue to look into the citizenship statuses of voters on his list of suspected noncitizens, according to an advisory approved by a federal… Continue reading

“Gov. Greg Abbott blames DPS for voter roll snafu. But the story behind the citizenship review is complicated.”

March 5, 2019, 8:45 amvoter registrationDan Tokaji

Texas Tribune: In reality, the voter citizenship review was flawed in two major ways.For one, officials from the Texas secretary of state’s office based their review on data DPS had warned would not be up-to-date. In addition, miscommunication between… Continue reading

Who Gets to Vote?

March 4, 2019, 12:42 pmFixing Election Administration, voter registrationDan Tokaji

Governing: Expressing concerns about security, a majority of states have taken steps in recent years that restrict voting in one way or another, including photo identification requirements, cutbacks to early voting and policies designed to make it more difficult… Continue reading

“Abbott blames flawed voter purge effort on ‘faulty information’ from Department of Public Safety”

March 2, 2019, 4:19 amvoter registrationDan Tokaji

San Antonio Express-News: Republican Gov. Greg Abbott is blaming the Texas Department of Public Safety and its director for a flawed effort to purge non-citizens from the state voter rolls. “The Secretary of State [David Whitley] was hamstrung by… Continue reading

Tokaji: A Grand Election Bargain That Everyone Should Support

November 20, 2018, 12:21 pmlegislation and legislatures, voter id, voter registrationDan Tokaji

In collaboration with Take Care, Election Law Blog is pleased to present a series of posts offering thoughts on legislation to reform the U.S. electoral process. Election reform is back on Congress’s agenda. Having won control of the U.S.… Continue reading

“Voter Registrations Spike as Deadlines Loom. Taylor Swift Had Something to Do With It.”

October 10, 2018, 6:13 pmvoter registrationRick Hasen

NYT reports.

“Here’s how newspapers could help you register to vote”

September 19, 2018, 4:07 amvoter registrationDan Tokaji

Josh Douglas and Adam Eichen in WaPo urging that newspapers follow the Ithaca Times‘ example by printing voter registration forms on their front page on National Voter Registration Day next week.

The North Carolina subpoenas get even more disturbing

September 11, 2018, 11:24 amchicanery, voter registrationJustin Levitt

Looks like the North Carolina US Attorney’s Office also subpoenaed the state DMV. The subpoena is here. Among the other information sought: DMV voter registration documents (including from citizens) for individuals not born in the US and documents (including… Continue reading

Mueller Indictment Reveals Election Security Vulnerabilities

July 15, 2018, 7:36 amchicanery, voter registrationDan Tokaji

Politico: “Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein said Friday that hackers within Russia’s GRU military intelligence service targeted state and local election boards, infiltrated a Florida-based company that supplies software for voting machines across the country, and broke into a state… Continue reading

“Massachusetts Senate unanimously passes automatic voter registration bill”

July 15, 2018, 7:27 amvoter registrationDan Tokaji

The Hill reports that a different version was passed by the state house last month, and that legislators hope to hammer out a version that would take effect by 2020, if signed by the state’s Governor Charlie Baker, a Republican. … Continue reading

“Reversing course, Sununu signs voter residency bill into law”

July 14, 2018, 10:11 amvoter registration, votingDan Tokaji

AP: “Republican Gov. Chris Sununu reversed course Friday and signed a bill imposing residency requirements on out-of-state college students who vote in New Hampshire. Current law allows students and others who consider the state their domicile to vote without… Continue reading

Mississippi Relaxing Voter Registration Deadline for Runoffs to Comply with NVRA

July 14, 2018, 9:57 amvoter registrationDan Tokaji

AP on the state’s action in response to a demand letter from the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights on behalf of the NAACP: Mississippi is updating a voter registration deadline to meet a requirement of a 1993 federal law, giving… Continue reading