Category Archives: voter registration
Unanimous 11th Circuit Panel Affirms District Court Ruling Upholding Broward County, FL’s List Maintenance Rules Against NVRA Challenge Brought by ACRU
Opinion in Bellitto v. American Civil Rights Union:
The National Voter Registration Act requires state election officials to make a reasonable effort to remove certain ineligible registrants from the voter rolls. The American Civil Rights Union (“ACRU”) claims that… Continue reading
“Civil Rights Groups Sue Tennessee Over New Law That Puts Voter Registration Drives At Risk”
HuffPost:
Civil rights groups sued Tennessee on Thursday over a controversial new law that will subject voter registration groups to potential fines and criminal penalties, saying the measure is unconstitutional, vague and will intimidate people from helping others sign up… Continue reading
EAC Chair McCormick Defends Her Opposition to Automatic Voter Registration
The Fulcrum:
The chairwoman of the Election Assistance Commission told the nation’s state legislators last week that she’s opposed to automatic voter registration.Adding qualified citizens to the rolls whenever they do business with a state agency, unless they choose to… Continue reading
“2020 election: Dems man up for recount; GOP looks to boost voter ranks”
“Iowa will keep voter registration system for 2020 elections”
The AP on the nuts and bolts of trying to figure
out the right amount of space to upgrade election technology in an unending
election environment.
“Rensselaer County Board of Elections to give ICE voter registration information”
Specifically, Rensselaer
apparently indicates that they’re going to share the list of people registering
through the DMV, ostensibly to combat illegal immigration (the only
relevant list ICE would have, I believe, pertains to individuals overstaying visas).
I’m not sure… Continue reading
“Voter Fraud Activist Will Apologize To Citizens He Accused Of Being Illegal Voters”
LULAC v. PILF settle two different lawsuits
Well, one lawsuit, really, over publishing identifying
information of individuals incorrectly accused of committing voter fraud.
But you’d never know it was the same suit from reading the
press releases. Plaintiffs here,
defendants here.
(Disclosure: I helped
one… Continue reading
Looking to the high schools
The Civics Center has been particularly active in encouraging eligible high school students to register and vote. A post today discusses the path forward after legislation failed in Maryland, following on a post a few weeks ago discussing a pending… Continue reading
State v. county election systems management
An
important story in Washington State about the integration of county
registration systems into a newer statewide system. It’s not important because it’s particularly
new or surprising (it’s neither), but just as a reminder of the details to be
ironed… Continue reading
“Voter Registration Is Surging—So Republicans Want to Criminalize It”
Eliza Newlin Carney:
In the wake of a midterm that saw surging turnout by non-white, young, and urban voters—all blocs that tend to favor Democrats—a backlash in GOP state legislatures was perhaps inevitable. What troubles voting rights advocates is… Continue reading
“Same-day registration: A simple solution to protect voter rights”
Brian Miller and Miles Rapoport oped in The Hill.
Michigan’s New Voting Rules
The Detroit News reports on the implementation of same-day registration and other new rules in tomorrow’s elections, taking place in 65 of 83 Michigan counties. Secretary of State (and former Election Law Prof) Jocelyn Benson says: “The May 7 election… Continue reading