“Reps Say Obamacare Isn’t Doing Enough To Encourage Voter Registration”
Ryan Reilly reports for HuffPo.
Category Archives: voter registration
“Democrats unveil new data program to boost voter registration”
“Judge refuses to stay order over voter citizenship”
AP: “A federal judge in Wichita has refused to stay his order for federal election officials to immediately enforce Kansas and Arizona laws requiring new voters to document their U.S. citizenship.”
“Chicago Democracy Week Found to Increase Voter Turnout of 17, 18-Year Olds”
Press release:
Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Inc., alongside a coalition of voting rights groups, announced more than 6,000 CPS students and over 3,500 17-year olds in Suburban Cook County were registered as part of the… Continue reading
Ari Berman on the New Ohio Early Voting Lawsuit
Here.
“ACLU to file suit against Ohio’s early voting cuts”
MSNBC:
Ohio’s cuts to early voting discriminate against blacks and Hispanics in violation of the Voting Rights Act, a forthcoming lawsuit alleges.
The suit, to be filed Thursday in federal court by the American Civil Liberties Union, offers… Continue reading
“Hawaii lawmakers pass same-day voter registration”
“OVR is Dead, Long Live OVR: Minnesota Set to Enact Legislation After Judge Invalidates Existing System”
“Kobach: Most double registrations unintentional”
“Kansas Crosscheck Now Covers Over 100 Million Voters”
RNLA Issues Response to Bauer-Ginsberg; Praises Some Parts But Not Push for Early Voting
The report and the press release. From the executive summary:
While RNLA agrees with a majority of PCEA’s recommendations, we caution against the Commission’s recommendation that states embrace expanded early voting as a solution to the systemic election administration problems… Continue reading
“Blacks and Early Voting, in Ohio and Wisconsin”
NYT letter to the editor from NAACP Ohio and Wisconsin leaders.
11th Circuit, on 2-1 Vote, Holds Florida’s 2012 Voter Purge Looking for Non-Citizens Violated the NVRA
Arcia v. Fl. Sec of State majority opinion concludes:
In closing, we emphasize that our interpretation of the 90 Day Provision [of the NRVA] does not in any way handcuff a state from using its resources to ensure that non-citizens… Continue reading
“Voter rights groups appeal documentation ruling”
AP:
Voting rights groups filed an appeal Friday of a judge’s order that federal election officials must help Kansas and Arizona enforce state laws requiring new voters to provide documentation proving their U.S. citizenship.
A court filing sent to… Continue reading