7th Circuit affirms LVW’s NVRA suit against Indiana
Indiana’s voter purge law flunks its second test in the Seventh Circuit. Courthouse News reports on this decision.
Category Archives: voter registration
DNC to Spend $25 Million on Voter Outreach and Litigation
NYT:
Facing an onslaught of state-level ballot restrictions and gridlock in Congress over voting rights legislation, the White House detailed a multimillion-dollar plan on Thursday to register voters and fight voter suppression.In a speech at Howard University, Vice President… Continue reading
“New voter registrations soar in Fulton County, Georgia”
Civics Center reports.
“Preregistration Is Taking Hold in California: State shows dramatic gains since 2018, despite the pandemic”
The latest from the Civics Center.
Ninth Circuit Panel Rejects Extension of Arizona Voter Registration Deadline But Will Allow Voters Who Registered Past The Deadline to Keep Their Registration; Judge Bybee Would Have Rejected Those Registrations
Opinion. [corrected link]
The majority panel is made up of two Democratic-appointed judges; Judge Bybee is a Bush appointee.
I was shocked when this remedy was granted on the eve of the registration deadline, and given the signals sent… Continue reading
Federal District Court, While Excoriating Florida for Its Incompetence, Won’t Extend Registration Deadline After Last-Day System Crash
The court found that the burden on the state in keeping the system going outweighed the risk of disenfranchisement. The court’s order concludes:
The state could have extended the registration deadline until midnight on October 6th, which would have given… Continue reading
“Florida extends voter registration deadline after website failure”
Politico:
Florida extended the deadline for voter registration after the state’s online portal crashed under the weight of heavy traffic hours before the Oct. 5 deadline.Registration will be open for an additional seven hours, from noon to 7 p.m. on… Continue reading
“Florida voter registration system crashes on last day for filing”
Politico:
Florida’s online voter portal crashed on the final day of registration, prompting Democrats to accuse Gov. Ron DeSantis and other Republican state officials of trying to suppress the vote less than a month before Election Day.Details: Secretary of State… Continue reading
Arizona: “Groups ask court to extend voter registration deadline”
Arizona Capitol Times:
Saying the pandemic interfered with the process, two groups want more time to sign up voters for this election.Legal papers filed in U.S. District Court in Phoenix claim the current deadline of October 5 to register does… Continue reading
“Trump is winning the voter registration battle against Biden in key states”
David Wasserman:
In the last few weeks, Joe Biden has led President Donald Trump by a fairly consistent 8-point average in national polls and has maintained leads in more than enough battleground states to win the Electoral College, including… Continue reading
“‘Something’s in the water’: Florida Republicans see surge in voter registration”
Politico:
Republicans have closed the traditional voter registration gap with Democrats to an historically small margin in Florida, triggering a wave of Democratic apprehension in the nation’s biggest swing state.Top Florida Democrats and longtime activists have increasingly groused in private… Continue reading
“Voter Registration Has Plummeted in 2020; The Brennan Center finds that voter registration has declined by an average of 38 percent in 17 of the 21 states analyzed when compared with 2016 registration rates.”
USPS in Houston is No Longer Letting League of Women Voters Put Voter Registration Materials in Post Offices
“For second time, federal judge finds Texas is violating voter registration law”
Texas Tribune:
A persistent Texas voter, twice thwarted when he tried registering to vote while renewing his driver’s license online, has for the second time convinced a federal judge that the state is violating federal law.In a 68-page ruling Friday… Continue reading