Category Archives: voter registration

“Florida Law Strikes ‘Deathblow’ to Outside Groups Trying to Register New Voters “

September 20, 2024, 8:50 pmThe Voting Wars, voter registrationRick Hasen

Bolts: The effects of SB 7050 have been felt around the state. In a state that already sees lower voter registration rates across the board, particularly for Black, Hispanic, Asian, and other communities of color outside organizations have long stepped… Continue reading

Colorado: “On Native Land, a New Push to Expand Voting Meets the Long Tail of State Violence”

August 28, 2024, 9:39 amvoter registration, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Bolts: Lorelei Cloud was born in 1967, three years before Native Americans living on tribal lands in Colorado were guaranteed the right to vote. Even once she turned 18, and for many years thereafter, she did not vote. Her polling… Continue reading

Voting Groups File Brief in Ninth Circuit in AZ Documentary Proof of Citizenship for Registration Case (as Emergency Motion is Pending in SCOTUS in Case as Well)

August 21, 2024, 7:26 amNVRA (motor voter), Supreme Court, voter registrationRick Hasen

The brief addresses Congress’s power to regulate presidential, and not just congressional, elections.

RNC Filed Reply Brief after Midnight Last Night in SCOTUS Emergency Election Case from Arizona; Expect an Order within a Couple of Days

August 19, 2024, 7:29 amSupreme Court, voter registrationRick Hasen

With this filing, briefing is now complete. The administrative deadline suggested to the Justices was July 22. I expect the Justices are not going to grant the relief given the closeness to the election and its application of Purcell.… Continue reading

“How Texas election officials are dealing with a flood of challenges to voter registrations”

August 19, 2024, 7:25 amchicanery, fraudulent fraud squad, voter registrationRick Hasen

Votebeat: County election departments across Texas are trying to reassure voters amid a flood of formal challenges questioning whether their registrations are valid. The challenges, filed by conservative groups and individual activists, seek to remove tens of thousands of voters… Continue reading

Impressive new vote.gov redesign

August 6, 2024, 5:47 pmelection administration, voter registrationelection informationJustin Levitt

On today’s anniversary of the signing of the Voting Rights Act, the Vice President name-checked vote.gov. And it looks like the site recently got a facelift that’s a giant improvement over its effectively 8-bit predecessor (which wasn’t all that… Continue reading

Ground Game 2024

August 5, 2024, 7:54 amvoter initiatives, voter registration2024 Election Cycle, voter turnoutTabatha Abu El-Haj

Harris just picked up a big endorsement. The AP reports that UNITE HERE has endorsed Harris, promising “to have its members knock on more than 3.3 million doors for Harris in swing states that include Pennsylvania, Michigan, Nevada, Arizona and… Continue reading

“Elon Musk PAC being investigated by Michigan secretary of state for potential violations”

August 5, 2024, 6:12 amvoter registration2024 election cyle, Misinformation, voter suppressionTabatha Abu El-Haj

New development in the story Spencer Overton posted about how Musk’s pro-Trump PAC is funding efforts to redirect voters in swing states away from official voter registration sites, while leaving them with the false impression that they have registered to… Continue reading

“Federal judge finds no Colorado voter intimidation by ‘election integrity’ organizers”

July 18, 2024, 12:47 pmvoter registrationDan Tokaji

Colorado Politics: A federal judge on Thursday concluded three civic organizations failed to provide evidence that the leaders of an “election integrity” effort illegally intimidated Colorado voters through a door-to-door canvassing project to search for election fraud in the… Continue reading

“Ohio voter advocates warn group is making troubling challenges, ask Sec. of State to guide counties”

July 18, 2024, 6:18 amvoter registrationDan Tokaji

Ohio Capital Journal: Voting rights advocacy organizations are calling on the Ohio Secretary of State to create consistency within the county boards of elections when it comes to voter registration challenges. The urgency comes in particular because of one… Continue reading

Wilkinson on GOP Voter Fraud Claims

July 17, 2024, 9:43 amfraudulent fraud squad, voter registrationDan Tokaji

Francis Wilkinson in Bloomberg: “[A]rguably the most pervasive evidence of the GOP assault on democracy remains the party’s multi-front war on the franchise. The House of Representatives passed a bill last week that makes noncitizen voting illegal and requires… Continue reading

Ballotpedia on Recent State Election Legislation

July 16, 2024, 1:13 pmabsentee ballots, felon voting, voter registrationDan Tokaji

Ballotpedia News yesterday published articles regarding state laws enacted this year on voter registration, noncitizen voting, criminal disfranchisement, and return of absentee ballots. All of them are based on Ballotpedia’s State of Election Administration Legislation 2024 … Continue reading

Trump Campaign & RNC Sue Michigan Officials Over Voter Registration Activities

July 15, 2024, 2:58 pmvoter registrationDan Tokaji

Detroit Free Press reports: The campaign of former President Donald Trump and the Republican National Committee have filed a lawsuit against Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, alleging the state has violated the National Voter… Continue reading

“Conservative activists find errors in software they hoped would root out voter fraud”

July 15, 2024, 4:28 amvoter registrationDan Tokaji

NBC News: Last year, [conservative] activists excitedly embraced EagleAI and similar programs that promised to help them look through voter rolls across the country in search of outdated or fraudulent voter registrations, even as experts warned about the programs’… Continue reading