“When Should a Voter’s ‘Clerical Error’ Invalidate a Ballot? Not When the State Already Has Enough Information to Verify the Ballot’s Validity”
Important Ned Foley on the latest NEOCH opinion from Ohio.
Category Archives: The Voting Wars
Too Little, Too Late Dept
Wisconsin State Journal:
The Legislature’s budget committee Monday approved spending $250,000 for a public education campaign on the controversial voter ID law.
The campaign, details of which must still be settled by the new Elections Commission, would inform the… Continue reading
“Democracy Diminished: LDF Releases Report on State and Local Threats to Voting Rights Three Years After Landmark Shelby County Decision”
Release:
Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), released a report titled, Democracy Diminished: State and Local Threats to Voting Post-Shelby County, Alabama v. Holder (Shelby County), a detailed collection of state, county, and local… Continue reading
Gerald Nichol Benediction for the Wisconsin GAB
Distributed at the GAB’s final meeting, by GAB Board Member Gerald Nichol.
“Down and Out and Voteless in Ohio”
“10th Circuit: Kansas Can’t Block Voters From Casting Ballots”
AP:
Kansas cannot prevent thousands of eligible voters from casting ballots in the November federal election because they didn’t prove they were U.S. citizens when registering to vote at motor vehicle offices, a federal appeals court ruled Friday.
The 10th… Continue reading
“Husted appeals 2nd ruling tossing Ohio voting laws”
“Investigation Or Intimidation? Controversy In Siskiyou County, CA”
Doug Chapin:
Tuesday was a big day in California as Golden State voters went to the polls – but there was extra excitement (not the good kind) in Siskiyou County on the Oregon border, where the county sheriff engaged in … Continue reading
“Web Resource Launched to Help Judges Understand State Election Codes”
Release:
In this presidential election year and an already hotly contested election season, the Election Law Program has launched a web-based tool aimed at helping judges resolve election litigation fairly and efficiently.
The Election Law Program, a joint project… Continue reading
Breaking: Federal Court in Ohio Blocks Some Voting Changes
No, this is not a repeat of the recent ruling stopping Ohio from getting rid of Golden Week.
In the long-running NEOCH case, a federal district court has issued a 115-page opinion (via Chris Geidner) blocking a different… Continue reading
The Atlantic Talks Voting Rights with Brennan Center’s Michael Waldman
“Voter Welfare: An Emerging Rule of Reason in Voting Rights Law”
Sam Issacharoff has posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, Indiana Law Journal). Here is the abstract:
For the first time in at least a generation, the central focus of voting rights law has returned to the issue of eligibility to… Continue reading
“Lawsuit Filed to Protect Voting Rights in Maricopa, Arizona Following Recent Presidential Preference Primary Election Fiasco”
Release:
Today, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (Lawyers’ Committee), Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, and Osborn Maledon filed a lawsuit challenging the decision to reduce the number of polling places for the March presidential preference election… Continue reading
“Thousands of U.S. voters in limbo after Kansas toughens election law”
Reuters:
While you must be a U.S. citizen to vote in American elections, most states allow those wishing to register to simply sign a statement affirming they are citizens and provide a driver’s license number, Social Security number, or… Continue reading