“Election dispute highlights broader issue; Chula Vista’s case showed differences in counting of provisional ballots”
Greg Moran writes for UT San Diego.
Category Archives: provisional ballots
“Attorney On Uncounted Provisional Ballots In Arizona Elections”
KJZZ on Barber-McSally recount.
“Ron Barber’s request to count 133 votes denied’
AP:
The 133 ballots at the heart of a federal lawsuit in southern Arizona over election results in the hotly contested 2nd Congressional District will not be counted after all.
U.S. District Judge Cindy Jorgenson denied a request Thursday… Continue reading
“Barber-McSally vote total likely to trigger recount”
Provisional Ballot Dispute in AZ Congressional Race
Tuscon Weekly:
A Pima County Superior Court judge has denied an effort by Republican Martha McSally’s congressional campaign to stop counting a group of ballots in Democratic precincts in her hotly contested race against Democratic incumbent Ron Barber.
Superior… Continue reading
“The Vote You Save May Be Your Own”
Ned Foley and Josh Douglas for NYT Opinion:
Millions of Americans will head to the polls today, and many of them will confront some of the most serious obstacles to voting in decades, including strict new photo ID requirements in… Continue reading
“Uncounted Votes The Racially Discriminatory Effects of Provisional Ballots”
New report from the Center for American Progress. From the emailed press release:
RELEASE: The Racially Discriminatory Effects of Provisional Ballots
Washington, D.C. — One week ahead of the 2014 midterm elections, much has been made of the new, more… Continue reading
“Rules for Provisional Ballots All Over the Map”
Pam Fessler tries to make sense of the provisional ballot landscape for NPR.
Breaking News: SCOTUS issues NC order, restrictions back in effect
Sure, just after Rick leaves. Late Wednesday, the Supreme Court stayed the 4th Circuit’s earlier opinion blocking North Carolina’s rollback of same-day registration and its decision to no longer count ballots cast out-of-precinct. Free of the double negatives: the full… Continue reading
65 Ways to Improve Our Democracy
Today the Bipartisan Policy Center’s Commission on Political Reform rolled out its recommendations and report today on strengthening American democracy. Academics are usually on the outside looking in for such processes, but I was lucky enough to serve as one… Continue reading
“REPORT: Thousands Disenfranchised by Inconsistent Handling of Provisional Ballots”
FELN Press Release:
A national review of provisional ballot counting rules, contained in a report released today by the Fair Elections Legal Network, underscores that a minority of states continue to reject votes cast for important higher offices when… Continue reading
#VAAG: “Report of the Fairfax County Electoral Board on Issues Surrounding the Counting of Absentee and Provisional Ballots in the November 5, 2013 General Election”
“Election law changes narrow use of provisional ballots”
The latest from North Carolina.
“How Twitter changed the Virginia AG election”
Chuck Todd talks to Dave Wasserman.