Category Archives: PCEA (Bauer-Ginsberg Commission)

“GOP Response to PCEA: Green Light on Voter Registration Reforms, Red Light on Early Voting”

April 22, 2014, 8:17 amelection administration, PCEA (Bauer-Ginsberg Commission)Rick Hasen

Doug Chapin: “in a field where consensus is often in short supply, it’s encouraging to see that a key political and policy voice like the RNLA finds more than a few things to like in the PCEA report.”

RNLA Issues Response to Bauer-Ginsberg; Praises Some Parts But Not Push for Early Voting

April 11, 2014, 10:55 amelection administration, PCEA (Bauer-Ginsberg Commission), The Voting Wars, voter registrationRick Hasen

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

“Boxer, Nelson Introduce Legislation to Ensure Voters Wait No Longer than Thirty Minutes to Vote”

February 12, 2014, 2:54 pmelection administration, PCEA (Bauer-Ginsberg Commission), The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Press release via email: BOXER, NELSON INTRODUCE LEGISLATION TO ENSURE VOTERS WAIT NO LONGER THAN THIRTY MINUTES TO VOTE ‘LINE Act’ Will Help Implement the Recommendation of the Bipartisan Presidential Commission on Election Administration Led by Counsels to the Romney… Continue reading

“Election Panel: Long Lines Were ‘Management’ Problem”

February 12, 2014, 2:52 pmelection administration, Election Assistance Commission, PCEA (Bauer-Ginsberg Commission), The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Pam Fessler reports for NPR on Bauer and Ginsberg’s testimony about the PCEA before the Senate Rules Committee. She also notes the EAC nominations of Hicks and Perez were put off for lack of a quorum.

When Worlds Collide: Election Administration Edition

February 7, 2014, 3:54 pmelection administration, Election Assistance Commission, PCEA (Bauer-Ginsberg Commission), The Voting WarsRick Hasen

As previously noted, the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration is going to hear from Mr. Bauer and Mr. Ginsberg on Feb. 12 at 10 am about the recommendations of the Presidential Commission on Election Administration. But now on… Continue reading

Senate Rules Committee Schedules Hearing on Bauer-Ginsberg Report

February 6, 2014, 12:12 pmelection administration, PCEA (Bauer-Ginsberg Commission)Rick Hasen

For Feb. 12.

“Government Has to Make Voting Easier”

February 5, 2014, 7:09 amelection administration, PCEA (Bauer-Ginsberg Commission)Rick Hasen

WaPo Editorial on Bauer-Ginsberg.

“Digital voting machines are aging out of use”

February 2, 2014, 9:03 pmelection administration, PCEA (Bauer-Ginsberg Commission), voting technologyRick Hasen

USA Today: The 2000 presidential election recount resulted in an outpouring of $3 billion in federal funds for states, counties and municipalities to buy new voting equipment, through the Help America Vote Act of 2002. A decade later, “machines… Continue reading

“Online Voter Registration: The Time Has Arrived”

January 26, 2014, 8:54 pmelection administration, PCEA (Bauer-Ginsberg Commission), voter registration, voting technologyRick Hasen

Christopher Thomas (Michigan’s director of elections and member of the PCEA) has written this article (posted with permission) from the Michigan Bar Journal.

Voting Discrimination Differs from Election Administration Challenges

January 24, 2014, 12:14 pmPCEA (Bauer-Ginsberg Commission), Voting Rights ActSpencer Overton

Earlier today, Heritage Sr. Legal Fellow John Malcolm and I had a lively discussion on the Voting Rights Amendment Act and the Presidential Commission on Election Administration’s recommendations on NPR’s Tell Me More. You can listen here. My take… Continue reading

“Voter ID Not Part of Commission Report”

January 23, 2014, 2:07 pmPCEA (Bauer-Ginsberg Commission), voter idRick Hasen

BLT (or what used to be BLT) reports.

“Commission Wants to Make Voting More Like Disneyland and Less Like the DMV”

January 23, 2014, 9:14 amelection administration, PCEA (Bauer-Ginsberg Commission)Rick Hasen

Ben Jacobs on Bauer-Ginsberg.

“An Election Geek’s View of the New Presidential Commission Report (Subtitle: YAY)”

January 23, 2014, 7:49 amelection administration, PCEA (Bauer-Ginsberg Commission)Rick Hasen

A Chapinblog.

RNLA Offers Initial, Preliminary Response to Bauer-Ginsberg Report, with Promises of More Detailed Response to Come

January 23, 2014, 7:47 amPCEA (Bauer-Ginsberg Commission)Rick Hasen

Read. The RNLA also links to this statement from Rep. (and former Michigan SOS) Candice Miller, who chairs the House Committee on Administration and has been a vocal opponent of any federal role in elections (aside from helping military voters.