Following up on my response to a recent comment from Rick Pildes on the electionlaw listserv, I’ve posted a couple of documents from Justice Harry Blackmun’s papers relating to the Shaw v. Reno decision — and specifically, to Justice… Continue reading

The AP has this story on the maneuverings on the floor of the Ohio House today, regarding proposed constitutional amendments that would overhaul the state’s redistricting system. I’ve posted more on today’s developments, including my own views on what happened… Continue reading

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has this story, on the efforts by the Cherokee Indians of Georgia — which is not officially recognized by the federal or state government — to distribute free voter identification cards to comply with the state’s… Continue reading

The Hartford Courant has this editorial, arguing that the language assistance provisions of the Voting Rights Act should be extended. George Will offers an opposing perspective here.

The AP has this report. Gov. Kathleen Sebelius says that the bill, which would raise contribution limits for state house and senate races, isn’t “real reform.”

For its June primary election, San Mateo County is using “universal vote centers” which may be used by any voter. See this report and a website that the county has created (www.shapethefuture.org) to explain its vote centers. Two… Continue reading

The Brennan Center for Justice has brought suit against Washington state officials on behalf of a coalition of citizens and groups, arguing that tens of thousands of voters may be excluded from the statewide registration list due to problems in… Continue reading

At least four Arkansas counties didn’t have new voting machines up and running for Tuesday’s primary election, according to this report, and may be out of compliance with the Help America Vote Act. In related news, another county in… Continue reading

A federal district judge in Missouri ruled yesterday that the Secretary of State can’t be held responsible for local election officials’ failure to comply with requirements of the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA). The AP has this report, and… Continue reading

The AP has this story, reporting that the successful motion for cloture on the immigration bill puts the McConnell photo ID amendment “in limbo, evidently doomed by arcane rules that took effect once the Senate voted to limit debate.”… Continue reading

Before voting 73-25 to limit debate on the immigration bill this morning, the Senate narrowly rejected a motion to table the McConnell Amendment, which would require voters to show government-issued photo ID in order to vote in federal elections… Continue reading

Joe Hall has this interesting post on some forthcoming research, indicating the central-count optical scan systems tend to “lose” more votes than precinct-count optical scan systems in precincts with relatively high concentrations of African American voters. That’s probably because precinct-count… Continue reading

Gov. John Lynch vetoed a bill (HB 1566) that would have prohibited voters from claiming New Hampshire as their state of residence, if their car is registered in another state or they have a driver’s license from another state, according… Continue reading

The Ohio House Rules Committee is holding hearings today on a proposed constitutional amendment to overhaul the state’s redistricting system, but the Ohio Senate isn’t likely to move on the proposal before the November elections according to this AP report… Continue reading