The Century Foundation, Common Cause, and The Leadership Conference on Civil Rights have issued this report. From the press release.: With the critical mid-term elections weeks away from our publication date, this report looks at some of the… Continue reading

See this post on the CLCBlog. See also this press release and the actual complaint.

In this National Journal article ($) on voter identification laws, Thor Hearne, counsel for the American Center for Voting Rights, is quoted as saying: “You do have illegal aliens voting and, in some cases, deciding elections.” I would like to… Continue reading

See this report ($) from BNA’s Money and Politics Report.

See here.

Sasha Abramsky has this commentary at TomPaine.com.

It appears Justice Kennedy will be asked to reverse the Ninth Circuit’s order staying enforcement of the voter identification provisions of Arizona’s Prop. 200.

George Will offers this Washington Post column on the California governor’s recent veto of a bill that would have California join an interstate compact to allocate its presidential electoral college votes based on the popular election results.

USA Today offers this report, which begins: “At a time when many states are instituting new requirements for voter registration and identification, a preliminary report to the U.S. Election Assistance Commission has found little evidence of the type of… Continue reading

The NY Times offers this report on a case I first discussed here.

The NY Times offers this report.

A reader sent along a link to this AP story. I have posted the judge’s 37-page pdf opinion here. This is a troubling, but not surprising, application of the Supreme Court’s decision in Republican Party of Minnesota v.… Continue reading

The Brennan Center has issued this report. Dan Tokaji calls the report “essential reading not just for those who care about disability rights but for anyone with an interest in the continuing development of voting technology.”

The LA Times offers this interesting report.