“How to stop voter fraud and increase turnout at the same time”
This item appears at Wonkblog.
Monthly Archives: November 2014
“31 Recalls on the Election Day ballot and more”
This item appears at the Recall Elections Blog.
“Obamacare Could Have Turned Millions of Uninsured Americans Into Voters”
Interesting report from Mother Jones.
“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
What to Expect When You’re Electing: Here’s What I’ll Be Watching for Tuesday
[Updated and bumped to the top.]
I will be blogging and tweeting all day about election developments, but expect things to heat up as polls close.
Unless there is some natural or human-made disaster or a massive electronic voting problem… Continue reading
Shorter David Firestone: Republicans, Stop Freaking Out About the Vote Counting in Colorado
Here.
“Judge dismisses GOP suit challenging Boulder County Clerk”
Fox31 Denver: ” Boulder County judge quickly dismissed a legal challenge by Colorado Republicans, who filed a lawsuit Monday against Clerk Hillary Hall for allegedly violating the law by not allowing GOP election watchers enough time to challenge voter… Continue reading
“Election Tests New Rules on Voting”
NYT analysis by Eric Eckholm:
Numerous reports of voters facing obstacles have emerged from early voting in Texas and Georgia, among other states. But quantifying the impact of the altered rules is challenging, especially in a midterm election expected to… Continue reading
Follow Doug Chapin’s Election Administration Live Blog
For updates throughout the day. No one has their pulse on what is happening with election administration in real time throughout the country better than Doug.
He’s also on Twitter, if you can stomach the corny jokes.
“Florida House District 64 race gets even more complicated”
“Counting votes in South Florida is labor intensive”
Don’t forget how hard election day actually is for the election administrators. Very labor intensive, thankless job where any screw-up can gain you national notoriety.
“Rethinking Transparency in U.S. Elections”
Rebecca Green has posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, Ohio State LJ). Here is the abstract:
Bush v. Gore catapulted this country into a crisis of confidence in the management of our elections. Despite reforms since 2000, public confidence in… Continue reading
Ned Foley Holds Himself Back, Refuses to Commit Impersonation Fraud
Where’s Mr. O’Keefe when you need him? Ned’s story is typical. I saw a bunch of screw-ups at my LA polling place today too. And everyone showing remarkable self control. Not only in not committing voter fraud, but in not… Continue reading
“Virginia DOE: No big voter roll purge this year”
Daily Press:
There’s a paragraph in this Al Jazeera America look at voter registration roll purges around the country that really got my attention Wednesday night.
“Based on the Crosscheck lists, officials have begun the process of removing names… Continue reading