California has launched few government projects with higher stakes than its ambitious 2018 program for registering millions of new voters at the Department of Motor Vehicles, an effort with the potential to shape elections for years to come.Source: California launched DMV voter registration system despite bugs and hackers...
As major presidential hopefuls release their fundraising numbers from the first quarter this week, recent polling finds just 1 in 5 Americans say they are satisfied with the nation's campaign finance laws.Source: Very few Americans are satisfied with campaign finance laws, but most don't know a lot about them...
This past week, Colorado joined a growing list of states that have signed on to the National Popular Vote Compact (NPVC).Source: The Danger of the National Popular Vote Compact...
Marsha Holland has asked a U.S. District Court to suspend her election law lawsuit until April 1, 2020, because the state elections office has agreed to ask the legislature to fix the problem that she complained about.Source: Utah Independent Candidate Suspends Ballot Label Case To Give Legislature a Chance to Solve Problem...
Most Americans agree that partisan gerrymandering is a scourge to democracy. But is it one that citizens can fix themselves? That’s the theory floated by Justice Neil Gorsuch during oral arguments at the Supreme Court on Tuesday over two major gerrymandering cases.Source: Neil Gorsuch’s Bad-Faith Ploy to Save Partisan Gerrymandering and Doom American Democracy...
Attorneys for the Utah elections office have indicated they want to put a freeze on the lawsuit Holland v Cox, 4:18cv-74.Source: Utah Government Wants to Settle Lawsuit Over Ballot Labels for Independent Candidates...
At oral arguments in yesterday’s partisan gerrymandering cases, several Justices raised questions about whether partisan-gerrymandering challenges implicitly appeal in one way or another to a baseline of proportional representation (PR).Source: Proportionality is Not the Baseline In Modern Partisan Gerrymandering Cases...
On March 25, the Hawaii Democratic Party released its plan for the 2020 presidential selection process. The plan goes for the party to hold its own presidential primary on Saturday, April 4, 2020. Although the party’s polls will close that day at 3 p.m.Source: Hawaii Democrats Will Hold Party-Administered Presidential Primary Instead of Caucuses...
More voters prefer to elect the president by national, popular vote over the existing Electoral College system, according to a new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll.Source: Poll: Voters prefer popular vote over Electoral College...
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez called the measure, which would place conditions on the re-enfranchisement of millions, a "poll tax.Source: Florida Republicans move to limit felon voting rights despite constitutional amendment...
