RICHMOND — A Virginia elections official reached into an artsy stoneware bowl, pulled out a name and declared Republican David Yancey the winner of a House of Delegates race that could determine which political party controls the chamber.Source: A random drawing out of a bowl helped Republicans win a tied Virginia election....
If you aren't sure whether you are registered to vote in Ohio, there are a couple places you can check. The Enquirer/Jessie BalmertSource: Voter purges: U.S. Supreme Court to decide if Ohio illegally purged voters...
WASHINGTON — Major cases await the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court when they return to the bench in January, including a test of how states purge their databases of unqualified voters and a challenge likely to deal a serious blow to the nation's public sector unions.Source: Major cases on voter purging, union power await Supreme Court in 2018...
The Alabama Supreme Court stepped into Tuesday’s U.S.Source: Alabama Supreme Court Blocks Digital Ballot Preservation in Eleventh Hour...
Previewing the hearing, Chairman Harper said: “Our hearing addresses an important subject of good governance: the accuracy of our voter registration lists.Source: Hearing: State Voter Registration List Maintenance...
Sam Bagenstos, in a fine amicus brief for former DOJ officials, makes a very strong textualist argument (along with other arguments) that Ohio’s voter purge process violates the plain meaning of the NVRA and HAVA.Source: Is Justice Gorsuch in Play in Ohio Voter Purge Case?...
As California elections administrators, we feel it is important to clarify why we support Assembly Bill 840. (“Here’s how Jerry Brown can help protect vulnerable people, voting integrity and local control,” Editorials, Sept. 29.Source: Brown should help ensure election integrity by signing this bill...
Mitt Romney owned 6 houses during the 2012 election. If Romney voted using three of those houses in 2012, that would be unacceptable, right? Yet, Romney could have easily done this if not for some adult consequences such as taxes (and having personal ethical standards).Source: Why Are College Students’ Votes Worth More Than Everyone Else’s?...
Judicial Watch, a conservative watchdog organization, has sent a letter to California Secretary of State Alex Padilla on behalf of the Election Integrity Project, noting that there are 11 counties in the state with more registered voters, and alleging that the state may be out of compliance with SeSource: Judicial Watch Warns California: 11 Counties Have More Voters than Voting-Age...
The vice chairman of President Trump’s commission on election integrity sent a letter to all 50 states Wednesday requesting information on their voter rolls.Source: Trump election panel asks all 50 states for voter roll data...
