Election reform, the Voting Rights Act, the Help America Vote Act, and related topics -- with special attention to the voting rights of people of color, non-English proficient citizens, and people with disabilities
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- Leave it to the Lower Courts: On Judicial Intervention in Election Administration, 68 Ohio State Law Journal 1065 (2007)
Thursday, September 22
Automatic Voter Registration
Bob Fertik has this post on the Democrats.com website, reacting to the Carter-Baker report with a proposal of his own. Fertik notes that the Carter-Baker recommendation would lead to "Katrina Democracy" where those with cars (and thus with driver's licenses) could easily vote, while those without cars would have to obtain one in order to vote. Instead, he recommends registering each voter automatically using their Social Security account, but not their number, as the official registration record. It's an interesting idea, though there may be privacy concerns. But the general idea of moving closer to universal voter registration is worthy of exploration. - posted by Dan Tokaji @ 11:01 PM
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