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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- electionline.org
- Votelaw Blog (Ed Still)
- Leave it to the Lower Courts: On Judicial Intervention in Election Administration, 68 Ohio State Law Journal 1065 (2007)
Wednesday, May 24
Missouri NVRA Enforcement Decision
A federal district judge in Missouri ruled yesterday that the Secretary of State can't be held responsible for local election officials' failure to comply with requirements of the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA). The AP has this report, and Judge Nanette Laughery's opinion granting partial summary judgment to the Secretary of State may be found here. The Justice Department brought suit against Secretary of State Robin Carnahan in November, seeking to hold her office responsible for counties' failure to remove ineligible voters as required by the NVRA, among other things. The ruling would appear to mean that Justice will have to go after counties individually, to the extent that they're violating the NVRA. - posted by Dan Tokaji @ 4:29 PM
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