Posted: January 25, 2013
Federal Court Rules that Louisiana Violated NVRA
U.S. District Judge Jane Triche Malazzo found that Louisiana violated the National Voter Registration Act by not providing voter registration services to all of its public assistance agency clients. The judge found that the state's subsequent modification of its policies complied with the Act and issued a permanent injunction directing the state to maintain these revised policies. The judge's ruling followed a trial held in October. The court retained jurisdiction over the case, Scott v. Schedler, for a year.
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Commentary
Silence of the Lambs
Dale A. Oesterle
With the election of 2012 now well over and past the second inauguration of the incumbent President, the historical analysis of the events has begun and will last as long as written human history lasts. An interesting tidbit may already be lost to the majesty of the moment.
The voters of three very different states, Alaska, New Hampshire, and Ohio, all had an opportunity to call state constitutional conventions. In each state the voters turned the opportunity down by very similar votes, 68%, 64% and 68% respectively against.
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