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Posted: November 1, 2008

Colorado Secretary of State ordered again to stop purging voters

Colorado Secretary of State Mike Coffman has been ordered once more to stop purging voters. On Wednesday, the Secretary was ordered to restore voters to the rolls but he removed more voters after that order. Wednesday's settlement requires the purged voters to still cast a provisional ballot but, those ballots will enjoy a presumption of validity, and may only be discounted by clear and convincing evidence of ineligibility. See Major Pending Cases case page here, Lawsuit Tracker page here.

Commentary

Arizona: Voter Registration and the Road Ahead

Justin Levitt

June arrived with two election law cases at the Supreme Court. One is still pending: a highly anticipated decision on section 5 of the Voting Rights Act. The other, more frequently overlooked, was decided yesterday. And there are some quirks of the opinion that seem to depart from the swiftly congealing conventional wisdom that the states might actually have "won," and now need only run out the clock.

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In the News

Johnson: Disenfranchising felons hits minorities hardest

Professor Michelle Alexander was quoted in an Athens Banner-Herald article from her book "The New Jim Crow." The article focuses on the disenfranchisement of felons in states like Virginia, where more than seven percent of the adult population cannot vote due to felony charges. In Virginia, Gov. Robert McDonnell is taking steps to restore the right to vote to nonviolent felons.

Alexander's book calls on the idea that disenfranchising felons affects minorities most. She calls voting-rights restoration processes a “bureaucratic maze” that is “cumbersome, confusing and onerous.”

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Info & Analysis

Supreme Court: NVRA Pre-empts Arizona's Proof of Citizenship Law

In a 7-2 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled today that the NVRA preempts an Arizona law requiring documentation of citizenship to accompany voter registration forms. The case is Arizona v. The Inter Tribal Council of Arizona, Inc.

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Levitt - Arizona: Voter Registration and the Road Ahead
Oles - Looking Backward: Instant Runoff Voting in the 2010 Midterm Elections
Cemenska - ORP v. Brunner: What is at stake?
Foley - Purges & Provisional Ballots
Foley - A November Hypothetical

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