Posted: September 11, 2012
Ohio Lawsuit Seeking Purge of Voter Rolls
Election Law @ Moritz is now tracking Judicial Watch, Inc. v. Husted. Plaintiffs Judicial Watch, Inc. and True the Vote filed a complaint against Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted, asserting that Husted has not complied with voter list maintenance obligations of the National Voter Registration Act. Specifically, the complaint alleges that Husted has not made reasonable efforts to remove ineligible voters from voter registration rolls.
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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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