State Voter Registration Databases
Complete coverage for State Voter Registration Databases can be found below. (Return to Issues List)
Information & Analysis
October, 2012
September, 2012
October, 2010
November, 2008
- WI AG Appeals Matching Lawsuit (11/10/08)
October, 2008
- Thousands of CO Absentees Could Have ID Problems (10/31/08)
- Ohio Does Not Have Technology to Match Voters (10/30/08)
- 6th Circuit Rejects MI Purges (10/30/08)
- Settlement Reached in CO Purging Case (10/30/08)
- OH Matching Controversy: DOJ Will Not Get Involved (10/29/08)
- IL Registration Fraud Suit May Go to Federal Court (10/29/08)
- NM GOP Sued over Investigating Voters (10/28/08)
- Injunction Issues in Georgia Matching Case (10/27/08)
- Colorado Sued over Purges (10/26/08)
- Ohio SoS Prohibits Challenges Based on Mismatches (10/23/08)
- WI Judge Dismisses Matching Lawsuit (10/23/08)
- Ohio Matching Suit Dismissed (10/21/08)
- Ohio SoS asks U.S. Supreme Court to void TRO (10/17/08)
- Brunner Files Reply Brief in ORP Case (10/16/08)
- ORP v. Brunner: Opposition to Stay Filed (10/16/08)
- "Joe the plumber" may be a mismatch (10/16/08)
- Full 6th Circuit Vacates Panel, Reinstates TRO (10/14/08)
- Michigan Court Orders Purges Undone (10/13/08)
- Sixth Circuit Panel, 2-1, Vacates Order (10/11/08)
- Federal Court Orders Ohio SoS to Verify Registrations (10/09/08)
- Republicans Request Injunctive Relief in Ohio (10/07/08)
January, 2008
- Colorado Sued over Purges (1/01/08)
Commentary
2008
- Understanding the Supreme Court’s Decision in Brunner v Ohio Republican Party (10/19/08)
- ORP v. Brunner: What is at stake? (10/17/08)
News Wire
Election law news from across the country concerning State Voter Registration Databases
April, 2013
- Judge tosses Denver clerk's inactive voter suit against Scott Gessler (4/30/13)
- States vote yes to online registration (4/02/13)
March, 2013
- Republican lawmakers express concerns about Kate Brown's universal voter registration legislation (3/21/13)
February, 2013
December, 2012
- Recorder overhauls voter-roster system (12/05/12)
November, 2012
- Five ways to make long elections lines shorter (11/09/12)
- Fear of ballot shortage in Pennsylvania (11/06/12)
October, 2012
- Last-minute hassle for election board (10/31/12)
- Colo. furthers citizenship checks (10/24/12)
- About 106,000 Ohio voters updated addresses online (10/11/12)
- Utah puts 76,000 inactive voters on hold in 2012 (10/10/12)
- Colorado county clerks blast Gessler for "errors and oversights" (10/09/12)
- Voters who answered citizenship check get thanks (10/05/12)
- Fort Lauderdale judge upholds voter purge (10/05/12)
- Florida elections supervisors ordered to review GOP voter forms for possible fraud (10/04/12)
- NH Supreme Court to hear voter registration case (10/03/12)
- Judge expected to rule on voter purge this week (10/02/12)
- Inactive voters cut from rolls (10/01/12)
- In Florida, G.O.P. Says Voter Forms Are Suspect (10/01/12)
September, 2012
August, 2012
- Group to sue for purge of the rolls (8/27/12)
- As always, Florida in the middle of the voting wars (8/20/12)
- Ohio allows voter changes online (8/10/12)
- Feds: Florida’s voter purge violates federal law (8/01/12)
July, 2012
- Texas wants access to federal database of immigrants to check voter rolls (7/19/12)
- Report turns up Philadelphia voting irregularities (7/19/12)
- Homeland Security says Gessler may check voter citizenship (7/17/12)
- Voting rights, voting wrongs (7/12/12)
June, 2012
- Judge halts federal attempt to block Florida’s voter purge (6/28/12)
- Maryland group alleges voter-roll problems (6/25/12)
February, 2010
- Checks of voter records coming (2/08/10)
June, 2009
- Thousands of voters removed from voting rolls (6/17/09)
- DOJ Rejects Discriminatory Voter List Procedure in Ga.; Raises Concerns for New Election Law (6/04/09)
April, 2009
- More than 200,000 state voters purged (4/20/09)
- Report: Ohio must update voter lists (4/08/09)
- Candidate Says Voter Lists Are Flawed (4/02/09)
March, 2009
- Removing dead from Arizona voter rolls to be easier (3/08/09)
- New Arizona bill promises dead voters won't be counted (3/05/09)
February, 2009
- Fayette begins purging voter rolls (2/27/09)
- Inactive Wis. voters will get card from state (2/19/09)
- Registrars ‘slapped on wrist’ (2/14/09)
- Early Voting, Other Minn. Election Law Changes Proposed (2/11/09)
- County elections board working to remove ineligible voters (2/11/09)
November, 2008
- Wrong list of registered voters forced delays earlier today at some KC polling places (11/04/08)
- Georgia early voting update (11/03/08)
October, 2008
- Voter registration glitch arises in Kansas (10/31/08)
- Deal restores 30,000 voters in Colorado (10/31/08)
- State loses appeal on purging voters (10/31/08)
- Agreement in Colo. lawsuit helps purged voters (10/31/08)
- Justice Department won't intervene in Ohio election (10/30/08)
- Report: Dead citizens on voter-registration rolls (10/30/08)
- Colorado Agrees to Allow Purged Voters to Vote (10/30/08)
- Court: Michigan must return purged names to voter rolls (10/30/08)
- Appeals court declines stay in Michigan voter registration case (10/30/08)
- Appeals court declines stay in Michigan voter registration case (10/30/08)
- ID confusion could nullify 35,000 Colorado mail ballots (10/30/08)
- Ohio: Flagged Voters Remain Nameless (10/29/08)
- Opinion: Ohio GOP suit becomes sticky issue (10/27/08)
- Federal judge will hear voter purge case Wednesday (10/27/08)
- Some voters 'purged' from voter rolls (10/26/08)
- Colorado Faces Suit on Voter Purges (10/25/08)
- Voter-registration lawsuit against Brunner is dropped (10/21/08)
- In Ohio, Charges Fly in Fight Over Absentee Ballots (10/21/08)
- Ohio voter registration case withdrawn; GOP hopes for 'dialogue' on verification (10/21/08)
- Brunner asks that state lawsuit be moved to federal court (10/20/08)
- Three-judge panel to hear arguments in Georgia voter ID lawsuit (10/20/08)
- Ohio Voter Fraud Controversy Not Over? (10/19/08)
- New suit over voter registrations goes to top Ohio court (10/19/08)
- Thousands Face Mix-Ups In Voter Registrations (10/18/08)
- Court Ruling Stokes Voter-Fraud Fight (10/18/08)
- GOP files lawsuit against ACORN (10/18/08)
- Driver's license data will be used to stop voter fraud (10/18/08)
- Supreme Court throws out Ohio GOP election lawsuit (10/18/08)
- "Mismatch" legal battle moves to Ohio Supreme Court (10/18/08)
- Prosecutor with McCain ties seeks voter records (10/18/08)
- New State Lawsuit after U.S. Supreme Court Defeat (10/17/08)
- Justices Rule Against Ohio G.O.P. in Voting Case (10/17/08)
- High court rejects GOP bid in Ohio voting dispute (10/17/08)
- Court nullifies Brunner ruling (10/17/08)
- Ohio Litigating Its Way Through Election Cycle (10/17/08)
- Voter files legal challenge in Ohio voting dispute (10/17/08)
- Brunner Pulled Into Another Fight Over Voter Registartion (10/17/08)
- Emergency Supreme Court appeal filed in Ohio voters case (10/16/08)
- Brunner appeals case involving new voter registrations (10/16/08)
- Ohio elections chief appeals (10/16/08)
- 200,000 voting registrations in doubt (10/16/08)
- Ohio Files Appeal to Supreme Court on Voter Registration Data (10/16/08)
- County elections board delivers new-voter lists (10/16/08)
- Ohio elections chief appeals court's voter ruling (10/16/08)
- Brunner: I'll obey court order, but thousands could lose their right to vote (10/15/08)
- Purging voter list legal, AG says (10/15/08)
- Ruling May Impede Thousands of Ohio Voters (10/15/08)
- No fraud evident in county; state GOP requesting new voter registrations (10/15/08)
- Ohio's Voting-Rights Ruling: What's the Upshot? (10/15/08)
- Require notice of voter 'purges' (10/14/08)
- Court casts doubt on Ohio voter rolls (10/14/08)
- Georgia sued over voter citizenship verification (10/13/08)
- Federal judge orders 1,438 names restored to Michigan voter rolls (10/13/08)
- Judge: Michigan illegally purging voters (10/13/08)
- County officials seeking Ohio voters' records (10/10/08)
- Ohio secretary of state appeals ruling requiring verification of new registered voters (10/10/08)
- Questions raised about Colorado voter purges (10/09/08)
- Michigan election officials deny removing eligible voters from lists (10/09/08)
- Report: Ohio voter purge may violate law (10/09/08)
- GOP Renews Complaints Over Voter Registrations (10/09/08)
- Secretary of State Mike Coffman responds to New York Times "inaccuracies." (10/09/08)
- Lawsuit: Georgia Illegally Purges Votes (10/09/08)
- Six more underage voters found "active" in state database (10/09/08)
- States' Actions to Block Voters Appear Illegal (10/08/08)
- GOP, Brunner spar over verifying voter registrations (10/08/08)
September, 2008
- Report raises questions on voter purging (9/30/08)
- Electronic voter-registration databases put to the test (9/15/08)
August, 2008
July, 2008
Litigation
Active Cases
There are no active cases on State Voter Registration Databases that Election Law @ Moritz is covering at this time.
Archived Cases
- United States v. Alabama (State Voter Registration Databases)
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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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