Ballot Access
Complete coverage for Ballot Access can be found below. (Return to Issues List)
Information & Analysis
November, 2012
- Update: ACLU of New Jersey statement on denial of emergency petition to extend ballot access (11/06/12)
- Update: New Jersey ballot access petition (11/06/12)
- Update: New Jersey emergency ballot access petition (11/06/12)
- Pennsylvania provisional ballot shortages? (11/06/12)
- NJ petition seeks extended ballot access (11/06/12)
- New Jersey emergency petition to extend ballot access (11/01/12)
October, 2010
- FL Senate Candidate changes (10/27/10)
September, 2008
- Amicus Brief filed in Ohio 5-Day Window Suit (9/24/08)
- Miss. Gov Agrees to Move Senate Race Up on Ballot (9/19/08)
Commentary
2011
- Rahm Emanuel and Procedural Fairness (1/27/11)
News Wire
Election law news from across the country concerning Ballot Access
April, 2013
March, 2013
- Gov. Kasich signs bills to change Ohio’s election laws (3/27/13)
- New bill could cut off ballot drives’ time to recover (3/06/13)
November, 2012
- ACLU's request to allow last-minute N.J. voting change stuck down by judge (11/07/12)
- With hundreds still waiting to vote, nearly 70 percent of precincts remained open (11/06/12)
July, 2012
- Marks prevails (again) in Aspen ballot case (7/17/12)
- Legal fees but one battle in Aspen ballot case (7/11/12)
June, 2012
May, 2012
- Maryland’s Highest State Court Construes Law on Petition-Checking in an Unfavorable Manner (5/21/12)
April, 2012
January, 2012
- Rick Perry abandons lawsuit against Virginia election law (1/30/12)
- Battle rages over tracing voted ballots in Colorado (1/26/12)
October, 2011
August, 2011
July, 2011
- Hearing on SB 5 ballot language scheduled (7/27/11)
- Effort Underway to Block Ohio’s Election Reform Law (7/19/11)
May, 2011
- Florida GOP Passes Radical Overhaul Of Election Law, Jeopardizing Voting Rights Of Elderly, Military, Students (5/10/11)
- Florida Legislature Passes Omnibus Election Law Bill which Curtails Ballot Access (5/05/11)
March, 2011
- Oklahoma Election Board asks appeals court to overturn Islamic law ruling (3/30/11)
- Three California Election Law Bills Advance (3/17/11)
February, 2011
- Maine Lawmakers Consider Bills to Tighten Voting Requirements (2/17/11)
- Lawmakers: Must troops sue for voting rights? (2/16/11)
- State Officials Unveil Election Reform Legislation (2/14/11)
January, 2011
- Washington State Election Law Bills (1/18/11)
- Obama campaign wades into Ohio elections law fight (1/01/11)
November, 2010
October, 2010
September, 2010
- Lawmakers to fight for vote centers (9/16/10)
- Wis. reaches deal on military, overseas voting (9/09/10)
August, 2010
- Suit challenges jailed voter ban (8/19/10)
- Tennessee Computer Glitch Prevents Thousands From Voting (8/06/10)
July, 2010
- New way to vote this fall (7/28/10)
- NY to provide voter services for disabled students (7/15/10)
June, 2010
- Online voting pilot program sees high participation rate (6/10/10)
- New laws make it easier to obtain, fill out absentee ballot application (6/08/10)
- Senate approves bill to make mail ballots more accessible (6/03/10)
- Military Voting Bill Signed into Law (6/01/10)
May, 2010
April, 2010
- Idaho: Election Law Is Invalidated (4/19/10)
February, 2010
- ACLU appeals ballot access ruling (2/23/10)
December, 2009
- ACLU Files Lawsuit Against Three Nebraska Ballot Access Restrictions (12/16/09)
- Election reform groups join Libertarian challenge to North Carolina's ballot access laws (12/11/09)
September, 2009
- N.J. judge refuses to hear ballot challenge from independent gubernatorial candidate Daggett (9/21/09)
August, 2009
- Mass. Attorney General To Rule On Ballot Questions (8/30/09)
- Arkansas Green Party Files Lawsuit to Be Restored to the Ballot (8/27/09)
- Moderate Party will be on the ballot in 2010 (8/18/09)
- Casting a Vote for Fairer Ballot Access (8/17/09)
July, 2009
- Bloomberg Ally Slapped By Ballot Access Advocates (7/30/09)
- Kulongoski will sign fusion voting bill (7/08/09)
- Ohio Legislature Less Likely to Pass a New Ballot Access Bill This Year (7/05/09)
June, 2009
- Oregon Bill Passes Legislature, Improves Ballot Access & Legalizes Fusion (6/29/09)
- Lynch will not appeal ruling on state election law (6/25/09)
- Rhode Island Senate Passes Ballot Access Bill (6/25/09)
- Independent, Coffield, to Appeal Ballot Access Ruling (6/21/09)
- Maine Legislature Passes Bill Revising How a Party Remains on the Ballot (6/10/09)
- State could still appeal ballot ruling (6/02/09)
May, 2009
- U.S. judge strikes ballot access rule for new parties (5/30/09)
- New Mexico Libertarian and Green Parties File Ballot Access Case (5/26/09)
- Court backs community group on ballot access in New Brunswick (5/01/09)
April, 2009
- Moderates: Access laws aim to keep minor party candidates off the ballot (4/30/09)
- Third parties argue for access to ballot (4/21/09)
March, 2009
- State challenges ballot access suit (3/18/09)
- Bills offer variety of election reforms (3/04/09)
February, 2009
- Homeless candidate seeking court help to get back on ballot (2/20/09)
- Panel votes to ease ballot access requirements (2/18/09)
- Lawsuit, bills targeting RI ballot access law (2/14/09)
December, 2008
- Measure could allow voters to choose polling site (12/16/08)
- Bills seek to ease voting, poll restrictions in Virginia (12/15/08)
November, 2008
- Lawsuit filed to prevent English-only election (11/20/08)
- Obama, McCain missing from some ballots (11/04/08)
- Federal judge to hear NAACP election lawsuit today (11/03/08)
- Federal judge to hear NAACP election lawsuit today (11/03/08)
October, 2008
- Challenge to Obama's citizenship rejected (10/31/08)
- Ohio homeless must be allowed to vote, federal judge says (10/28/08)
- Lawsuit Claims Election Discrimination (10/28/08)
- A Voting Rights Disaster? (10/28/08)
- Ballot Shortages on Election Day? (10/28/08)
- Group sues Kaine, Va. election officials on behalf of NAACP (10/27/08)
- Va. NAACP sues governor over election readiness (10/27/08)
- Coalition of Voters and Civil Rights Groups File Federal Lawsuit in Pennsylvania Seeking Emergency Paper Ballots (10/23/08)
- State to probe blocked ballots (10/06/08)
- Lawsuit claims state made election mistakes (10/03/08)
- "Top two" lawsuit back to U.S. District Court (10/02/08)
September, 2008
- Some fear foreclosures mean loss of vote (9/25/08)
- Madera judge nullifies school election before it's held (9/24/08)
- Voter Excitement Tempered by Concerns of Fairness at Polls (9/23/08)
- Wash. Democrats sue over GOP moniker in gov race (9/23/08)
- Felons who complete their sentences can get their voting rights restored more easily under changes to the pardon process announced Tuesday by Gov. Steve Beshear. (9/23/08)
- Barr loses bid to keep Obama, McCain off Texas ballot (9/23/08)
- Lawsuit Argues That Michigan Is Disfranchising Student Voters (9/19/08)
- Justice Department asked to examine Miss. ballot (9/16/08)
- Brunner may toss signatures on payday-lending ballot issue (9/12/08)
- Battle Over Ballot Continues (9/11/08)
- Editorial: Mississippi’s Ballot Trick (9/10/08)
- No speedy appeal for English-first ballot attempt (9/10/08)
- Concerns abound over voter access in November (9/09/08)
- To Avoid Long Lines, Ohio Officials Say Vote By Mail (9/09/08)
- The campaigns have already begun fighting over ballots and rules for voter registration (9/08/08)
- Changes on the horizon for New Jersey voters (9/01/08)
August, 2008
- Idea for Emergency Paper Ballots Torn Up by Election Officials (8/31/08)
- Some NY officials worry about voting access (8/31/08)
- No proof of black vote suppression in Y’town (8/29/08)
- New machines allow all an equal way to cast votes (8/28/08)
- Judge orders English ballot printed in Puerto Rico (8/27/08)
- Editorial: Create a smart ballot and reduce mistakes (8/27/08)
- Hawaii Redesigns Primary Voting System (8/21/08)
- Parties fear confusion with revised primary ballots (8/19/08)
- Editorial: Grandmother worked hard for the right to vote (8/17/08)
- Opinion: When ballot access goes AWOL (8/16/08)
- GOP seeks probe of military voting assistance programs (8/13/08)
- Election Day could be 'snow day' (8/13/08)
- Voting update: Voters complain of problems at Sparks Middle School (8/12/08)
- Editorial: The Right to Vote (8/08/08)
- Blind Voter Encounters Difficulting Casting Ballot (8/05/08)
July, 2008
- Commissioners continue to study UA voting site (7/31/08)
- Letter to the Editor: Improving Ballot Design (7/28/08)
- Editorial: Vote in person, or from home? (7/26/08)
- Ruling Clears Way for November Vote on Transgender Measure (7/25/08)
- Troops disenfranchised from voting system, advocates say (7/25/08)
- Predicting long delays at polls, group urges paper ballots in Nov. (7/24/08)
- Editorial: A Lesson Not Learned (7/24/08)
- California Voter Registration Form Has New Format for “Party” Choice (7/24/08)
- Justice Dept called uncooperative on voting rights (7/23/08)
- As U.S. economic woes mount, homeless plan to vote (7/23/08)
- A.C.L.U. Sues Alabama on Ballot Access (7/22/08)
- Group lobbies for voting on Sunday (7/18/08)
- ‘Instant Runoff’ voting reform can empower communities of color (7/16/08)
Litigation
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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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