Voter Eligibility
Complete coverage for Voter Eligibility can be found below. (Return to Issues List)
Information & Analysis
December, 2008
November, 2008
October, 2008
- Absentee ballots emerging as a trouble area nationwide (10/31/08)
- Litigation Status Report (10/31/08)
- 30 Florida counties come up with new ways to deal with the state's (10/28/08)
Commentary
There are no commentary articles on Voter Eligibility that Election Law @ Moritz has written at this time.
News Wire
Election law news from across the country concerning Voter Eligibility
October, 2012
September, 2012
- Groups turn to court to block voter citizenship question (9/17/12)
- Elections board accepts a few voter challenges (9/11/12)
August, 2012
July, 2012
June, 2012
- Judge halts federal attempt to block Florida’s voter purge (6/28/12)
- Florida’s voter purge explained (6/18/12)
- Ariz. allowed to keep law that demands proof of citizenship for voter registration (6/15/12)
- Michigan House approves bills to tighten voting laws (6/13/12)
- Florida, DOJ in dueling lawsuits over voter purge (6/12/12)
- County elections chiefs to state: We won’t resume voter purge (6/08/12)
- N.C. House seeks to soften voter ID bill (6/06/12)
- Voter ID plan would take effect in fall, with tigheter restrictions later (6/05/12)
- Feds to Florida: halt non-citizen voter purge (6/01/12)
May, 2012
- Florida Steps Up Effort Against Illegal Voters (5/25/12)
- Kansans learn requirements of new voter identification law (5/25/12)
- Non-citizen voter database flawed, say elections officials (5/14/12)
March, 2012
February, 2012
- Lawmakers define voters' residency (2/09/12)
August, 2010
- 17-year-olds vote in first election (8/11/10)
- Dead? Your vote won't count in Missouri (8/02/10)
May, 2010
- Georgia looks to boost voter verification (5/21/10)
- Hosemann: Many voters dually registered (5/20/10)
- Non-Citizen Voting Proposed In SF School Elections (5/18/10)
- Mentally ill voter rights on ballot (5/03/10)
March, 2010
November, 2009
- Homeless, student voters challenged (11/05/09)
April, 2009
- Task force to examine Va residency rules (4/23/09)
March, 2009
- Vt. weighs letting 17-year-olds vote (3/14/09)
- Senate: Would-be voters must prove citizenship (3/03/09)
February, 2009
- Bill would allow 17-year-old Texans to vote in primaries (2/22/09)
- Closer checking of voters defeated in ND House (2/10/09)
- Ballot bills defeated in ND Legislature (2/10/09)
- Bill would require proof of citizenship to vote (2/05/09)
January, 2009
- Voting Bill Could Impact Student Voters (1/29/09)
November, 2008
- Mass. voters who have moved may still vote (11/03/08)
October, 2008
- No compromise yet in state voter dispute (10/23/08)
- 'Voters' flocking to Ohio (10/22/08)
- Change Called for in Voter Eligibility Wording (10/09/08)
- Dems challenge claim that 6,000 Montanans aren't eligible to vote (10/07/08)
- Disabled vet's lawsuit says city deprived him of right to vote (10/07/08)
- State GOP challenges eligibility of voters (10/06/08)
September, 2008
July, 2008
Litigation
Active Cases
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Archived Cases
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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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