May, 2009
Below are stories from May, 2009 related to election law developments from across the country. The links below will open in a new window and will direct you to sites that are not affiliated with Election Law @ Moritz or the Moritz College of Law. They are subject to change, and some may expire or require registration as time passes. (See Archives | Recent Headlines)
May 1, 2009
- Minnesota - Coleman appeals Senate race at Minn. high court
- New Jersey - Court backs community group on ballot access in New Brunswick
May 2, 2009
- Mississippi - 2 Miss. lawmakers move voter ID debate to court
- New Jersey - Appeals court upholds out-of-town candidacy
May 3, 2009
- Minnesota - Franken's in limbo as the weeks grind on
- South Carolina - Early voting window divides S.C. lawmakers
May 4, 2009
- South Carolina - Dems’ early voting plan stalls in House
- National - A Bad Time To Cut Voting Rights Protections
May 5, 2009
- Idaho - Idaho Senate passes election reform bill
- Iowa - Levin will seek full recount in Rock Island mayoral race
- Nevada - Acorn Charged in Voter Registration Fraud Case in Nevada
- Washington - Voting rights restored to former felons in Washington state
May 6, 2009
- Georgia - Some praise new voter registration law, others say it’s tantamount to discrimation
- Michigan - No-reason absentee voting approved by House
- Michigan - Cockrel's campaign T-shirt may violate election law
- Nevada - Nevada Files New Voter Registration Charges Against ACORN
- Texas - Voter ID -- Again
- Texas - New voter ID proposal circulated in Legislature
- Texas - Voter ID plan gets more strict in Texas House
- Washington - Gregiore Signs Voting-Rights Bill Into Law
May 7, 2009
- Michigan - Darryl Buchanan asks for recount after computer glitch in close Flint mayoral primary vote
- Pennsylvania - Seven ACORN volunteers charged with voter fraud
- South Carolina - SC legislative panel approves voting ID bill
May 8, 2009
- Minnesota - Bill to make early voting easier gets Senate OK
- Kansas - E-mail voting bill passes the Kansas Senate
May 9, 2009
- Connecticut - Ray Hackett: Let citizens decide issue of early voting
- National - More Acorn Voter Fraud Comes to Light
May 11, 2009
- Michigan - Stanley proposal to allow absentee ballots for any reason passes the House, now moves to Senate
- Minnesota - Franken files arguments in Senate recount trial
- North Carolina - Bill promotes teen voter registration
- Texas - Stalled voter ID plan shows struggle to find compromise on thorny issue
- Washington - King County seeks emergency approval of new voting tools
May 12, 2009
- Indiana - Daniels vetoes early voting bill sparked by Lake County dispute
- Indiana - Gov. Daniels rejects vote center bill
- Kansas - State to roll out simple online option for registering to vote, changing address
- Minnesota - Franken defends his win
- Tennessee - Voter ID / voter citizenship / e-mail absentee bills stall
- Texas - Voter ID bill clears Texas House committee
- Texas - Voter ID bill faces uncertain future after clearing committee
May 13, 2009
- New York - 40 percent of military absentee ballots not counted in NY
- Texas - Bill filed to improve absentee balloting by military
- New York - New Voting Machines Ready For Fall Elections
May 14, 2009
- South Carolina - S.C. panel approves voter ID
May 15, 2009
- Minnesota - Team Coleman tells court how to deal with ballot disparities
- Minnesota - Minnesota House approves no-excuse early voting bill
- Pennsylvania - ACORN Workers In Fraud Case Say They Had Quota Pressure
- National - Southern lawmakers push for new restrictions on voting
May 18, 2009
- Kentucky - Clay Co. vote-buying investigation keeps expanding
- Minnesota - Legislature poised to move primary to August
- Rhode Island - House considers bill forcing RI voters to show ID
- Texas - McCall confident voter ID legislation will reach House floor
- National - Former organizer says ACORN will commit fraud in Census work
- Colorado - Ritter Signs Election and Voter Reform Bills
- Pennsylvania - Piazza may back bilingual ballots
May 19, 2009
- Colorado - Online voter registration could save big
- Ohio - Election reform in Ohio too important for games
- Rhode Island - House lawmakers delay voter ID bill
- Tennessee - Some voting precincts may be cut
- Texas - Anti-voter fraud bill sails through Texas Senate
May 20, 2009
- Illinois - Ill. House votes to make absentee voting easier
- Texas - Dems press leadership over voter ID debate
- Indiana - Governor vetoes voting center bill, cites election fraud concerns
- Florida - Elections chief to resolve voting foul-ups
- New York - Bill would translate NYC ballots to Russian
May 21, 2009
- Hawaii - Hawaii injunction blocks use of voting machines until rules set
- Mississippi - Hewes explains voter ID actions
- Missouri - St. Louis voter fraud under investigation
- New York - Johnstown officials blame machine for defeat of bus garage proposal
- Texas - Controversial voter ID bill threatens walkout at Texas Capitol
May 22, 2009
- Mississippi - Call for ballot reform renewed
May 23, 2009
- New Jersey - Student's campaign spurs absentee voters
May 24, 2009
- Florida - Group faults ballot scanner for Florida overvotes
- Texas - Could Voter ID be killed on a technicality?
May 25, 2009
May 26, 2009
- Connecticut - House passes voter-registration bill
- Kansas - Candidate Kobach claims widespread voter fraud
- Mississippi - Hoseman Petitions for Voter ID
- New Mexico - New Mexico Libertarian and Green Parties File Ballot Access Case
- Texas - Democrats look to stop voter ID bill
May 27, 2009
- Mississippi - Hosemann hopeful for voter ID effort
- Connecticut - House Approves Same-Day Registration
May 28, 2009
- Minnesota - Ritchie is sued over voter-registration records
- Minnesota - Ritchie is sued over voter-registration records
- Texas - Controversial Voter ID Bill stalled with split vote; Strauss may decide issue
- Virginia - Nader Accuses McAuliffe of Suppressing Votes
- National - Congress Must Help Military Vote
May 29, 2009
- Louisiana - Louisiana House of Representatives approves electronic voter registration bill
- Nevada - Election law changes criticized
- New York - Considering the Alternative, New York Holds Onto Its Old-Fashioned Voting Machines
- Minnesota - Minnesota Supreme Court set to hear Coleman v. Franken
- Minnesota - Minnesota Majority files election lawsuit with Supreme Court
- Rhode Island - House approves voter ID bill
May 30, 2009
- Rhode Island - U.S. judge strikes ballot access rule for new parties
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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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