October, 2009
Below are stories from October, 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)
October 1, 2009
- Tennessee - Common Cause sues over voting machine delay
- Tennessee - Common Cause sues Tennessee over paper ballot law
October 2, 2009
- New Jersey - State puts its stamp of approval on vote-by-mail
October 7, 2009
- Massachusetts - State eyes allowing teenagers voting rights
October 10, 2009
- National - Senate panel to review election unit sale
October 14, 2009
October 15, 2009
- Michigan - Secretary of State candidate tells Saginaw County League of Women Voters election reform needed
- Michigan - Michigan considers e-mailing absentee ballots overseas
October 16, 2009
- Georgia - DOJ spikes Ga. voter citizenship checks again
- Indiana - State voter ID law could go before Supreme Court
October 22, 2009
October 28, 2009
- Washington, D.C. - DC Voting Rights unlikely to move with defense bill
October 29, 2009
- Minnesota - Military ballot law has states in a time squeeze
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Commentary
The Supreme Court and the RIght to Vote
Daniel P. Tokaji
For over 130 years, the U.S. Supreme Court has said that the right to vote fundamental. The idea is that voting for candidates who represent our views is the primary means through which we protect our interests, whatever they might be. Yet ecent events raise serious questions about the currently short-staffed Supreme Court’s capacity to protect the right to vote against 21st Century threats.
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