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 Missing Link in Gerrymandering Jurisprudence
Edward B. Foley
The key advance is the ability to identify whether a redistricting map is an extreme outlier in the degree of its partisan bias.
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