Washington
Complete coverage for Washington can be found below. (Return to States List)
Information & Analysis
November, 2010
- Washington Supreme Court race still up in the air (11/10/10)
- Washington State Recount Procedures (11/04/10)
January, 2010
February, 2008
November, 2006
- WA-8: Ballot Count Continues (11/13/06)
Commentary
2010
2009
News Wire
Election law news from across the country concerning Washington
March, 2013
February, 2012
January, 2012
December, 2011
January, 2011
- Washington State Election Law Bills (1/18/11)
- State Legislators Moving Forward With Campaign Finance Reform (1/13/11)
November, 2010
October, 2010
September, 2010
August, 2010
April, 2010
February, 2010
- E-mail voting measure heads to Senate (2/01/10)
January, 2010
- Supreme Court may decide felon voting rights issue in Wash. (1/29/10)
- Court temporarily suspends controversial felon voting ruling (1/28/10)
- McKenna, Reed to ask US Supreme Court to take felon voter case (1/11/10)
- Washington to Appeal Voting Rights for Felons (1/06/10)
August, 2009
- Suit fights Pierce County ballot language (8/22/09)
- State's "top 2" primary in limbo again after court ruling (8/20/09)
July, 2009
June, 2009
May, 2009
- King County seeks emergency approval of new voting tools (5/11/09)
- Gregiore Signs Voting-Rights Bill Into Law (5/06/09)
- Voting rights restored to former felons in Washington state (5/05/09)
April, 2009
- Restoring voting rights, cleaner voting rolls (4/24/09)
- Felons could be casting ballots this fall (4/22/09)
- Bill to restore convicted felons voting rights passes Legislature (4/22/09)
- County auditor says felon-voting bill does little to simplify elections process (4/16/09)
- Wash. Senate OKs bill to restore voting for felons (4/15/09)
March, 2009
February, 2009
- Bill would allow freed felons to vote again (2/13/09)
- Guest Columnists: Restore voting rights to ex-felons (2/12/09)
January, 2009
- Wash. considers online voting for overseas voters (1/31/09)
- Wash. considers online voting for overseas voters (1/31/09)
- Felon voting rights bill introduced today (1/22/09)
December, 2008
- Opinion: The Minnesota Recount Folly: We've Been Down That Road (12/31/08)
- Washington state a model for messiness (12/16/08)
November, 2008
- Election Problems, WA State (11/06/08)
- In this state's election, it's about voters, lawyers (11/01/08)
October, 2008
- Rossi to testify as scheduled, but no media access (10/28/08)
- Judge to decide on Rossi testimony (10/27/08)
- Wash. gov's GOP rival ordered to give deposition (10/27/08)
- Judge denies BIAW's request to drop lawsuit (10/24/08)
- Judge denies BIAW's request to drop lawsuit (10/24/08)
- Six more underage voters found "active" in state database (10/09/08)
- Opinion: Former Supreme Court Justices Seek Enforcement of Campaign Laws (10/06/08)
- Op-Ed: Boon for voter fraud, bust for democracy (10/03/08)
- Wash. sues state GOP on election mail (10/03/08)
- "Top two" lawsuit back to U.S. District Court (10/02/08)
September, 2008
- Editorial: Judge should dismiss lawsuit over 'GOP' listing (9/26/08)
- Wash. Democrats sue over GOP moniker in gov race (9/23/08)
- DA's Office investigates possible voter registration fraud (9/23/08)
- AG files election-law suits against builders (9/19/08)
- New voter registrations likely to break record (9/14/08)
- A look at some changes in Wash. election law (9/06/08)
- Much has changed in Wash. elections since 2004 (9/04/08)
August, 2008
- New voting system going smoothly, says election worker (8/19/08)
- Kitsap County auditor admits disclosure errors (8/11/08)
- Election officials predict strong primary turnout (8/06/08)
- Secretary of state predicts high turnout for primary election (8/04/08)
- Man accused of voting twice pleads not guilty to felony charges (8/03/08)
July, 2008
Litigation
Active Cases
There are no active cases in Washington that Election Law @ Moritz is covering at this time.
Archived Cases
- Borders v. King County (Improper Election Administration)
- Doe v. Reed (Freedom of Information)
- Farrakhan v. Gregoire (Felon Voting Rights)
- Washington Association of Churches v. Reed (Voter Registration)
- Washington State Democratic Central Committee v. King County Records, Elections and Licensing Services Division (Provisional Ballots)
- White v. Reed (Ballot Design, Voting Technology)
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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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