Recent Opinion Articles
- Uncounted Ballots: A Measure of Vulnerability
Edward B. Foley, November 5 - Election Commissions and Supreme Courts
Edward B. Foley, October 20 - Line-drawing after Overruling Austin
Edward B. Foley, September 9 - Citizens United, Stare Decisis, and Democracy
Edward B. Foley, July 31 - Impressive Unanimity: the Historical Significance of Coleman v. Franken
Edward B. Foley, June 30
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Topic-by-Topic Coverage (State Voter Registration Databases)
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News and Analysis
November, 2008
- WI AG Appeals Matching Lawsuit (11/10/08)
October, 2008
- Thousands of CO Absentees Could Have ID Problems (10/31/08)
- Ohio Does Not Have Technology to Match Voters (10/30/08)
- 6th Circuit Rejects MI Purges (10/30/08)
- Settlement Reached in CO Purging Case (10/30/08)
- OH Matching Controversy: DOJ Will Not Get Involved (10/29/08)
- IL Registration Fraud Suit May Go to Federal Court (10/29/08)
- NM GOP Sued over Investigating Voters (10/28/08)
- Injunction Issues in Georgia Matching Case (10/27/08)
- Colorado Sued over Purges (10/26/08)
- Ohio SoS Prohibits Challenges Based on Mismatches (10/23/08)
- WI Judge Dismisses Matching Lawsuit (10/23/08)
- Ohio Matching Suit Dismissed (10/21/08)
- Ohio SoS asks U.S. Supreme Court to void TRO (10/17/08)
- Brunner Files Reply Brief in ORP Case (10/16/08)
- ORP v. Brunner: Opposition to Stay Filed (10/16/08)
- "Joe the plumber" may be a mismatch (10/16/08)
- Full 6th Circuit Vacates Panel, Reinstates TRO (10/14/08)
- Michigan Court Orders Purges Undone (10/13/08)
- Sixth Circuit Panel, 2-1, Vacates Order (10/11/08)
- Federal Court Orders Ohio SoS to Verify Registrations (10/09/08)
- Republicans Request Injunctive Relief in Ohio (10/07/08)
January, 2008
- Colorado Sued over Purges (1/01/08)
Commentary
2008
- Understanding the Supreme Court’s Decision in Brunner v Ohio Republican Party (10/19/08)
- ORP v. Brunner: What is at stake? (10/17/08)
News Stories
June, 2009
- Thousands of voters removed from voting rolls (6/17/09)
- DOJ Rejects Discriminatory Voter List Procedure in Ga.; Raises Concerns for New Election Law (6/04/09)
April, 2009
- More than 200,000 state voters purged (4/20/09)
- Report: Ohio must update voter lists (4/08/09)
- Candidate Says Voter Lists Are Flawed (4/02/09)
March, 2009
- Removing dead from Arizona voter rolls to be easier (3/08/09)
- New Arizona bill promises dead voters won't be counted (3/05/09)
February, 2009
- Fayette begins purging voter rolls (2/27/09)
- Inactive Wis. voters will get card from state (2/19/09)
- Registrars ‘slapped on wrist’ (2/14/09)
- Early Voting, Other Minn. Election Law Changes Proposed (2/11/09)
- County elections board working to remove ineligible voters (2/11/09)
November, 2008
- Wrong list of registered voters forced delays earlier today at some KC polling places (11/04/08)
- Georgia early voting update (11/03/08)
October, 2008
- Voter registration glitch arises in Kansas (10/31/08)
- Deal restores 30,000 voters in Colorado (10/31/08)
- State loses appeal on purging voters (10/31/08)
- Agreement in Colo. lawsuit helps purged voters (10/31/08)
- Justice Department won't intervene in Ohio election (10/30/08)
- Report: Dead citizens on voter-registration rolls (10/30/08)
- Colorado Agrees to Allow Purged Voters to Vote (10/30/08)
- Court: Michigan must return purged names to voter rolls (10/30/08)
- Appeals court declines stay in Michigan voter registration case (10/30/08)
- Appeals court declines stay in Michigan voter registration case (10/30/08)
- ID confusion could nullify 35,000 Colorado mail ballots (10/30/08)
- Ohio: Flagged Voters Remain Nameless (10/29/08)
- Opinion: Ohio GOP suit becomes sticky issue (10/27/08)
- Federal judge will hear voter purge case Wednesday (10/27/08)
- Some voters 'purged' from voter rolls (10/26/08)
- Colorado Faces Suit on Voter Purges (10/25/08)
- Voter-registration lawsuit against Brunner is dropped (10/21/08)
- In Ohio, Charges Fly in Fight Over Absentee Ballots (10/21/08)
- Ohio voter registration case withdrawn; GOP hopes for 'dialogue' on verification (10/21/08)
- Brunner asks that state lawsuit be moved to federal court (10/20/08)
- Three-judge panel to hear arguments in Georgia voter ID lawsuit (10/20/08)
- Ohio Voter Fraud Controversy Not Over? (10/19/08)
- New suit over voter registrations goes to top Ohio court (10/19/08)
- Thousands Face Mix-Ups In Voter Registrations (10/18/08)
- Court Ruling Stokes Voter-Fraud Fight (10/18/08)
- GOP files lawsuit against ACORN (10/18/08)
- Driver's license data will be used to stop voter fraud (10/18/08)
- Supreme Court throws out Ohio GOP election lawsuit (10/18/08)
- "Mismatch" legal battle moves to Ohio Supreme Court (10/18/08)
- Prosecutor with McCain ties seeks voter records (10/18/08)
- New State Lawsuit after U.S. Supreme Court Defeat (10/17/08)
- Justices Rule Against Ohio G.O.P. in Voting Case (10/17/08)
- High court rejects GOP bid in Ohio voting dispute (10/17/08)
- Court nullifies Brunner ruling (10/17/08)
- Ohio Litigating Its Way Through Election Cycle (10/17/08)
- Voter files legal challenge in Ohio voting dispute (10/17/08)
- Brunner Pulled Into Another Fight Over Voter Registartion (10/17/08)
- Emergency Supreme Court appeal filed in Ohio voters case (10/16/08)
- Brunner appeals case involving new voter registrations (10/16/08)
- Ohio elections chief appeals (10/16/08)
- 200,000 voting registrations in doubt (10/16/08)
- Ohio Files Appeal to Supreme Court on Voter Registration Data (10/16/08)
- County elections board delivers new-voter lists (10/16/08)
- Ohio elections chief appeals court's voter ruling (10/16/08)
- Brunner: I'll obey court order, but thousands could lose their right to vote (10/15/08)
- Purging voter list legal, AG says (10/15/08)
- Ruling May Impede Thousands of Ohio Voters (10/15/08)
- No fraud evident in county; state GOP requesting new voter registrations (10/15/08)
- Ohio's Voting-Rights Ruling: What's the Upshot? (10/15/08)
- Require notice of voter 'purges' (10/14/08)
- Court casts doubt on Ohio voter rolls (10/14/08)
- Georgia sued over voter citizenship verification (10/13/08)
- Federal judge orders 1,438 names restored to Michigan voter rolls (10/13/08)
- Judge: Michigan illegally purging voters (10/13/08)
- County officials seeking Ohio voters' records (10/10/08)
- Ohio secretary of state appeals ruling requiring verification of new registered voters (10/10/08)
- Questions raised about Colorado voter purges (10/09/08)
- Michigan election officials deny removing eligible voters from lists (10/09/08)
- Report: Ohio voter purge may violate law (10/09/08)
- GOP Renews Complaints Over Voter Registrations (10/09/08)
- Secretary of State Mike Coffman responds to New York Times "inaccuracies." (10/09/08)
- Lawsuit: Georgia Illegally Purges Votes (10/09/08)
- Six more underage voters found "active" in state database (10/09/08)
- States' Actions to Block Voters Appear Illegal (10/08/08)
- GOP, Brunner spar over verifying voter registrations (10/08/08)
September, 2008
- Report raises questions on voter purging (9/30/08)
- Electronic voter-registration databases put to the test (9/15/08)
August, 2008
July, 2008
Litigation
Active Cases
- Common Cause v. Coffman (Colorado)
- Morales v. Handel (Georgia)
- USSAF v. Land (Michigan)
Archived Cases
- Grebner v. Michigan (Michigan)
- State ex rel. Mahal v. Brunner (Ohio)
- United States v. Alabama (Alabama)
- Van Hollen v. Government Accountability Board (Wisconsin)
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