West Virginia Prepares to Roll-Out Automatic Voter Registration
6/30: All West Virginians renewing their licenses will be automatically registered to vote now that the new automatic voter registration bill has taken effect.
California Law Would Allow Noncitizens to Join Democratic Party
6/29: A proposed law in California would allow noncitizens to join the Democratic Party as committee delegates and political activists.
Gerrymandering Symposium: Janus-Like Judicial Restraint in Political Gerrymanders and the Census
6/28: Supreme Court precedent is clear that “a jurisdiction may engage in constitutional political gerrymandering” and that “political considerations are inseparable from districting and apportionment.”
Charges Filed in Skid Row Voter Fraud Case
6/28: California prosecutors have charged nine people with bribing homeless people to forge signatures in a voter fraud scheme.
SCOTUS Gerrymandering Ruling a Blow to Liberal Activists
6/28: National Democratic Redistricting Committee was dealt a major blow when the Supreme Court ruled that federal courts should not be involved in state redistricting cases.
Hawaii Implements Mail-In Voting
6/28: Hawaii has approved a bill that will have all registered voters casting ballots via mail, with all voters receiving ballots 18 days prior to elections.
North Carolina’s Photo Voter ID Law Challenged in Court Again
6/28: North Carolina is facing a court challenge over their requirement that voters show photo ID at the polls.
More than 17 Million Inactive Names Removed from State Voter Rolls Over Past Two Years
6/27: The U.S. Election Assistance Commission reported that over 17 million voters were removed from rolls between 2016 and 2018.
SCOTUS Holds That Lawmakers, Not Judges, Should Control Gerrymandering
6/27: The Supreme Court ruled that gerrymandering decisions should be made by lawmakers instead of settled in the courts.
Faithless Electors Who Break Their Promise Rightly Can Be Punished
6/27: As the Supreme Court of Washington correctly concluded, fining those who break their pledge is constitutional and well within the authority given to state legislatures to appoint electors “in such manner” as they choose.