Mississippi County Forced by Federal Court to Purge Bloated Voter Rolls
A former U.S. Justice Department attorney is pleased that a [...]
Court Victory for Voter Integrity in Mississippi
U.S. District Judge Keith Starrett in the Southern District of [...]
Walthall County Agrees to Clear Inflated Voter Roll
JACKSON (AP) -- South Mississippi's Walthall County has agreed to purge the names of ineligible voters from its voter registration roll, including those of any dead people and disenfranchised felons whose names appear. The agreement was filed Wednesday in a consent order in U.S. District Court in Hattiesburg. The sued two south Mississippi counties, Walthall and Jefferson Davis, in April. The lawsuits said the counties both had more registered voters than residents who were at least 18, the minimum voting age.
ACRU Wins Historic Consent Decree for Mississippi County to Clean Up Voter Rolls
HATTIESBURG, MS -- Officials in Walthall County, Mississippi, were sued in April by the (ACRU) under the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (commonly called "Motor Voter") for having more registered voters than voting-age-eligible residents. On Wednesday, the parties settled the case. The United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi entered a final Walthall_County_Consent_Decree.pdf that requires the defendants to clean up the county's voter rolls.
ACLU of Iowa Asks Judge to Block Effort to Remove Ineligible Voters from Rolls
The American Civil Liberties Union of Iowa has asked a Polk County judge to permanently block a state rule guiding the removal of ineligible voters from the rolls. The request for summary judgment in the lawsuit against Iowa Secretary of State Matt Schulz is the latest turn in a case that has gone on for nearly a year. If granted, the rule that Schultz's office enacted earlier this year outlining a process for identifying and removing noncitizens from the state voter rolls would be invalidated.
Two Somali Immigrants Charged with Double Voting in Minnesota
About 50 men and women packed a Rice County courtroom on August 27 as two Somali women pleaded not guilty to charges of voter fraud stemming from the general election last November. Farhiya Abdi Dool, 38, and Amina A Hassan, 31, each face one felony charge of unlawful voting for voting once by absentee ballot and once at a polling place during the 2012 general election. Each woman faces five years in prison and a $10,000 fine for the offense.
Holder Tangles with Texas
The Justice Department's case distorts the effect of Voter-ID laws and misinterprets the Voting Rights Act. Hans von Spakovsky explains.
Kansas, Arizona Sue U.S. over Citizenship Issue
Kansas and Arizona have sued the U.S. Election Assistance Commission, seeking a court order forcing it to amend voter registration forms for those states so that people signing up are required to prove they're citizens.
Holder Sues Texas to Stop Voter ID
Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. sued Texas on Aug. 22, escalating the battle over voting rights and saying the Legislature was intentionally trying to discriminate against Hispanics when it redrew its congressional district maps and passed a voter-ID law. Read more: https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/aug/22/holder-sues-texas-stop-voter-id-law/#ixzz2d6yRm772 Follow us: @washtimes on Twitter
Texas Woman Charged with Voting 5 Times under Five Names
Federal authorities have arrested a former Brownsville woman for allegedly voting five times by absentee ballot under five different names in a Cameron County runoff election in 2012.