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Oregon Registers Thousands Under New ‘Motor Voter’ Law

PORTLAND -- Roughly 68,500 Oregonians have been automatically registered to vote under the state's new "motor voter" law, according to the Associated Press. That's an average 13,700 new voters a month through May, a big jump from the 2,000 per month Oregon typically saw before the automatic voter registration system kicked in Jan. 1. The program automatically registers people to vote when they apply for or renew a driver's license or state ID card, and on Friday state elections officials began rolling out its second and final phase. Phase two involves mailing registration paperwork to another 145,000 residents who interacted with the motor vehicle department in the two years before motor voter went into effect.

ACRU Staff2020-05-03T23:36:33+00:00June 21st, 2016|Automatic Registration, News, Voter ID|

Voter ID Opponents Insult Latinos, Candidate Says

ROSWELL, NEW MEXICO -- Refusing to be defined as a victim within a vulnerable population, Roswell's candidate for secretary of state said Wednesday that those who assert Hispanics lack the ability to obtain IDs to vote insult all Latinos. State Rep. Nora Espinoza, R-Rowsell, the guest speaker at Wednesday's monthly luncheon of the Chaves County Republican Women, said that when one person votes illegally, all other voters are disenfranchised. "Let me tell you what disenfranchisement really is," Espinoza said. "If a single ineligible voter casts a vote, every single honest voter in New Mexico is disenfranchised. If anyone votes in the place of someone else, whether that person be alive or dead or barks, every honest New Mexican is disenfranchised." Espinoza, who is Hispanic, said she supports combating voter fraud with a state voter ID law. Espinoza said she will press the issue in her campaign for secretary of state, the third highest office in state government after governor and lieutenant governor, to ensure the integrity of elections. "The more people believe the system is honest, that your vote will count, that someone can't steal a vote and therefore wipe out your vote, and that the election will be fair to all, well, the more likely they are to believe it's worthwhile, the more likely they are to participate," Espinoza said. "If we elect someone who doesn't believe in these common sense [auth] ideas, they are electing someone with a another agenda in mind altogether. And that agenda does not include safeguarding your vote and the assurance of integrity in the voting system." Espinoza said her Democratic opponent, Bernalillo County Clerk Maggie Toulouse Oliver, is espousing the same liberal ideas that Toulouse Oliver ran on unsuccessfully in 2014. "What were those ideas?" Espinoza asked. "In 2014, that candidate said she is against voter ID, wants to register voters as they walk up to the polls on Election Day, believes voter fraud is a myth. Every poll shows that 75 percent of all New Mexicans, Democrats, Republicans, independents alike, all support voter ID. All New Mexicans want fair elections."

ACRU Staff2020-05-03T23:34:40+00:00June 21st, 2016|ACRU Commentary, Vote Fraud, Voter ID|

Group Asks Judge to Bar North Dakota Voter ID Law

FARGO -- A federal judge has been asked to temporarily block the enforcement of North Dakota's Voter Identification Law. The request was filed by attorneys who represent members of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa. Earlier this year, they filed a lawsuit that claims North Dakota's voter ID requirements ''disproportionately burden and disenfranchise Native Americans.'' Court documents say an injunction would restore the right to cast ballots by signing an affidavit, or by a poll worker's personal knowledge of a voter's eligibility. Attorneys want the injunction to remain in force until the lawsuit is settled. North Dakota is the only state without voter registration. State law requires a driver's license, or tribal identification cards.

ACRU Staff2020-05-03T23:34:40+00:00June 21st, 2016|In the Courts, News, Voter ID|

North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP, et al. v. Patrick L. McCrory, et al.

ALEXANDRIA, VA (June 20, 2016) —- Opponents of North Carolina’s [...]

ACRU Staff2020-05-03T23:37:12+00:00June 20th, 2016|ACRU Amicus Briefs, In the Courts, Voter ID|

California’s Automatic Registration Could Add 2 Million Voters, Study Says

A new study from the Public Policy Institute of California estimates that, if executed successfully, the state's new motor voter law could add more than 2 million new voters to the rolls in its first year of implementation. The new law, slated to take effect next year, is supposed to streamline the way citizens register to vote at Department of Motor Vehicles offices. Once fully implemented, drivers applying for or renewing licenses and completing other DMV transactions will have their information electronically transmitted to the secretary of State, as long as they've confirmed they're eligible to vote and don't opt out of registering. State officials have been saying for months that potentially millions of new voters could be registered under the new law. The PPIC report released Thursday appears to bolster that claim. If the law is a success, the report says, California's electorate could grow to include more Latinos, young people and those with foreign-born parents and lower education levels.

ACRU Staff2020-05-03T23:23:46+00:00June 17th, 2016|Automatic Registration, News|

Ohio to Invite New Voters, Purge Dead Voters from Rolls

COLUMBUS -- More than 1.5 million Ohioans who are eligible to vote but haven't registered will get an invitation in August to join the voter rolls and thousands who have died or moved out of state will be dropped, under a new partnership between the Ohio Secretary of State and a national non-profit organization. Secretary of State Jon Husted predicted on Tuesday that the total number of registered voters will climb beyond the current 7.6 million and the records will be more accurate as Ohio -- once again -- undergoes the added scrutiny of being a crucial swing state in a hotly contested presidential election. "Our goal has always been to make it easy to vote and hard to cheat in Ohio," Husted said. Ohio will join 18 states and the District of Columbia participating in the Electronic Registration Information Center, a national non-profit formed in June 2012 to focus on maintaining accurate voter registration records. It is funded by the Pew Center for the States. ERIC states cross check voter files against Social Security death records, driver's license and vehicle registration records and other databases. Pew is awarding Ohio a $400,000 grant to cover most of the cost of sending notice about the easiest path to register to an estimated 1.5 million to 2.25 million Ohioans who are eligible but not yet registered.

ACRU Staff2020-05-03T23:36:33+00:00June 16th, 2016|News, Voter ID|

Illinois Governor Eyes Automatic Voter Registration Bill

SPRINGFIELD Illinois lawmakers in both houses have endorsed automatic voter registration. The measure approved 86-30 by the House on May 31 would provide automatic registration for would-be voters visiting certain state agencies, according to the Associated Press: Each person would have a chance to opt out at some point. Senate approval of House changes sent it to Gov. Bruce Rauner, who expressed support but wants to see legislative language. "Supporters say it could expand the franchise to 2 million people. Republicans fear a ploy to gin up Democratic voters. People visiting the Department on Aging or the departments of Human Services, Healthcare and Family Services, Employment Security and the Secretary of State's office could register."

ACRU Staff2020-05-03T23:36:33+00:00June 14th, 2016|Automatic Registration, News, Voter ID|

Four Connecticut Republicans Oppose Automatic Voter Registration

HARTFORD -- An agreement between Secretary of the State Denise Merrill and Department of Motor Vehicle Commissioner Michael Byzdra to develop an automatic voter registration system is an unnecessary and expensive proposition. That was the message from four Republican lawmakers who held a press conference in late May at the Legislative Office Building in Hartford to criticize the decision. In response to the U.S. Department of Justice's threat to sue Connecticut for not complying with the National Voter Registration Act of 1993, Merrill and Byzdra inked an agreement to come up with an automatic voter registration system for drivers to use at the DMV when they renew their license. Sen. Michael McLachlan, R-Danbury, said the current paper process has no new implementation costs. It involves making sure drivers are given voter registration cards by an employee at the counter and that those cards are mailed to their respective towns. The memorandum of understanding between Merrill and Byzdra sets forth a two-year process for coming up with an automated way for drivers to register to vote at the DMV.

ACRU Staff2020-05-03T23:36:33+00:00June 14th, 2016|Automatic Registration, News, Voter ID|

The Coming Ohio Election Mess

By J. Christian Adams Left-wing organizations and Soros-funded lawyers have been busy making a mess in Ohio just in time for the Presidential election. They have been engaged in a multi-year litigation campaign to make it easier for Hillary Clinton to win the state this coming November. Unfortunately, their campaign has been largely successful. Important election integrity reforms implemented by the Ohio legislature and Secretary of State John Husted have been recently undone by multiple federal courts relying on dubious legal theories. Whoever says voter fraud is a myth doesn't know much about Ohio. Just last month, Rebecca Hammond was charged with filing thirty-five fictional voter registration applications. An election in Lorain was invalidated because voter fraud made the difference in the outcome. Aliens are voting in Ohio elections. In 2008, Obama campaign volunteers such as Amy Little and Yolanda Hippensteele committed criminal voter fraud when they illegally voted in Ohio even though they lived elsewhere. And who can forget Cincinnati election official Meloweese Richardson who boasted she voted six times for President Obama and was treated as a hero by Ohio Democrats when she was released from jail? Meloweese Richardson Meloweese Richardson Criminal voter fraud in Ohio helps Democrats win elections, and Democrats know it. That's why they are pouring millions into overturning election integrity laws in the federal courts. The laws enacted in Ohio were specifically designed to stop election gangsters like Little, Hippensteele and Richardson. Without winning Ohio, the Left cannot retain power over the executive branch in November. That's why Democrats are fighting so hard in court to strike these election reforms down. That's why they've brought so many lawsuits, to undo the efforts of Secretary Husted and the Ohio legislature to stop the gangsters. As a result, a mess may come this November.

ACRU Staff2020-05-03T23:38:00+00:00June 10th, 2016|ACRU Commentary, Vote Fraud, Voter ID|

Kobach Predicts Chaos if Court Order Stands in Kansas Case

DENVER -- Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach contends massive voter confusion will occur if an appeals court doesn't block a lower court's order to register thousands of state residents for November's presidential election. Kobach made the prediction in a document he filed with the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The dispute centers on residents who submit voter registration forms at Division of Motor Vehicles offices and don't provide proof of citizenship. A 2011 state law requires newly registering voters to provide proof of citizenship. A preliminary injunction issued May 17 by U.S. District Judge Julie Robinson prohibits election officials from enforcing the proof of citizenship requirement for residents who register at DMV offices. Robinson's order will take effect Tuesday if the Denver-based appeals court doesn't block it by issuing a stay. Kobach requested a stay in the document he filed May 28. Attorneys for the League of Women Voters and American Civil Liberties Union on Wednesday opposed Kobach's request. The dispute involves whether about 18,000 residents will be allowed to vote, court filings state. Early voting for the primary election begins July 13.

ACRU Staff2020-05-03T23:38:00+00:00June 10th, 2016|Early Voting, In the Courts, News, Proof of Citizenship, Voter ID|

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