9/27: The Los Angeles County Supervisors have started an investigation into voter registration errors caused by the new motor voter program.
3/28: Globe columnist Jeff Jacoby makes the argument that universal voter registration is a terrible idea.
1/18: The automatic voter registration measure would register U.S. citizens to vote when they apply for or renew an enhanced driver’s license if they are 18 years old or older.
(March 27, 2013) Mandatory voter registration (MVR), previously termed “universal” registration, could significantly damage the integrity of America’s voter registration system. The “voter registration modernization” concept of automatically registering individuals through information contained in various existing government databases would throw the current system into chaos. Read Heritage Foundation report by ACRU Policy Board member Hans von Spakovsky. (PDF 286K)