The New York State Board of Elections has revised its official November 2012 election returns. This is because, in June, the New York City Board of Elections found an additional 6,435 ballots that had never been included in the original … Continue reading
On August 22, the United States filed a lawsuit in federal court in Corpus Christi, alleging that the Texas government photo-ID law passed in 2011 (and not yet implemented) violates Section Two of the Voting Rights Act, and the 14th … Continue reading
On August 21, the Secretaries of State of Kansas and Arizona filed a joint lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Kansas, to regain the right of those states to require newly-registering individuals to submit documentary proof of citizenship when the … Continue reading
On August 12, the very day North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory signed HB 589 (the omnibus election law bill), three lawsuits were filed against parts of the bill. A challenge to the government photo-ID requirements was filed in both federal … Continue reading
On August 21, U.S. District Court Judge Mary Lewis, an Obama appointee, ruled that the Greenville County Republican Party does not have standing to challenge South Carolina’s open primary. The case is Greenville County Republican Party v State of South … Continue reading
