The U.S. Supreme Court will hear Husted v A. Philip Randolph Institute, 16-980, on November 8. On September 15, the Ohio voting rights groups who won the case in the lower court filed this brief on the merits with the U.S. Supreme Court. Ohio will now file a reply brief, and then the briefing will be complete. The issue is whether Ohio is purging voters from the rolls in a manner that violates federal law. Thanks to Rick Hasen for the link.
https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2016/cb16-189.html
Nov 2016 moving rate report — depends on how bad the gerrymander hacks mess up the economy with their spending schemes and deficits.
How much Elector-voter registration stuff by a State is akin to citizen registration stuff by a State (for all sorts of purposes – militia duty, jury duty, paying taxes, etc.) ???
The federal district court ruled in favor of Ohio. This was overturned by the 6th Circuit, which is now the subject of the appeal.
The USDOJ has filed an amicus brief siding with Ohio, though they had previously (under the Obama administration) sided with the plaintiffs. If you read the brief at Page 10 you will find the plaintiff’s interpretation of what the federal government used to believe. I think they are playing a little bit loose with the facts here, as to what was the trigger in the previous cases.
The case comes down to a matter of interpretation of two different sections of federal law passed at different time. If the plaintiffs win, Congress could act to clarify the law (assumes a fact not in evidence – that Congress is capable of acting).
@DR, in Texas, the voter rolls are maintained by the Voter Registrar/Tax Collector, whose main duty is to collect property taxes. This is a residual of the time when Texas had a poll tax. A voter would take their tax receipt when they voted.
When it is election time, the Voter Register sends a copy of the registration rolls over to the county clerk or other election officials (city, school district, etc.) who are conducting the election.
The gerrymander Congress sometimes actually changes USA laws AFTER SCOTUS puts out opinions.
The moron media then says that the Congress has *over-ruled* SCOTUS — media morons at work.