Back on February 18, 2009, the ACLU Voting Rights office sued South Dakota election officials for removing two voters from the voter registration rolls, in apparent disregard of state law. South Dakota, like most states, does not permit felons to … Continue reading
On February 23, the Illinois House Elections & Campaign Reform Committee passed HB 6000, which makes ballot access substantially worse for candidates for Chicago Alderperson (the office that in most cities is called City Council). The committee vote was 5-4. … Continue reading
On March 6, U.S. House member Eric Massa, who represents New York’s 29th district, said he will resign from the House on March 8. New York election law does not require a special election for a member of the House … Continue reading
According to this story, New Mexico’s Director of the Election Bureau, who recently resigned, has said that one reason he resigned was that the Secretary of State was requiring patronage employees to help with her ballot access petition. New Mexico … Continue reading
The election for California Secretary of State has three well-known election law activists this year, although the type of election law activism each has engaged in are very different from each other. Christina Tobin is the only candidate seeking the … Continue reading
