Archive for August 2012
Voting FOR Your Wallet? New Paper Examines Lottery-Based Incentives for Voting
A new paper examines the potential of a lottery to boost turnout and finds that a system with a large number of small payouts could improve participation among non-voters. Don’t spend your winnings yet, though – it would take a big policy change to make it happen.
Read MoreMinnesota Supreme Court Clears Way for Fierce Fall Fight on Voter ID
The Minnesota Supreme Court recently rejected challenges to a ballot question asking voters to approve a constitutional amendment on voter ID. That decision tees up a fall vote that could even overshadow the race for the White House.
Read MoreNot Last, At Last: Online Voter Registration Comes to New York
New York, which so often trails the pack on election administration, is actually in the middle of the curve on online voter registration – the biggest state to adopt the practice so far.
Read MoreOhio Provisional Ballot Case Raises Several Big Questions – and a Fascinating Tiny One, Too
Yesterday’s federal court opinion about provisional ballots in Ohio raises numerous big issues that the Supreme Court could eventually have to answer – but it also poses a tiny problem that’s just as fascinating.
Read MoreLots of Shoes Still to Drop: All Eyes on the Courts in Election Cases
As we approach ten weeks to Election Day, a number of high-profile cases that could roil the election process are still unresolved.
Read MoreData IS Beautiful (cont.): New Pew Interactive Graphic on Voter Participation
Pew’s election team has produced an absolutely gorgeous interactive graphic on voter participation across the country 1990-2010. Check it out!
Read MoreTwelve … Ineligible Voters? Jury Excusal Forms Becoming Popular Tool to Clean Rolls
In many communities, voter rolls are used as part of the database for calls to jury duty. Recently, the relationship between the jury box and the voting booth has been significant in the other direction as well.
Read MoreIt Was My Understanding There Would Be No Math: DC Petition Challenge Says BOE's Numbers Don't Add Up
The DC Board of Elections is the target of a lawsuit by a group of citizens trying to get an amendment on the November ballot. What makes it interesting is the theory of the case: that DCBOE doesn’t know the law – and can’t do math.
Read MoreMinnesota Federal Court Rejects Challenge to Election Day Registration
A federal court in Minnesota recently rejected challenges to the state’s EDR system; while an appeal is likely, all eyes now turn to a court case on the fate of the voter ID amendment slated to be on this November’s ballot.
Read MoreBuckeye Ballot Battle: Election Controversies Heat Up in Ohio
Ohio is at war again over election policy – this time about early voting. Unfortunately, the argument has gotten so partisan (and now includes a racial aspect) which does not bode well for a clear or well-reasoned outcome.
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