Archive for 2013

Ohio recently announced that it was implementing some key provisions of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993. At least one of those key provisions is still getting resistance from Democrats 20 years after the law’s enactment.

No blog today – see you tomorrow!

Thanks to a dispute over a city referendum, San Francisco’s 2013 voter guide will clock in at more than 500 pages at a cost to the city of almost $2 million.

As early voting becomes more popular – and wait times of any kind at any voting location more unpopular – finding just the right place for polling locations is vital. Brian Newby gives us a peek inside that effort.

President Obama’s long-awaited election commission finally arrived yesterday. There will be lots more to say as the group gets to work, but here are the details on the (impressive) group of appointees from the worlds of law, business and- yes! – elections.

Takoma Park, MD just lowered its voting age to 16 in City elections. What could this mean in other jurisdictions?

North Carolina’s Gary Bartlett – recently replaced by a new state board of elections – shared some thoughts with electionlineWeekly about succeeding in elections. Simply put, it’s worth reading.

Voter fraud is once again an issue in Hamilton County (Cincinnati) Ohio, where a dispute about how to handle allegations of double voting by apparently confused voters is dividing on partisan lines.

Two precincts in yesterday’s Jersey City election were unable to receive voters until late morning because poll workers – and the poll books in their possession – were no-shows when the doors opened.