Posts by Doug Chapin

The Republican National Lawyers Association has released a response to the PCEA that is broadly supportive of many proposed reforms like online voter registration – but draws a bright red line at the expansion of early voting.

A Kansas paper takes a closer look at the growing interstate voter crosscheck program launched by the state in 2007 and in use in more than half the nation today.

The blog will take a break this week (unless news breaks) and will return with a regular post on Monday, April 21.

Maricopa County’s response to a high number of provisional ballots in 2012 is to implement a combination of hi-tech (e-pollbooks) and low-tech (day-glo vote by mail ballots) to ensure that voters cast the right ballot in the right place.

The EAC got a little closer to non-zero strength yesterday with a committee vote to send two nominees to the floor. What happens next (and what it means) is anyone’s guess – but after years of nothing happening it’s a start.

Once again, Ohio is battling over absentee ballots, as Cuyahoga executive (and gubernatorial candidate) Ed FitzGerald seeks to use county funds to mail applications to county voters – and state officials are trying to stop him. Is another compromise possible?

Pew’s 2012 Elections Performance Index finds that progress is being made nationwide on increasing election performance but some states – even those with modest improvement – run the risk of being left behind.

St. Clair County, IL is discussing the possibility of consolidating precincts to cut back on pollworkers and therefore lower election costs. The only obstacles at this point are time and old state laws mandating low voter maximums per precinct.

WisPolitics recently sat down with Wisconsin election director Kevin Kennedy for an interview as he approaches 35 years(!) helping to run elections in the Badger State.

A new study by the North Carolina State Board of Elections purportedly identified hundreds if not more double votes in the 2012 election. As the state digs into the findings, the pattern of partisan reaction and outrage is already familiar.