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VOTING RIGHTS
NEWS & ANALYSIS
Wednesday

July 03, 2019

Top Stories    

Note: I am out of office the rest of the week. Daily voting rights news and analysis emails will resume on Monday, July 8.

Good news: 2020 Census will not include citizenship question, Justice Department confirms (The Washington Post).
 
'Tremendous workload': Amendment 4 law creates bureaucratic puzzle in Florida (Tallahassee Democrat). Not only does the GOP-driven poll tax bill in Florida subvert the will of the voters, it makes life much harder for election supervisors who now have to figure out who still owes restitution because that information is not centrally available.
More coverage: In defense of the US Election Assistance Commission (The Hill). The EAC’s executive director Brian Newby writes to boost his own agency.
 
Tampa attorney files lawsuit after state law requires felons to pay back court costs before voting (WFTS). Another challenge to the poll tax bill.
 
Op-ed on H.R. 1: Viewpoint: McConnell blocks House voter protection bill (The Island Now).
 

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STATE NEWS

Delaware

Early voting among bills Gov. Carney signs as 2019 legislative session ends
Delaware Public Media – June 30
               

Florida

Elections office hosts voter registration drives at UF, Santa Fe College
The Gainesville Sun – July 2
 

Georgia

McDuffie will receive new voting machines
The McDuffie Progress – July 3
 

Montana

Secretary of State Corey Stapleton plans to implement new election software in 2020. Election officials worry that’s too fast.
Montana Free Press – June 27
SOCIAL SHARES

ICYMI tweets 

Brennan Center: We're suing Florida over a new law that guts Amendment 4, which restored voting rights to 1.4 million people.
 
The law is a throwback to Jim Crow-era policies aimed at preventing black Floridians from voting, argues Brennan Center expert @myrna_perez_.
 
Rick Hasen: #ELB: Breaking News: Government Caves, Will Print Census Form without the Citizenship Question https://electionlawblog.org/?p=105991  Never have I been happier to be wrong.
 
Mother Jones: How Wisconsin became the most rigged state in the nation:
1. Extreme gerrymandering
2. Voter suppression
3. Lame duck coups http://bit.ly/2NslJTi


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