[EL] Election Day Registration brief

[Larry Levine]

Unintended consequences department: open up election day registration, thus
increasing the pool of potential voters with whom a campaign must
communicate (think legislative districts, not big statewide or national TV
type campaigns), thus increasing the cost of campaigning (more doors upon
which to knock, more households to which mail must be sent), and at the same
time keep imposing spending limits on campaigns so the ability to
communicate repeatedly with voters narrows. Election day registration also
inflates the number of provisional ballots that must be hand inspected and
verified before counting after the election. That could greatly delay
certification of the election and in some cases bump up against statutory
deadlines, including possibly the electoral college. Not very likely? Until
it happens.
Larry

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu] On Behalf Of Frank
Askin
Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2013 2:05 PM
To: Rick Hasen; law-election at uci.edu; Legislation Listserv
Subject: [EL] Election Day Registration brief

Below is the URL for a 92-page brief in support of summary Judgment filed
last week in the case of Rutgers University Student Association (RUSA), et.
al.  v. Middlesex County Board of Elections, challenging New Jersey's
advance registration requirement under the New Jersey Constitution as an
undue and no longer necessary burden on the right to vote. FRANK

https://law.newark.rutgers.edu/files/SummaryMotionBrief3.5.13.pdf


Prof. Frank Askin
Distinguished Professor of Law       and Director
Constitutional Litigation Clinic
Rutgers Law School/Newark
(973) 353-5687
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