[EL] Election Day Registration brief

[Frank Askin]

I am not sure if you are aware that most of the EDR states do not even
use provisional ballots - except for those who cannot show proper ID.
Most let EDR voters vote on the machine and use the threat of criminal
prosecution to guard against ineligible voters.  FRANK




Prof. Frank Askin
Distinguished Professor of Law       and Director
Constitutional Litigation Clinic
Rutgers Law School/Newark
(973) 353-5687>>> "Larry Levine" <larrylevine at earthlink.net> 3/12/2013
6:01 PM >>>
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

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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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