election-law_gl-digest Monday, January 14 2002 Volume 01 : Number 121
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Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2002 09:33:15 -0800
From: "Even, Jeff (ATG)" <JeffE@ATG.WA.GOV>
Subject: Voter Fraud?
I don't know that I have a response to the query below, from Dan Ortiz, but
I certainly find the question an interesting one. It leads me to ask,
however, whether we have a working definition of "voter fraud." I'm not
sure that the term has a precise meaning.
Jeff Even
Assistant Attorney General
Solicitor General's Team
PO Box 40100
Olympia, WA 98504-0100
voice: (360) 586-0728
fax: (360) 664-0229
jeffe@atg.wa.gov
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Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 14:06:18 -0500
From: Dan Ortiz <dro@virginia.edu>
Subject: Characteristics of Voting Fraud Prosecutions?
Stephen Ansolabehere from MIT, who I hope will soon join the list
serv,
asked me the following set of questions about voting fraud prosecutions. I
knew of no studies and had no direct knowledge myself but thought that the
group might be able to help out. If you want to contact him directly, his
email address is sda@mit.edu but the discussion might well interest many
members of the list. Thanks.
Do you know if anyone has tried to collect the cases in which there are
allegations of voter fraud over the last, say, 10 years? I'm interested in
the following quesitons. How many election or voter fraud cases have there
been in recent years? What do they involve - absentee ballots,
registration, etc? At what level are they? How many votes are involved?
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Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2002 15:21:47 -0500
From: David Lublin <DLUBLIN@american.edu>
Subject: Puerto Rican registration
Dear Colleagues:
Do Puerto Ricans who move from the island to the one of the states (or
DC) have to do anything different from other American citizens in order
to register to vote? Do they need to establish residency of the US
proper rather than the island? I was wondering if there were any extra
procedural barriers that might explain relatively low Puerto Rican
turnout on the mainland. Or is it lack of interest in mainland politics
or continuing ties to the island? After all, turnout in Puerto Rico
itself is usually much higher than in the U.S.
Thanks for any insights you can lend.
Regards,
David Lublin
American University
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Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2002 15:31:05 -0600
From: Steven Mulroy <smulroy@memphis.edu>
Subject: Post-Bush v. Gore Cases
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I am doing some research on the post-Bush v. Gore cases challenging a
particular State's disparities in voting rules and voting equipment,
resulting in unequal chances of voters in different counties from having
their votes counted. I'm interested in finding (1) documents outlining the
legal arguments made by the parties on the merits along with (2) any legal
analysis by the courts on the merits. I'm also interested in (3) any
articles which have been done analyzing the use of Bush v. Gore for this
purpose.
If anyone has such information, or can point me to a ready source for such
information, I'd appreciate them sharing it with me.
Steve Mulroy
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resulting in unequal chances of voters in different counties from having
their votes counted. I'm interested in finding (1) documents outlining
the legal arguments made by the parties on the merits along with (2) any
legal analysis by the courts on the merits. I'm also interested in
(3) any articles which have been done analyzing the use of <u>Bush v. Gore</u>
for this purpose.
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such information, I'd appreciate them sharing it with me.
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Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2002 17:37:13 -0800
From: Derek Cressman <cressman@pirg.org>
Subject: provisional ballot procedures
The new U.S. Senate compromise election reform bill contains a provision
that would require states to verify a voter's identity if they have
registered to vote by mail and are voting for the first time. If the voter
cannot prove their identity (through providing photo ID, a copy of a lease,
etc) when they go to vote, they would still be allowed to cast a
provisional ballot, which all states would be required to accept. If
enacted, this could result in many more Americans voting provisional
ballots than ever before, although there appear to be no standards for how
these provisional ballots are to be verified.
Is anyone on the list familiar with the procedures used to verfiy
provisional ballots in the states that currently use them? Is there a
great variation in the percentage of provisional ballots that are
accepted/rejected in different states? Have there been any studies on
this, or recommendations for how to best handle provisional ballots?
thanks,
Derek Cressman
Derek Cressman
PIRGs Democracy Campaign Director
926 J St #523
Sacramento, CA 95814
Cressman@pirg.org
916-448-4516 phone
www.pirg.org/democracy
www.pirg.org/buckbuckley
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