William & Mary Law School | Election Law Society
by Beth, Contributor
On October 16, some five million New Jersey residents can head to the polls and cast their votes for the senator of their choice. And twenty days later, they can go to the polls again to vote for governor. The reason: New Jersey’s October 16 special election. [Read more…] about A Very Special Special Election: “Opposite-Day” in New Jersey?
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Former Richmond City Council member Sa’ad El-Amin could be back in the voting booth for this year’s Governor’s race. The irony is that this could frustrate his own efforts to ensure automatic rights restoration for felons in Virginia.
Federal District Judge John A. Gibney Jr. ordered a stay in the case of El-Amin v. Commonwealth of Virginia, holding off on deciding whether the convicted felon would have his voting rights restored, because of Governor Bob McDonnell’s announcement that he intends to restore voting rights to all non-violent felons in the state. (Full Disclosure: Two William & Mary Law School students, Kate Ward and Elderidge Nichols, under the supervision of Professor Rebecca Green, filed an amicus curiae brief in El-Amin’s case.) [Read more…] about News Brief: Out of the Frying Pan and Into the Ballot Box
The Court did not strike down Section 5 preclearence provisions, but as the New York Times explains, after today’s ruling, Section 5 is “without significance — unless Congress passes a new bill for determining which states would be covered.”
The Court ruled 7-2 that Arizona’s law was preempted by the 1993 National Voter Registration Act.