Voter registration bill gets approval in House – Associated Press, Columbia Daily Tribune
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) - The House gave initial approval yesterday to a bill requiring hunting and fishing license applicants to be given information about registering to vote.
Another effort to mobilize voters through unrelated services began in 1993. Through the Section 7 of the National Voter Registration Act, applicants at public service agencies are required to make voter registration applications available to unregistered voters. Read more on Section 7 here.
A same-day registration split – Helena Independent
Last week’s Question of the Week asked if readers thought Montana should retain same-day voter registration. The responses were pretty much split down the middle.
Montana is the seventh of eight states to adopt an Election Day registration law. More on EDR may be found at www.demos.org.
Judge sides with state in lawsuit over voter rolls - KY3.com
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A federal judge says state government shouldn't be held responsible for removing thousands of inactive names on the state's voter rolls. The ruling on Friday is a response to a U.S. Department of Justice civil complaint filed in November 2005.
This article cites the National Voter Registration Act. Read more on NVRA and the Challenges to Fair Elections, a Demos report.
Carnahan to testify in D.C. about election laws – St. Louis Post Dispatch
WASHINGTON — Missouri Secretary of State Robin Carnahan, who prevailed last week in an elections lawsuit brought by the Justice Department, planned to tell Congress today that members should coordinate with states before ordering more changes in elections.
Erin Ferns is a Research and Policy Analyst with Project Vote’s Strategic Writing and Research Department (SWORD).
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