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Moritz-ELJ Conference: HAVA at 10

I’m pleased to announce that The Ohio State University’s Moritz College of Law will host a conference on Friday, May 18, 2012 to commemorate the 10th Anniversary of the Help America Vote Act of 2002, with papers to be published in Election Law Journal.  It will feature a terrific lineup of speakers, including lawyers and law profs (Doug Chapin, Terri L. EnnsHeather Gerken, Ned FoleyRick Hasen, Steven F. Huefner, and Dan Tokaji) political scientists (Paul Gronke, Thad Hall, David Kimball, Martha KropfCharles Stewart III), former EAC Commissioners (Donetta Davidson and Ray Martinez III), and election officials (Jon Husted, Matthew Damschroder).  From the conference website:

The Help America Vote Act of 2002 (HAVA) became law 10 years ago. To commemorate this occasion and discuss how American election administration has changed over the past decade, The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law’s Election Law @ Moritz program, its Legislation Clinic, and Election Law Journal, are co-sponsoring a conference, “HAVA @ 10.”

The Moritz College of Law will host the conference in downtown Columbus, Ohio, on May 18, 2012, with papers from the conference to be published in Election Law Journal. The conference will bring together a group of national experts, including election officials, elected officials, political scientists, legal scholars, and lawyers. Topics will include laws regarding voter registration, voting technologies, the future of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission, the division of authority among federal, state, and local entities, and election administration issues that HAVA has not addressed. Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted, former Speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives, will be the keynote lunch speaker.

The conference schedule is here, and you can register here.  Hope that some of you will join us in Columbus on May 18!

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“Ohio GOP leaders sue over provisional ballots”

AP: “Ohio’s elections chief is violating the state constitution by requiring county election boards to follow a federal court decree instead of state law when it comes to counting provisional ballots, GOP lawmakers alleged in a lawsuit Monday. At issue are requirements for providing identification when a voter has to cast a provisional ballot, typically a ballot cast in the wrong precinct.”  As a follow up, AP offers Ohio Democrats criticize GOP leaders’ lawsuit over provisional ballots, call it ‘outrageous’.

You can read the Republicans’ complaint here.

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“Will Bush v. Gore Make an Election Year Return?”

WaPo reports.

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“State Rep. Kathleen Clyde says new election law doesn’t solve ‘wrong precinct’ problem”

This item from Politifact Ohio is a few weeks old, but it is worth highlighting.  Looking for the hanging chad of 2012?  This may be it.  Much more on this to come in The Voting Wars.

UPDATE:  See also this additional Politifact post on the wrong precinct issue.

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