2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumA little good news, for a change, re: voting rights:
http://www.kare11.com/news/article/987215/396/Lawsuit-to-end-same-day-voter-registration-dismissed-Minnesota Public Radio reported Friday that federal Judge Donovan Frank dismissed the challenge to same-day registration from two conservative groups and seven individuals, who contended that ineligible voters cast ballots in 2008 and 2010.
Frank's ruling found that no federal laws were broken and the groups failed to unearth misconduct or fully pursue their case in state courts.
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,692 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,831 posts)as some other states, but it's nice to see that there are some good judges out there who are willing to throw out these ridiculous lawsuits.
grantcart
(53,061 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,831 posts)Also the loathsome Chip Cravaak. And that raving loon Alan Quist has crawled out from under his rock....
grantcart
(53,061 posts)will be voting.
I really think that the Republicans are going to take a bath. Polls just don't measure levels of enthusiasm.
mechtech
(23 posts)I'm from NY and I want Michelle Bachman to go away!!
ailsagirl
(22,899 posts)Jim Lane
(11,175 posts)What I infer from the linked story is that the state legislature balanced the interests in same-day registration: facilitating voters by eligible voters, versus the possibility of fraud. The legislature decided to give more weight to the former. Instead of following the democratic process of trying to elect different legislators who would repeal the law, the conservatives wanted an unelected judge to do it.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,831 posts)An unelected federal judge, at that.