Election Law 101
By Jim Dallas
Atrios takes the time to actually dig up the voting rights statute that is relevant to the "paper weight" controversy in Ohio:
42 U.S.C. §1971(a)(2):No person acting under the color of law shall... (B) deny the right of any individual to vote in any election because of an error or omission on any record or paper relating to any application, registration, or other act requisite to voting, if such error or omission is not material in determining whether such individual is qualified under State law to vote in such election...
The second issue in Ohio relates to the provisional ballot provisions of the 2002 Help America Vote Act. I think it would be fair to say that HAVA is causing chaos all across America (at the very least, it is hard for me to explain accurately to fellow students what it means).
Posted by Jim Dallas at September 28, 2004 11:44 AM
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