The Voting News Weekly: The Voting News Weekly for July 13-19 2015
Both Democrats and Republicans think controlling state legislatures in 2020 is one of the most important political battles to fight, mostly for one reason: the power to draw congressional boundaries. Hans A. von Spakovsky surveyed the security challenges posed by internet voting. Los Angeles County is developing a new model for voting technology in the 21st Century. A Florida judge ordered the State Legislature to finalize congressional maps by Sept. 25. A federal trial began Monday over North Carolina’s 2013 voting law that tightened photo identification requirements and restricted early voting and same-day registration. A Rhode Island bill has stripped the state Board of Elections of its power to buy new voting equipment and placed that responsibility with the secretary of state. An Ontario Superior Court Justice ruled that a request for an interim injunction against new rules for voter identification could not be granted and at a UN donors conference, Haiti’s prime minister and elections council president sought over $30 million to help ensure free and fair elections in the country.