The Voting News Weekly: The Voting News Weekly for April 11-17 2016
As the general election approaches, the complex and often confusing laws around voter registration have led to court challenges and legislative action in many states. Richard Hasen examines the even more complex nomination process that has raised suggestions that the system is “fixed” or “rigged” Both major Democratic presidential candidates will sue the state of Arizona over voter access to the polls after the state’s presidential primary last month left thousands of residents waiting as long as five hours to vote. The upcoming New York primary, has focused attention on the state’s restrictive closed primary and lack of in-person early voting. A panel of three federal judges opened up the possibility Tuesday that Wisconsin voters who have great difficulty getting photo IDs could cast ballots without them. The Canadian Supreme Court said it would take on a case challenging the disenfranchisement of citizens who have lived abroad for longer than five years and South Korea’s ruling conservative party suffered an unexpected defeat in a parliamentary election.