An important decision in the NVRA case of Project Vote v. Long.  Opinion here.  This case will enable election integrity groups to gain more comprehensive access to voter registration information.  Project Vote sought to review voter registration information and a jurisdiction in Virginia refused to grant access.  One problem, federal law says they had a right to the information.  The district court disagreed with Virginia and last week the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals (in an opinion by Judge Harvey Wilkinson) affirmed.  The basis was the plain language of the statute, raising the question why Virginia fought so hard to oppose access to public information.  Information allows citizen groups like True the Vote to judge whether or not government officials could be doing their jobs better, or are even following the law.

An important decision in the NVRA case of Project Vote v. Long.  Opinion here.  This case will enable election integrity groups to gain more comprehensive access to voter registration information.  Project Vote sought to review voter registration information and a jurisdiction in Virginia refused to grant access.  One problem, federal law says they had a right to the information.  The district court disagreed with Virginia and last week the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals (in an opinion by Judge Harvey Wilkinson) affirmed.  The basis was the plain language of the statute, raising the question why Virginia fought so hard to oppose access to public information.  Information allows citizen groups like True the Vote to judge whether or not government officials could be doing their jobs better, or are even following the law.