Talks on Election Reform at Congress and Senate hearing could expose Senate opinion: Election reform community has eyes set on Senate hearing progress

Rick Hasen, writer at Election Law Blog, recently had the breaking news that a Senate Committee will be holding a hearing about election reform. Being that the Senate is always the last to move on such things, it is a welcome sign that the parties may agree to substantial reform.  From the Senate Committee’s website:

The Senate Committee on the Judiciary has scheduled a hearing entitled “The State of the Right to Vote After the 2012 Election” for Wednesday, December 19, 2012 at 10:00 a.m., in Room 226 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building. By order of the Chairman

Also, Richard Winger at Ballot Access News had the following comment:

The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on December 19, Wednesday, at 10 a.m., on “The state of the right to vote after the 2012 election.” The hearing will be in Room 226 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building. Probably by now the witness list has already been arranged.

It would be outstanding if one of the witnesses would tell the Senators that in Oklahoma, voters have not been allowed to vote for anyone for president in the general election for over a decade, except for the Democratic and Republican nominees.

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