Following Oregon's Trail: Implementing Automatic Voter Registration to Provide for Improved Jury Representation in the United States
This Note examines the Oregon "Motor Voter" Act within the context of jury pools. Most states choose names for jury selection almost solely from voter registration lists. The Note argues that other states should implement automatic voter registration systems modeled on the Oregon statute as a means to increase the diversity of names on such registration lists, and by extension, the diversity of names in states' jury selection pools.