Voting Rights Event Focuses on Life After Incarceration
“All saints have a past, and all sinners have a future.” Panelist Carl Wicklund shared this old Irish quote in his remarks during the July 22 Bipartisan Panel on Restoring Voting Rights. The event,...
View ArticleProject Vote Testimony on State of Civil Rights
Project Vote submitted testimony today on “The State of Civil and Human Rights in the United States” for a hearing held by Sen. Dick Durbin before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the...
View ArticleDemocracy Restoration Act Would Give Voting Rights Back to Millions in...
Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin and several others introduced the Democracy Restoration Act to “restore voting rights in federal elections to the million Americans who are out of prison and living in...
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The Invisible Barrier to Voting
Tuesday, more than 350,000 Virginians (about 7 percent of the voting population) did not get to choose their new governor. As MSNBC‘s Ari Melber pointed out in an important piece this week, the...
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Voter Fraud Probe Yields Few Cases
Yet another state’s voter fraud investigation resulted in little evidence of criminal activity. After 18 months of searching and spending $150,000 of state funds, Iowa Secretary of State Matt...
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Voter Suppression Laws Most Likely Pass Where Minority Turnout Is High, Says...
There may be a correlation between high minority voter turnout and the passage of restrictive voting laws, according to a recent article for the American Political Science Association. Restrictive...
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Put Felon Disenfranchisement on the Front Burner
They tell us that there are no coincidences in life, and similarly, there are no coincidences in politics. On Tuesday, Attorney General Eric Holder gave a headline-making speech on criminal justice...
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New Report on Restoring Voting Rights for Former Felons
Today, Project Vote is pleased to release the latest policy paper in our Issues in Election Administration series, Restoring Voting Rights for Former Felons. The story of American democracy is often...
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Mass. and Va. Adopt Beneficial Voting Policies This Week
Photo: Mrs. Gemstone via Creative Commons Massachusetts and Virginia adopted policies that would make voter registration and voting accessible to more citizens this week. Just in time for next year’s...
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