Election Reform Used to Attack Access to the Ballot
Georgia Logothetis at Daily Kos writes how state lawmakers are “Using Election Reform to Decrease Turnout,” including laws to tighten requirements for proof of identity and citizenship before voting,...
View ArticleKansas Election Officials Say Go Slow on Changes in Election Administration
Earlier this month, Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach proposed to fast track a portion of a restrictive election law that requires Kansas to present proof of citizenship to register to vote. But,...
View ArticlePartisans and Advocates Battle Over Voting Rights
The “War on Voting”–the partisan-fueled campaign to enact laws to restrict access to the ballot–has received significant attention in the last week. The most contentious issue leading up to the 2012...
View ArticleVoting Rights News Roundup
Election season is already underway with the nation talking about the state of voting rights. The War on Voting that we discussed in last week’s roundup is now being tempered with congressional...
View ArticleThe battle over ballot access continues in Colorado
The battle continues between a Colorado election clerk and the secretary of state over who can receive mail ballots before the Nov. 1 election. Today, Colorado Common Cause, a nonprofit advocacy group,...
View ArticleDemocracy Restoration Act Could Help Enfranchise Four Million Citizens
At the urging of more than two dozen civil rights groups, an important piece of legislation was introduced in the Senate today that would give the democratic voice back to millions of citizens. The...
View ArticleIt is Harder to Vote in America than it was in 2008
Voting has become more difficult in the last four years, says a new report from the nonprofit voting rights organization Project Vote. Laws Against Voting: State Statutes that Restrict Participation in...
View ArticleVa. Governor Announces Support for Voting Rights Restoration
Gov. McDonnell says he supports voting rights restoration of nonviolent felony offenders. Photo by VCU/CNS via Creative Commons license Yesterday, Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell announced that he supports...
View ArticleRestoring Voting Rights
Photo by Jared Rodriguez / Truthout via Creative Commons license. In my experience, most Americans believe in second chances. Yet, in the voting rights world, we have a glaring contradiction. In...
View ArticleDelaware Bill Gives Voice to New Group of Citizens
Delaware lawmakers took another step forward in helping resolve the “glaring contradiction” that keeps Americans who have already served their time from participating in the democratic process. Today,...
View ArticleThe 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 problem...
View ArticleVoter 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 Schultz’s...
View ArticleVoter 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...
View ArticlePut 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...
View ArticleNew 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...
View ArticleVoting 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...
View ArticleMass. and Va. Adopt Beneficial Voting Policies This Week
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 presidential election, Massachusetts...
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