Report: City Agencies Noncompliant with Voter Registration Law in 84 Percent...
(Source: Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law) New York, NY - City agencies are not doing enough to help New Yorkers register to vote found a by the Pro-Voter Law Coalition. The coalition of...
View ArticleChristie Misses a Golden Opportunity for the Garden State
Across the nation excitement is building for automatic voter registration, a groundbreaking reform that puts the onus on the government to register eligible citizens to vote when they do business at...
View ArticleAutomatic Registration Is The New Endgame For Elections
WASHINGTON -- President Jimmy Carter took office in 1977 with the conviction that it should be easier for citizens to register to vote. To accomplish that goal, he wrote to Democratic secretaries of...
View ArticleCicilline Introduces Automatic Voter Registration Act (David Cicilline)
(Source: David Cicilline) WASHINGTON - U.S. Congressman David N. Cicilline today announced the introduction of the Automatic Voter Registration Act (H.R. 2694) in order to significantly expand ballot...
View ArticleNew Report: Voters in 22 States Face New Laws That Could Make Voting Harder...
(Source: Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law) 15 States Have New Restrictions in Place for the First Time in a Federal Election in 2014 Contact: Erik Opsal, erik.opsal@nyu.edu, 646-292-8356...
View ArticleOregon's 'motor voter' law will add drivers to electoral rolls automatically
The new HB2177 law signed by Governor Kate Brown this week reverses the trend of restricting the franchise by linking up the DMV and electoral databases...
View ArticleHillary Clinton Introduces Smart Campaign Finance Reform Agenda (Brennan...
(Source: Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law) Today, former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton proposed a detailed, concrete plan for campaign finance reform. If enacted it would...
View ArticleVoting Rights Act Bill: Critical First Step to Improve Elections (Brennan...
(Source: Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law) to strengthen the Voting Rights Act after the Supreme Court eliminated key protections last year. The Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School...
View ArticleCalifornia secretary of state backs automatic voter registration for drivers
Every eligible Californian with a driver’s license would be automatically registered to vote under a proposal Thursday by Secretary of State Alex Padilla, who estimated it would add millions of people...
View ArticleVoting Rights Victory: Supreme Court Declines to Hear Voter Registration Case...
(Source: Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law) Decision Strikes Down Arizona and Kansas Proof of Citizenship Laws for Federal Registration As voters gear up for the 2016 election, the U.S....
View ArticleAutomatic voter registration plan draws cheers, concerns
SPRINGFIELD — Illinois Senate Democrats have proposed a plan to automatically register qualified residents to vote when they apply for a driver’s license or some other form of state ID unless they...
View ArticleOregon enacts the nation's first automatic voter registration
Oregon, which 15 years ago held the first presidential election conducted totally by mail, built on its history as a ballot box innovator when Gov. Kate Brown signed a bill this week enacting automatic...
View ArticleVoting Commission Ideas Can Significantly Improve Elections (Brennan Center...
(Source: Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law) The Presidential Commission on Election Administration issued recommendations today to improve the voting experience and reduce long lines. The...
View ArticleBrennan Center Challenges Kansas and Arizona Voter Registration Restrictions...
(Source: Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law) Center Represents League of Women Voters, Kansas and Arizona Affiliates Contact: Erik Opsal, erik.opsal@nyu.edu, 646-292-8356 New York, N.Y. -...
View ArticleNew Analysis: Strong Photo ID Push in 2015 Session, But Momentum for Reform...
(Source: Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law) New York, NY - At the start of the 2015 legislative session, there are strong pushes for strict photo ID requirements in some Republican-led...
View ArticleNew Paper: How to Protect Election Integrity Without Disenfranchising Voters...
(Source: Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law) Election Integrity: A Pro Voter Agenda Is Latest in 'New Ideas for a New Democracy' Series As America heads into another presidential election...
View ArticleGovernor Jerry Brown Should Sign Historic Voting Bill
California’s legislature has passed a bill for automatic voter registration. Given this country’s voting rights issues, Gov. Jerry Brown should sign it. With the presidential campaign in full swing,...
View ArticleObama Urges Action on Democracy Reform (Brennan Center for Justice at NYU...
(Source: Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law) During remarks to the Illinois General Assembly today, President Obama called for broad democracy reform, including reducing barriers to...
View ArticleGov. Malloy, Secretary Merrill Remind Eligible Voters that Election Day...
(Source: State of Connecticut) GOV. MALLOY, SECRETARY MERRILL REMIND ELIGIBLE VOTERS THAT ELECTION DAY REGISTRATION IS NOW AVAILABLE IN 2013 Governor and Secretary of the State Inform All Eligible CT...
View ArticleA Tipping Point for Automatic Voter Registration?
Mario Anzuoni / Reuters The state-by-state push to enact automatic voter registration laws is nearing a tipping point. Or so its supporters hope. Oregon began proactively adding unregistered citizens...
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