California 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 ArticleHouse Leaders Introduce Bill to Upgrade America’s Election System (Brennan...
(Source: Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law) Bill Includes Brennan Center Proposal to Modernize Voter Registration Washington, D.C. - U.S. Reps. John Lewis (D-Ga.), James Clyburn (D-S.C.),...
View Article2016 Voting Analysis: Automatic Registration Takes Off, But New Restrictions...
(Source: Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law) As voters head to the polls on Tuesday, all eyes will once again be on voting access after long lines and confusion in the Arizona and...
View ArticleAutomatic Voter Registration Passes Vermont Legislature with Sweeping...
(Source: Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law) With nearly unanimous support, the three-party Vermont legislature passed an automatic voter registration bill late Wednesday. Under the...
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 ArticleVirginia Governor Restores Voting Rights to 200,000 Citizens (Brennan Center...
(Source: Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law) Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D) announced an executive action today that will restore voting rights to approximately 200,000 Virginians with...
View ArticleAutomatic Voter Registration Comes to Vermont
Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin signed legislation Thursday to automatically register eligible voters who apply for a driver’s license or state ID, making the Green Mountain State fourth in the nation...
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 ArticleHouse Leaders Introduce Bill to Upgrade America’s Election System (Brennan...
(Source: Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law) Bill Includes Brennan Center Proposal to Modernize Voter Registration Washington, D.C. - U.S. Reps. John Lewis (D-Ga.), James Clyburn (D-S.C.),...
View ArticleVermont Governor Signs Bipartisan Automatic Voter Registration Bill (Brennan...
(Source: Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law) Today, Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin (D) signed into law a bill to automatically and securely register eligible citizens to vote when they obtain...
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 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 ArticleOregon automatic voter registration a success, with a hitch
Oregon's landmark new automatic voter registration system added nearly 52,000 voters in just four months this year, more than double what the state has normally seen for an entire year. That sounds...
View ArticleThe Case For Automatic Voter Registration
It turns out there's a surefire way to increase voter participation, and the proof is in Oregon. As voters prepare to head to the polls for the state's May 17 presidential primary, leaders and voting...
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