Month: May 2012

Citizens Are Wrongfully Targeted in Florida Voter Purge Effort

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Florida continues with their voter purging plan, despite our warning that eligible citizens could be wrongfully removed from the voter rolls... Read more

Voting Rights Groups Call on Florida to Stop Purging Voters

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A voting rights coalition sent a letter to Florida Secretary of State Ken Detzner today, alerting him that Florida’s plan... Read more

Killing Census Survey Creates More Harm Than Savings

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The House of Representatives voted 232-190 to defund the American Community Survey this month, supposedly on the grounds of budgetary... Read more

UPDATE: Mich. Voter Suppression Bills Approved by Committee; Headed to House

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Voter suppression bills SB 751, 754, and 803—which place new regulatory requirements on community-based voter registration drives and expand the... Read more

Michigan Election Bills Miss the Mark

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Voting rights groups warn Michigan lawmakers that a suite of new election law proposals avoids existing problems while creating further confusion... Read more

Voter ID Myths: When Are You Required to Show ID In Your Daily Life?

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Voter ID proponents often claim that requiring citizens to present government-issued photo ID to vote is not a burden to... Read more

Groups Sue Mass. for Failing to Offer Voter Registration to Low-Income Residents

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Yesterday, voting rights groups filed suit against the Secretary of the Commonwealth and the Massachusetts Department of Transitional Assistance for... Read more

Voting Rights Act Co-Author, Nicholas Katzenbach Dies

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The civil rights movement lost a hero yesterday: Nicholas Katzenbach, whom I was privileged to know for over 20 years.... Read more

Voter List Maintenance Procedure Could Hurt More Than It Helps

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Florida’s list-matching procedure that compares the voter rolls with the motor vehicle’s records to vet out “potential non-citizens” may hurt... Read more

Federal Judge Rules that Louisiana Must Offer Voter Registration to Public Agency Clients

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Voting rights advocates won an important legal victory that will ensure that Louisiana’s public assistance agency clients—the state’s poorest and... Read more