Brennan Center for Justice

Here the Brennan Center will post links to hearings and pending legislation as the 111th Congress introduces action on Voter Registration Modernization. Be sure to check in periodically.

Hearing on Voter Registration: Assessing Current Problems
March 11, 2009 | 10:00 am
U.S. Senate Committee on Rules and Administration | 301 Russell Building

• View Hearing Announcement

Member Statements

• Hon. Charles E. Schumer
• Hon. Robert F. Bennett

Panel I

• Mr. Stephen Ansolabehere, Professor, Department of Government, Harvard University
• Mr. Curtis Gans, Director, Center for the Study of the American Electorate
• Mr. Nathaniel Persily, Charles Keller Beekman Professor of Law and Political Science, Columbia Law School
• The Honorable Chris Nelson, Secretary of State State of South Dakota
• Ms. Kristen Clarke, Co-Director, Political Participation Group, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc.
• Mr. Jonah H. Goldman, Director, National Campaign for Fair Elections Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law

Statements Submitted for the Record

• Dr. Larry Sabato
• League of Women Voters
• Project Vote
• The Reform Institute
• Scott J. Rafferty
• Common Cause
• Fair Vote
• National Defense Committee
• Student Association for Voter Empowerment
• Roll Call Article