A comprehensive list of social science research on the impact of voter identification restrictions, which make it harder for some citizens to vote.

Fifty years ago, the Supreme Court unanimously announced in Gideon v. Wainwright that the Sixth Amendment guarantees to every criminal defendant in a felony trial the right to a lawyer. Today, however, there is a vast gulf between the broad premise of the ruling and the grim practice of legal representation for the nation's poorest litigants.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo spoke to a group of business and civic leaders at a lunch event promoting small donor matching funds for New York elections. The following are remarks from the panel discussion on the role money plays in state politics.

We are thrilled that the governor has taken up the toughest challenge of all: meaningful campaign reform. We believe passionately: Small donor matching funds can give ordinary citizens the loudest voice even in the face of secret money and Super PACs.