The Supreme Court overturned a key provision of the Voting Rights Act, removing a critical tool to combat racial discrimination in voting. See all of the Center's recent resources on the VRA and ideas on how to move forward after the Court's decision.
The Presidential Commission on Election Administration held its fourth public meeting Thursday, hearing testimony from election officials, political scientists, and voting experts on best practices for running elections.
North Carolina currently has the Electronic Registration at DMVs, Same Day Registration, and Portability components of Voter Registration Modernization in place. North Carolina also has electronic pollbooks in at least one county.
States with pre-registration laws enable young people to register as future voters, even if they won’t turn 18 before Election Day. Voters are then automatically registered once they turn 18. Allowing future voters to pre-register before they turn 18 — for example, when they first get a driver’s license — is an important policy to ensure that every voter is registered and able to vote as soon as she is eligible.
This student voting guide explains the laws for the state of Colorado. If you wish to vote from your school address, check the student voting guide for the state where you attend school. If you want to cast an absentee ballot in your home state, check the student voting guide for that state.
The Obama administration released a white paper explaining the legal basis for the government's collection of information about all Americans' phone calls — a paper that raises more questions than it answers.
Defense attorneys—at least the ones I have met and spoken with over the past 17 years—have different ways of expressing how they can “represent those people” but their explanations always boil down to the same essence.
Americans are sharply divided on whether Manning is a traitor or a hero, and the sentence is unlikely to change anyone’s mind. But Manning’s trial has made one thing clear: increasingly, in the eyes of the law, the distinction doesn’t matter.
Although minority communities have long complained of racial profiling by police, their claims have generally been dismissed until proven by empirical evidence.
Contrary to popular belief, existing legal protections for whistleblowers are limited and generally do not extend to leaks of classified information. This fact sheet summarizes key laws affecting whistleblowers and their prosecution.
The Brennan Center submitted comments to the SEC in support of a pending petition that, if approved, would require corporations to disclose political spending.
