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 Brennan Center for Justice submitted a letter to the U.S. Senate documenting the growth on undisclosed outside spending since 2010 and urging support for the DISCLOSE Act of 2012 as a remedy.
Below, please find links to research and publications on Voter Registration Modernization, also called Universal Voter Registration. Please check this webpage periodically for updates.
Audio from a media telebriefing held by the Brennan Center for Justice and New America Media on the challenge of restrictive voter ID laws, featuring Reps. Gwen Moore (D-WI) and Keith Ellison (D-MN).
States are pressured to purge their voter rolls of ineligible voters or duplicate records. But they often do so without adequate protections for eligible voters. For example, the lists states use as the basis for purging voter rolls may be riddled with inaccuracies, resulting in the removal of many eligible voters. The substantial discretion many states vest in election officials leaves room for manipulation of purges to suppress certain votes.
Liberty and National Security Program Co-Director Faiza Patel testified before a House Homeland Security Committee on the impact that the committee's prior hearings on "radicalization" had on the American Muslim community.
Delaware currently has the Automated Registration at DMVs with Partial Automation at Public Service Agencies and Portability components of Voter Registration Modernization in place, and Online Registration will be available prior to the November 2014 general election. Delaware also has pre-registration.
The Brennan Center for Justice wrote the New York State Board of Elections to underscore that the Fourth Circuit upheld the constitutionality of a definition of express advocacy under consideration for new state independent expenditure regulations.
The Brennan Center for Justice submitted to testimony to the Maryland General Assembly Commission to Study Campaign Finance Law regarding ways the state can build on the success of its groundbreaking disclosure law enacted in 2011 to strengthen its campaign finance laws.
