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Alan Alda Reads from "My First Vote"
Brennan Center for Justice

My First Vote is a compilation of stories from people across the country who voted for the first time in November 2008 after having lost, and then regained, their right to vote following a criminal conviction. Alan Alda reads some of their stories at the 2009 Brennan Legacy Awards.

January 1, 2010
Restoring Voting Rights
Adios 2009, Saludos 2010: A Latino Year in Review
Myrna Pérez

Threats to our democracy in 2009 (moving into 2010); and 2009's successes/accomplishments: an editorial.

December 28, 2009
Fair Courts
Racial Justice
Restoring Voting Rights
Voting Rights & Elections
44 Years After Landmark Act, Voting Rights Still Needed
Erika Wood

44 years ago today the Voting Rights Act was passed, reversing decades of Jim Crow laws and institutionalized racism. Unfortunately, even with unprecedented levels of African-American voter turnout, one major obstacle to African-American voter participation still lingers: criminal disenfranchisement laws.

August 6, 2009
Racial Justice
Restoring Voting Rights
Voting Rights & Elections
Members of Congress Join National Effort to Restore Voting Rights to Millions of Americans
Erika Wood

On Friday, Senators Feingold and Conyers introduced the Democracy Restoration Act of 2009, a bill designed to restore voting rights to Americans with past criminal convictions. Since then, groups ranging from former inmates to current police chiefs have stood behind the proposal.

July 30, 2009
Racial Justice
Restoring Voting Rights
Voting Rights Restoration Finds New Allies in Wisconsin
Garima Malhotra

As a new bill in Wisconsin generates debate about felony disenfranchisement, a growing number of conservatives have begun to speak out in favor of voting rights restoration.

July 22, 2009
Restoring Voting Rights
Judge Sotomayor in Good Company on Restoring Voting Rights
Erika Wood

Much has been made this past week about a brief dissenting opinion by Judge Sonia Sotomayor in the 2006 Second Circuit decision in Hayden v. Pataki, a case that challenged New York’s felony disenfranchisement law...

June 2, 2009
Restoring Voting Rights
Unraveling the Crazy Quilt of Laws
Erika Wood

On Monday, Washington Governor Chris Gregoire signed into law the Voting Rights Restoration Act....

May 6, 2009
Restoring Voting Rights
In Honor of Jack Kemp
Brennan Center for Justice

Monday marked the passing of a great partner in our work to restore voting rights to people who have come out of the criminal justice system....

May 6, 2009
Reducing Mass Incarceration
Restoring Voting Rights
NY State Moving Forward
Garima Malhotra

Last Friday, the NY Senate Elections Committee held a hearing to discuss election reform bills currently before the Senate....

April 28, 2009
New York Reform
Restoring Voting Rights
Restricting the Vote
Voting Rights & Elections
Politics Makes Strange Bedfellows
Myrna Pérez

Jesus wouldn't have it any other way....

March 4, 2009
Restoring Voting Rights

Brennan Center for Justice

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Alan Alda Reads from "My First Vote"

Adios 2009, Saludos 2010: A Latino Year in Review

44 Years After Landmark Act, Voting Rights Still Needed

Members of Congress Join National Effort to Restore Voting Rights to Millions of Americans

Voting Rights Restoration Finds New Allies in Wisconsin

Judge Sotomayor in Good Company on Restoring Voting Rights

Unraveling the Crazy Quilt of Laws

In Honor of Jack Kemp

NY State Moving Forward

Politics Makes Strange Bedfellows

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