Republicans and Democrats at a recent House Judiciary Committee hearing were troubled about inaccurate voter rolls and the potential for voter fraud. But their concerns would be easily assuaged if Congress would approve a national system of voter registration modernization.
Brian Pearson, a VOCAL-NY member from Queens who is formerly incarcerated, delivered the following statement during the launch of the New York Voter Empowerment Act of New York
The quiet heroes in the Florida purge story are those fastidious local supervisors of elections who have committed themselves to protecting voters, following federal law, and publicly stating their opposition to sloppy purge practices.
Charles "Chuck" Colson was Special Counsel to President Richard Nixon in the 1970s. He later became a noted Christian leader who fought for the rights of prisoners, ex-prisoners and their families, and worked to reform the criminal justice system.
While the attack on voting rights is being coordinated from the highest levels of state government, the defense of these rights is building from the ground up, starting in Pinecrest, Florida.
