Press Releases
Democracy
Statement on Election Day
Universal voter registration, contingency plans needed to ensure every eligible vote can cast a vote that counts.
– 11/05/08
Supreme Court Will Not Hear Challenge to North Carolina Courts’ Public Finance System
Upheld below, North Carolina provision Reduces Power of Wealthy Special Interests in Judicial Election
– 11/03/08
Court to Coffman: No More Purging
The Court today again told Secretary of State Mike Coffman to cease and desist from any additional removal of names from registration lists before Election Day.
– 10/31/08
Virginia Officials Blocking Eligible Student Voters
Voting advocates urge local registrar to stop challenging students with university address listed on registration forms.
– 10/31/08
Colorado District Court Judge Orders Secretary of State to Cease and Desist Voter Purges
Voting rights groups asked a District Court judge to order the Secretary of State to cease and desist all cancellations between now and November 4th. The order was granted this afternoon.
– 10/31/08
Purged Colorado Voters Win Unprecedented Protections to Ensure Votes Are Counted
An agreement reached late yesterday before a federal judge in Colorado ensures that tens of thousands of Colorado voters illegally purged from the registration lists will have their votes counted.
– 10/30/08
Buying Time—Michigan and Alabama Join Costly Wisconsin
Judicial campaign spending increases in these states.
– 10/30/08
Association of Florida Election Supervisors Announces Election Day Solution for No-Match Voters
The Brennan Center for Justice and Advancement Project call on Florida’s 67 county election supervisors to allow “unmatched” voters to present identification on Election Day that will resolve any registration verification issues and ensure that thousand of voters will be allowed to cast regular ballots that will be counted on November 4th.
– 10/23/08
Buying Time: AL and MI Lead Nation’s Supreme Court Advertising
Television advertisements in two states—Alabama and Michigan—accounted for three quarters of all spending on television advertising last week in state Supreme Court elections nationwide, according to an analysis by the Brennan Center.
– 10/23/08
States Get Mixed Reviews on Readiness for Voting Machine Problems
Citing improvements, election experts call for backup measures to secure the vote on Nov 4th. This report is a 50-state report card that grades each state on its preparedness for election system breakdowns and offers concrete steps election officials can take in the weeks before the election to make sure every vote is counted accurately.
– 10/16/08