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Brennan Center Supports Prison Redistricting Law
The Brennan Center for Justice issued the following statement reacting to a lawsuit filed by State Senator Elizabeth O’Connor Little and other plaintiffs challenging New York’s landmark law allocating people in prison to their home communities for redistricting purposes.
– 04/07/11
Final Numbers: Special Interest Spending Near $3.6 Million in Wisconsin
A recount looms in the Wisconsin Supreme Court race, but one thing is official — special interest groups set a new record, spending just under $3.6 million on television ads in the election, topping the previous record in Wisconsin of $3.38 million set in 2008.
– 04/06/11
Special Interest TV Spending Sets Record in Wisconsin
Special interest groups have spent more than $3.5 million on TV ads in this year’s Wisconsin Supreme Court election, breaking the state’s previous record for television spending by non-candidate groups, according to data released Tuesday by the Brennan Center for Justice.
– 04/05/11
Special Interest TV Spending in Wisconsin Supreme Court Race Tops $3 Million
With just one day to go before Election Day, spending on television advertising continues at a blistering pace in the race between incumbent Justice David Prosser and challenger JoAnne Kloppenburg, topping $3 million.
– 04/04/11
Brennan Center Announces New Co-Chairs
The Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law announced today that Patricia Bauman and Lawrence B. Pedowitz have been elected Co-Chairs of the Center’s Board of Directors.
– 04/04/11
Special Interest TV Spending in Wisconsin Supreme Court Race Accelerates
Spending on television advertising continues at a blistering pace in the race between incumbent Justice David Prosser and challenger JoAnne Kloppenburg, topping $2.16 million through March 31st.
– 04/01/11
TV Ad Spending By Special Interest Groups Tops $1 Million in Wisconsin Judicial Election
With one week to go before Election Day, spending on television advertising has reached nearly $1.4 million in the Wisconsin Supreme Court race. Of this total, approximately 82 percent was spent by non-candidate special interest groups.
– 03/29/11
Civil Rights Groups Urge Florida Clemency Board Not to Further Restrict Voting Rights
Four of the nation’s premier civil rights organizations sent a letter late Friday to Florida’s Board of Executive Clemency, asking the board not to further restrict Floridians’ voting rights by requiring every individual with a criminal conviction to apply for restoration of their civil rights after a new waiting period that could be as long as five years.
– 03/08/11
Brennan Center for Justice and National Urban League Partner on Redistricting
The Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law and the National Urban League today announced a strategic collaboration to educate and empower historically underserved urban communities on redistricting issues in 2011. Please visit the following link to register and obtain information about the webinars: http://www.iamempowered.com/article/2011/02/22/web-based-census-redistricting-training
– 02/25/11
Broad Bipartisan Support of Arizona’s Public Financing System
Arizona's public campaign financing system — at issue in a high-profile case before the U.S. Supreme Court — drew support yesterday from a prominent group of bipartisan political leaders, business executives, constitutional law experts, and political scientists.
– 02/23/11