Press Releases
Voting Rights & Elections
Election Protection Off to a Great Start Assisting
Nearly 400 Hotline Calls So Far Reporting Primary Election Barriers.
– 05/06/08
Brennan Center Lauds Federal Election Day Registration Bill
The Election Day Registration bill introduced by Senators Feingold and Klobuchar, and Representative Ellison would allow citizens to register to vote for all federal elections by registering on Election Day at polling places.
– 05/01/08
FL’s Voter Registration Law Halted Until July 2008
Secretary of State Kurt S. Browning stated he will not enforce the restrictions until the administrative rulemaking process is completed, which he estimates will occur no earlier than early July 2008.
– 04/30/08
League of Women Voters, et al. File Suit to Stop Florida’s Chilling Voter Registration Law
Today the League of Women Voters of Florida and several voting rights advocates filed a new lawsuit challenging a Florida voter registration law that imposes prohibitive fines on voter registration groups and risks preventing eligible Florida citizens from registering and voting in the 2008 elections.
– 04/28/08
Brennan Center Criticizes Supreme Court Decision to Uphold Indiana Voter ID Law
Brennan Center for Justice criticized Court’s decision to uphold Indiana’s voter identification law—the strictest in the country—but noted that the decision did not give other states a blank check to block eligible voters
– 04/28/08
Brennan Center Lauds Congressional Support of Secure Elections Act
Statement of Larry Norden regarding H.R. 5036, the Emergency Assistance for Secure Elections Act of 2008, which the U.S. House Committee on House Administration voted in support of earlier.
– 04/02/08
Brennan Center Echoes Inspector General’s Conclusion on EAC
Brennan Center called on the U.S. Election Assistance Commission to follow specific guidelines to ensure smooth and fair elections in 2008, just days after the commission’s Inspector General found that the EAC has failed to act with transparency and accountability.
– 02/27/08
Federal Judge Ends Push to Curb Voter Registration Efforts in Ohio
Federal judge in Cleveland issued a permanent injunction to prevent the State of Ohio from enforcing requirements enacted in 2006 that would have severely curbed voter registration efforts.
– 02/11/08
Election Protection Receives Over 2,600 Calls on Super Tuesday
Representing a coalition of national, state and local non-partisan not for profit organizations committed to protecting eligible voters’ right to cast a ballot, the hotline had over 500 legal volunteers on hand.
– 02/06/08
Brennan Center Applauds Decision of NYS Board of Elections to Reject Full-Face DREs
The body essentially rejected a systems that would have been confusing to voters and could have caused hundreds of thousands of votes to be lost
– 01/24/08