Press Releases
Voting Rights & Elections
Montana Registration Challenges are Error-Prone and Inconsistent with State & Federal Law
In a three-page letter submitted to Secretary of State Brad Johnson, the Brennan Center explains that the large scale challenges, filed by the Montana Republican Party just a month before the 2008 general election, could deprive thousands of eligible Montana residents from voting and having their ballot counted in November.
– 10/06/08
Ohio Violating Federal Voting Rights Law by Denying Absentee Ballots
Advocates defend voters and urge state to accept thousands of ballot applications made on form developed by McCain campaign.
– 10/02/08
Study Finds States Purging Millions of Voters in Secret, Often Erroneously
Brennan Center reveals wild inconsistencies in maintenance of voter registration lists—issues public records requests in 12 states with Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law.
– 10/01/08
Election Experts Release “Ballot Accounting Checklist” for 2008 Election
In light of recent miscounts and vote losses in recent primaries, a coalition including the Brennan Center urge elections officials to practice smart, transparent ballot accounting. The Center also produced the checklist to be sent to officials.
– 09/29/08
Veteran’s Voter Registration Bill Passes House
Groups Call for Senate to Quickly Pass “Veterans Voting Support Act.”
– 09/18/08
Misleading VA Board of Elections Website Could Deter Student Voters
Misleading information on its website that could deter thousands of eligible voting age students from registering and voting in Virginia in the 2008 election. Voting rights advocates urge Secretary Rodrigues to modify student residency questionnaire.
– 09/16/08
Mississippi Ballot Will Disenfranchise Hundreds of Thousands of Voters
Letter sent to officials in Mississippi sharply criticizes the design of a ballot for the 2008 election.
– 09/12/08
New Voter Guide Explains Rights of Student Voters
With thousands of young and new voters expected to participate in the 2008 election, the Center launches an online legal guide to student voting to arm student with the information they need to navigate voting and registration.
– 09/10/08
Florida To Enforce Restrictive No-Match No-Vote
Today voting rights advocates expressed alarm over the Secretary of State’s September 8th decision to enforce the state’s “no-match, no-vote” law, a voter registration law that previously blocked more than 16,000 eligible Florida citizens from registering to vote, through no fault of their own, and could disenfranchise tens of thousands more voters in November.
– 09/09/08
Advocates Urge Wisconsin to Avoid Error-laden Matching Practice in Voter Registration Law
The Brennan Center sent the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board a letter urging the state not to adopt a “no match, no vote” policy that would prevent eligible voters from casting regular ballots if the state cannot match their applications with other government databases.
– 08/25/08