Statements & Testimony
Letter to the National Conference on Commissioners on Uniform State Laws
Brennan Center letter urging the NCCUSL Drafting Committee on a Uniform Act on the Collateral Consequences of Conviction to include a policy recommendation limiting criminal disenfranchisement to the term of actual incarceration in its Uniform Collateral Sanctions and Disqualifications Act.
Authored by: Renée Paradis
– 02/01/08
Wendy R. Weiser Before Senate Special Subcommittee on Aging
Testimony focuses principally on voter identification requirements and their impact on older Americans. As set forth here, voter ID requirements—especially the restrictive photo ID requirements that have been proposed and introduced over the past few years—substantially and disproportionately burden the voting rights of seniors.
Authored by: Wendy R. Weiser
– 01/31/08
Letter to NYS Board of Elections
Letter opposes any effort by the NY State Board of Elections to permit the authorization or purchase of full-face DREs as ballot marking devices.
Authored by: Lawrence Norden
– 01/22/08
Transcript of Proceedings in United States v. New York State Board of Elections
Transcript of oral argument in United States v. New York State Board of Elections
– 12/20/07
Testimony to the NY City Council Re: Voter Assistance Commission
Testimony regarding registering New Yorkers with felony convictions to vote.
Authored by: Margaret Chen
– 12/18/07
Comment of Lawrence Norden to Cuyahoga County Board of Elections
If the recommendations of Ohio Secretary of State Brunner are instituted quickly, without input from experts who have studied these issues, they will almost certainly lead to serious problems in Ohio, potentially disenfranchising tens of thousands in Cuyahoga County alone.
Authored by: Lawrence Norden
– 12/17/07
Testimony of Norman Robbins Before the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections
Testimony of Case University’s Dr. Norman Robbins re: Project EVEREST findings
Authored by: Norman Robbins
– 12/16/07
Comments Regarding Administrative Transfer of National Voter Registration Act Regulations
Authored by: Wendy R. Weiser and Myrna Pérez
– 12/03/07
Testimony to the NY State Commission on Sentencing Reform
Outlines the history and disproportional racial impact of felony disenfranchisement in New York and advocates for voting rights to be restored to people on parole.
Authored by: Erika Wood
– 11/13/07
Testimony of Deborah Goldberg Before the U.S. House Subcommittee on Elections
Democracy Program Director Deborah Goldberg testifies before the U.S. House Subcommittee on Elections on voter registration and voter list maintenance.
Authored by: Deborah Goldberg
– 10/23/07