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League of Women Voters v. Rokita
The League of Women Voters of Indiana and the League of Women Voters of Indianapolis challenged Indiana’s Voter ID Law under provisions of the Indiana State Constitution. The Indiana law is the most restrictive ID law in America, and will exclude many eligible voters from participating in our democratic process. On November 9, 2009, various parties filed amicus briefs in support of Plaintiffs. On June 30, 2010, the Supreme Court of the State of Indiana affirmed the decision of the trial court and granted the defendant’s motion to dismiss.
Majors v. Abell was a challenge to Indiana’s “disclaimer” law that requires any advertisement expressly endorsing or opposing a candidate for office to explicitly disclose its funders.
Veto Keeps Electoral Scales Level in KS
The Supreme Court’s recent Crawford decision on Indiana’s photo ID law was a statement on evidence (albeit mixed in its devotion to facts), and not a call to arms. And so far, few states have gotten riled up….
Those who urge harsh voter ID laws can’t be too happy about the story of the Indiana nuns turned away from the polls. So now they have started to respond. Their answer: attack the nuns!
Protecting Votes, One Call at a Time
How many lawyers does it take to run an Election Protection Hotline? You can come up with your own punchline, but the actual answer is about thirty at a time, in five hour shifts….
Illustrations by Risko
Election Protection Off to a Great Start Assisting
Nearly 400 Hotline Calls So Far Reporting Primary Election Barriers.
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
Common Cause/Indiana Files Brief Promoting Disclosure of Political Advertising Funders
On April 22, 2003, Common Cause/Indiana (“CC/IN”) filed a friend-of-the-court brief in the Indiana Supreme Court, urging the court to prevent opponents of campaign finance reform from opening a loophole in Indiana’s disclosure requirements.
Testimony of Justin Levitt before the Indiana Census Data Advisory Committee
This testimony lays out an overview of the need to change Indiana’s redistricting process and details some important components of effective reform.
Letter to Secretaries of State re: Premier Voting Systems
Joint letter to 31 Secretaries of State where Premier voting systems are in use regarding product defect and recommending rigorous ballot accounting procedures.
Letter to Secretaries of State re: iVotronic “Vote Flipping”
Joint letter from the Brennan Center for Justice and Verified Voting urging 16 Secretaries of State to make voters aware of reported “vote flipping” problems on iVotronic voting machines in use in their states.
Supreme Court Preview: The Most Important Elections Case Since Bush v. Gore
On January 9, the Supreme Court will hear argument in two consolidated cases testing the constitutional limits on a state’s ability to set procedural rules that restrict the franchise. The cases, collectively known as Crawford, challenge an Indiana law requiring voters at the polls to provide certain documentation
Requiring Voter ID at the Polls is a Snake-Oil Remedy
Snake oil is back, and gumming up our elections. Like the old-timey liniments of dubious provenance, the new policies sound promising but don’t solve the problems advertised, and sometimes cause real harm.