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Thursday, June 22, 2006

Washington State Supreme Court to Hear Arguments in Landmark Case Addressing Voting Rights of People With Felony Convictions

Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law Urges Court to Strike Down Last Remnant of the Poll Tax

NEW YORK—The Washington State Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Tuesday, June 27th in Madison v. Washington, a case of national importance in the ongoing effort to expand the right to vote.

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Friday, June 23, 2006

New York State Assembly Praised for Passing “Voting Rights Notification and Registration Act”

Survey of 63 county boards of elections shows that fully one-third are systematically and improperly preventing formerly incarcerated persons from registering to vote