Brennan Center Study shows 13 ballot problems that bedevil elections across the country—voting experts offer guidelines for improved ballot design in time for ‘08 election.
Lawsuit prompted changes to restrictive voter registration rule, but revised law could still disenfranchise thousands of eligible Florida voters in 2008. Ruling poses latest obstacle to eligible Florida voters seeking to register and vote in ‘08
After court-reversal, voting rights advocates challenge constitutionality of Florida's "No-Match No-Vote Law." Law could disenfranchise thousands of eligible Florida voters in 2008.
A three-judge panel of the U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia upheld a key provision of the Voting Rights Act that prevents states and local governments from enacting voting practices that discriminate based on race.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
