Civil rights groups sent a letter to Michigan Secretary of State Ruth Johnson asking for transparency and fairness leading up to the upcoming election, and urging that voting rights and procedures in the state comply with the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA).

In response to the increased involvement of the New York City Police Department in collecting counterterrorism intelligence, a new policy proposal issued today by the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law calls for the establishment of an independent inspector general for the department. A Proposal for an NYPD Inspector General outlines the benefits of creating such an office, which would mirror the independent oversight in place for decades at the Federal Bureau of Investigations and the Central Intelligence Agency.

Ohio election officials must count all provisional ballots cast in the wrong precinct due to poll-worker error, the Brennan Center for Justice argued in an amicus brief submitted Friday.

The Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law released the following statement on the Voter Empowerment Act, a bill introduced by Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) today to help ensure all eligible Americans have the opportunity to vote. Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) introduced the House version of the bill in May. This federal bill includes steps to modernize voter registration, a proposal first introduced by the Brennan Center in 2008.