Unfair challenges or caging practices may lead to the removal of eligible voters from the voter rolls. To guard against these problems, the Brennan Center provides legal assistance to government officials and advocates seeking to ensure that challenges are non-discriminatory and do not result in the disenfranchisement of eligible voters.
With the polls deadlocked just a few days before Election Day, state recount laws could determine who is elected president. This issue brief looks at the most critical provisions of recount laws in 10 "tipping point" states and what factors could increase the likelihood of bitter recount contests.
The dramatic national effort to restrict Americans' voting rights was met this year with an equally dramatic pushback by courts, citizens, the Department of Justice, and farsighted public officials.
Every voter should demonstrate that they are who they say they are before voting. That form of proof should not include restrictive documentation requirements like overly burdensome photo ID or redundant proof of citizenship requirements that serve to block millions of eligible American citizens from voting.
The Brennan Center for Justice and the New York Civil Liberties Union submitted a letter to Dutchess County Board of Elections Commissioner Erik Haight, urging him to stop requiring Bard College and Culinary Institute of America students to identify the names of their dormitories on voter registration forms.
