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The Mueller report makes clear that there’s a much larger [election] infrastructure that we have to protect. There’s clearly a lot to do before 2020.
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Washington Post: "Mueller report highlights scope of election security challenge"
From the Brennan Center
Voting Machine Security: Where We Stand Six Months Before the New Hampshire Primary
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Automatic voter registration works … In blue states, in red states, in purple states, in big states and small states, we see an increase in registrations.
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NPR: Voter Rolls Are Growing Owing To Automatic Voter Registration
From the Brennan Center
Report: AVR Impact on State Voter Registration
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The Justice Department has plenty of authority to treat [right-wing extremist] crimes as acts of terrorism. It simply chooses not to.
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Reuters: Congressional Democrats seek more action on U.S. domestic extremists
From the Brennan Center
Report: Fighting Far-Right Violence and Hate Crimes
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There’s a lot more sunshine on the [redistricting] process. It doesn’t mean you’ll win every time, but it means you’ll have a fight.
From the Brennan Center
The War Against Gerrymandering Successfully Goes On
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The National Emergencies Act is not — and was never intended to be — a constitutional workaround for a president who cannot bend Congress to his will.
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The Atlantic: Trump Is Destroying His Own Case for a National Emergency
From the Brennan Center
Trump's Hidden Powers
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Voter suppression. Gerrymandering. Big money in politics. Democracy is under attack. This year, the House of Representatives approved the For the People Act, which includes innovative solutions the Brennan Center developed on voting, ethics, campaign finance, and fair election maps.
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The Great Migration’s Complicated Legacy
Marcia Chatelain, Kenisha Grant, Ted Johnson, and Mark Whitaker discuss the history of the Great Migration and how it reverberates in mass incarceration and voter suppression today.