Commentary

Tuscaloosa News
November 27, 2005

Here is an idea for a new law: Lets establish a procedure that will exclude hundreds of thousands of eligible voters from our democracy.

If those citizens want to vote, lets make them take time off work several months before an election, travel to distant offices, wait in long lines and pay a poll tax. Many wont be able to afford the tax, and many others will be required to go through this process more than once.

New York Daily News
Monday, November 21, 2005

By Lawrence Norden and Jeremy Creelan

New York is about to purchase new voting machines. Unfortunately, the New York State Board of Elections has taken the position that the state may only choose from among the most expensive, error-prone and inaccessible machines available.

Albany Times Union
March 27, 2005

Don’t interpret new law to keep people from voting
By Wendy Weiser and Lawrence Norden

Republicans and Democrats can probably agree that no matter how hard they try, bureaucracies will never be perfect. Even the best bureaucrats will sometimes make mistakes.

New York Times
March 27, 2005

Let Florida Felons Vote
By Deborah Goldberg

To the Editor:

Re: “Why Felons Deserve the Right to Vote” (editorial, Feb. 7)

Many law enforcement professionals, in addition to the American Correctional Association, recognize that felony disenfranchisement serves no penal purpose when people have served their sentences.