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New Politics of Judicial Elections 2011-12

In the first full election cycle since Citizens United, special interest groups have made unprecedented levels of independent expenditures in state judicial elections, posing grave threats to fair courts.
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- October 23, 2013
Criminal Justice Debt: A Barrier to Reentry

Many states are imposing new and often onerous “user fees” on individuals with criminal convictions. This report examines practices in the fifteen states with the highest prison populations, which together account for more than 60 percent of all state criminal filings.
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- October 4, 2010
Filibuster Abuse

Over the last decade, Senate procedures have increasingly been used to prevent decision-making rather than to promote deliberation and debate.
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- December 10, 2010
Maryland's Parole Supervision Fee: A Barrier to Reentry

Given the massive unemployment rates among parolees, the substantial financial hardships they face, and the undermining effect of new fee debt, this report urges elimination of the parole supervision fee as a revenue source in Maryland.
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- March 23, 2009
Electoral Competition and Low Contribution Limits

This report examines campaign contribution limits and the impact limits can have on electoral competition.
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- May 4, 2009
A Call to End Federal Restrictions on Legal Aid for the Poor

The Legal Services Corporation helps poor families obtain access to the courts when they face pressing civil legal matters, but a set of federal funding restrictions is severely undercutting this important work.
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- June 22, 2009
Small Donor Tax Credits: A New Model

Americans agree that the campaign finance system is broken. A primary concern for many is that the system is out of balance, with big money having far too much influence over policy, drowning out the voices of ordinary voters.
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- June 13, 2017
Racism & Felony Disenfranchisement: An Intertwined History

The United States stands alone among modern democracies in stripping voting rights from millions of citizens on the basis of criminal convictions. We examine the historical roots of the laws behind this disenfranchisement.
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- May 9, 2017
Voter Registration Modernization: Collected Reports and Papers

Experts, election officials, and policy-makers are urging a common-sense, cost-efficient way to update our outmoded, voter-initiated, paper-based registration system.
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- October 5, 2009
Presidential Transparency: Beyond Tax Returns

What would the president’s tax returns show about his financial ties to foreign powers or other ethical issues? Is there a better way than disclosure of tax returns to get at such information?
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- June 21, 2017