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Ensuring Justice and Public Safety

The latest proposals from the Law Enforcement Leaders to Reduce Crime and Incarceration urge changes in laws and practice to reduce unnecessary incarceration, improve community-police relations, and promote public safety.
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- April 15, 2020
Democracy & Justice: Collected Writings 2019

This volume is a sample of the Brennan Center’s work on all fronts in the fight for democracy and justice in 2019. Material is drawn from Brennan Center reports, policy proposals, and issue briefs, in addition to public remarks, legal briefs, congressional testimony, and op-ed pieces written by Brennan Center staff and fellows.
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- April 7, 2020
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Getting the Count Right

Key Context for the 2020 Census
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- March 31, 2020
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Estimated Costs of Covid-19 Election Resiliency Measures

Proper planning can ensure that the pandemic does not prevent a free and fair election. To be effective, funding is urgently needed.
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- March 19, 2020
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Dirty Tricks: 9 Falsehoods that Could Undermine the 2020 Election

The Nine Falsehoods that Could Undermine the 2020 Election.
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- May 14, 2020
The Politics of Judicial Elections, 2017–18

Dark money, interest groups, and big donors continue to play a major role in races for state supreme courts.
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- December 11, 2019
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The Steep Costs of Criminal Justice Fees and Fines

Court fees and fines unjustly burden people with debt just as they are re-entering society. They are also ineffective at raising revenue.
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- November 21, 2019
A Review of Robust Post-Election Audits

The first risk-limiting audit pilots in Michigan show that RLAs are possible in a state that relies primarily on precinct-based voting on election day.
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- November 7, 2019
Understanding H.R.1’s Public Financing Provisions

H.R.1’s public finance reforms represent the best hope for bringing about the transformative changes that voters demanded in 2018.
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- September 20, 2019
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Supreme Court Ethics Reform

Today, the nine justices on the Supreme Court are the only U.S. judges — state or federal — not governed by a code of ethical conduct. But that may be about to change.
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- September 24, 2019