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6 Things You Should Know Before Casting Your Vote This Election

Stories about election rigging and voter fraud have been flooding the news lately, but what’s the truth? The Brennan Center for Justice, a nonpartisan law and policy institute that works on voting rights issues has done the research so you don’t have to. Here’s what we think you should know before getting out your vote.
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- November 7, 2016
Record Fine for Hiding Donors in Washington Election

Last week, a Washington state court imposed the largest fine ever levied for a campaign finance violation, on a group that hid the identities of its donors.
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- November 7, 2016
A Step in the Wrong Direction: Cutting Early Voting Hurts Voters

The numbers are in: early voting works. Cuts to early voting threaten voter turnout.
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- November 5, 2016
Three Things We Already Know About 2016 U.S. House Races

Although the election hasn’t yet happened, we already know a lot about its outcome—largely because of how districts are drawn.
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- November 2, 2016
A Better Way to Counter Terrorism

There is a better way to counter terrorism, and a more effective model that we can adopt, but first government officials must abandon failing strategies.
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- October 26, 2016
Early Voters in Texas Don’t Have All the Right Information

Posters incorrectly told voters the only way to vote a regular ballot is to present one of seven government-issued photo IDs, among other issues. It’s far from the first misstep in Texas’s education efforts.
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- October 25, 2016
Poll Watchers from Far-Away Counties? Pennsylvania Voters Have Nothing to Worry About

A lawsuit was filed to allow poll watchers to go to polling places outside their home country and watch elections. The judge will likely dismiss it immediately. So should voters.
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- October 22, 2016
An Essential Element of Emergency Preparedness: Modernizing Our Voter Registration System

Natural disasters strike and technology is not fail-safe, but diversifying registration methods will provide voters a variety of options to ensure eligibility to participate on Election Day.
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- October 21, 2016
Small Donors Still Aren't as Important as Wealthy Ones

The successes of 2016 presidential candidates like Bernie Sanders, Ben Carson, and Donald Trump at raising money from small donors over the internet has obscured a broader trend: small donors are actually less important to campaigns than before internet fundraising became popular.
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- October 18, 2016
Mapping Reveals Rising Use of Social Media Monitoring Tools by Cities Nationwide

Alongside commercial ventures, local governments and police are using social media monitoring products to probe posts for information on protests, potential threats, breaking news, and more.
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- November 16, 2016

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6 Things You Should Know Before Casting Your Vote This Election

Record Fine for Hiding Donors in Washington Election

A Step in the Wrong Direction: Cutting Early Voting Hurts Voters

Three Things We Already Know About 2016 U.S. House Races

A Better Way to Counter Terrorism

Early Voters in Texas Don’t Have All the Right Information

Poll Watchers from Far-Away Counties? Pennsylvania Voters Have Nothing to Worry About

An Essential Element of Emergency Preparedness: Modernizing Our Voter Registration System

Small Donors Still Aren't as Important as Wealthy Ones

Mapping Reveals Rising Use of Social Media Monitoring Tools by Cities Nationwide

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Informed citizens are democracy’s best defense