Press Release

In An American Problem (Princeton University Press, coming October 6), two political scientists show the cost of the Voting Rights Act’s destruction.   

The ruling grants our motion to block the Department of Homeland Security from requiring that states and counties adopt burdensome changes to their election rules ahead of the election in order to receive public safety funding

Zelizer will be the first Scholar in Residence at the Center. Zelizer is a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University. Zelizer has published 28 books on modern American political history. During his residency, he will work on Rendezvous with Democracy, 1945–1974.

This marks the 25th loss for the Department of Justice in their campaign to obtain state voter files

The voter file sought by the Justice Department contains sensitive voter data such as driver’s license numbers and partial Social Security numbers.

Court leaves a preliminary injunction in place through the November election; USPS cannot withhold mail ballots from voters 

Preliminary injunction bars USPS from enforcing a rule that would have made voter disenfranchisement “practically inevitable”

USPS’ final rule on mail ballots is unlawful, unconstitutional, and risks disenfranchising millions of eligible voters

The temporary restraining order will remain in place for 14 days while the parties brief the pending motion for a preliminary injunction.

Plaintiffs in League of Women Voters of Massachusetts v. Trump supplement original complaint and seek emergency court order to block USPS from implementing mail ballot rule for November election