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Protecting Our Democracy Act Reintroduced in Congress; Brennan Center Reacts

The House reintroduced the Protecting our Democracy Act. The bill, which passed the House of Representatives in 2021, includes emergency powers and ethics reforms.
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- July 27, 2023
Freedom to Vote Act Reintroduced in Congress; Brennan Center Reacts

The bill would create national standards for voting and elections, fix partisan gerrymandering in congressional elections, establish new safeguards for election officials and workers, and blunt the problem of dark money in politics.
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- July 18, 2023
Supreme Court Rejects Independent State Legislature Theory

Today the Supreme Court ruled 6 to 3 in Moore v. Harper, rejecting attempts to free state legislatures from checks and balances when making rules for federal elections.
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- June 27, 2023
State Supreme Court Upholds Washington State’s Voting Rights Act; Brennan Center Reacts

The ruling affirmed that state law and state courts can protect against discrimination in elections.
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- June 15, 2023
Bipartisan Coalition Responds to the FBI’s New Policies Under Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Authority

The Brennan Center and twelve other national organizations oppose reauthorization of 702 without wide-ranging reforms to FISA and related authorities.
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- June 13, 2023
Ahead of Tomorrow’s Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing, Organizations Submit Statement Urging Reform of Section 702

The Brennan Center for Justice, the Center for Democracy & Technology, and 19 other organizations ask Congress not to reauthorize Section 702 without major surveillance reforms.
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- June 12, 2023
New York State Lawmakers Make Changes to Public Campaign Finance Law

Today New York State lawmakers passed a bill that substantially changes key aspects of New York’s voluntary small-dollar public campaign financing program.
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- June 9, 2023
New York State Legislature Passes Clean Slate Act Aimed at Bettering Opportunities for People with Past Criminal Convictions

Brennan Center calls bill a “great victory for racial and economic justice in New York State.”
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- June 9, 2023
Bill Introduced in Congress to Limit Abuse of Emergency Powers; Brennan Center Reacts

ARTICLE ONE Act would require congressional approval for any extension of national emergency declarations beyond 30 days. Legislation would strengthen Congress’s role as a check on presidential overreach.
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- June 9, 2023
Supreme Court Upholds Section 2 of Voting Rights Act in Allen v. Milligan; Brennan Center Reacts

The court upheld a lower court’s decision to strike down an Alabama congressional map because it discriminated against Black voters in violation of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.
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- June 8, 2023

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Protecting Our Democracy Act Reintroduced in Congress; Brennan Center Reacts

Freedom to Vote Act Reintroduced in Congress; Brennan Center Reacts

Supreme Court Rejects Independent State Legislature Theory

State Supreme Court Upholds Washington State’s Voting Rights Act; Brennan Center Reacts

Bipartisan Coalition Responds to the FBI’s New Policies Under Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Authority

Ahead of Tomorrow’s Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing, Organizations Submit Statement Urging Reform of Section 702

New York State Lawmakers Make Changes to Public Campaign Finance Law

New York State Legislature Passes Clean Slate Act Aimed at Bettering Opportunities for People with Past Criminal Convictions

Bill Introduced in Congress to Limit Abuse of Emergency Powers; Brennan Center Reacts

Supreme Court Upholds Section 2 of Voting Rights Act in Allen v. Milligan; Brennan Center Reacts

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