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New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy Signs Bill to Restore Voting Rights to People on Probation and Parole

Governor Phil Murphy signed a bill restoring voting rights to more than 80,000 people who had been barred from voting because they are on probation or parole.
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- December 18, 2019
Congress’s Spending Deal to Include Election Security Funding for States: Brennan Center Reaction

State and local jurisdictions need this money to replace outdated election equipment, improve cybersecurity, and take other essential steps to prevent or recover from hacks and malfunctions in next year’s elections.
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- December 16, 2019
Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear Signs Executive Order Restoring Voting Rights to More Than 100,000 People with Past Convictions

Iowa is now the only state with a blanket, permanent ban.
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- December 12, 2019
New Report Finds $39.7 Million Spent on Campaigns for State Supreme Court Judgeships in 2017-2018, $10.8 Million of it by Special Interest Groups

Spending on races was in keeping with recent trends, increasing politicization of judicial races and rulings.
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- December 11, 2019
Brennan Center Calls Out New York State Public Financing Commission for Issuing Recommendations with Huge Vulnerability

Commissioners omit critical clause from recommendations, putting public financing program at risk.
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- December 2, 2019
Documentary Film Organizations Sue Over U.S. Government’s Social Media Registration Requirement for Visa Applicants

Two documentary film organizations—Doc Society and the International Documentary Association—filed a major legal challenge to new rules that require nearly all visa applicants to register their social media handles with the U.S. government.
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- December 5, 2019
Brennan Center Responds to New York State Public Financing Commission Vote and Draft Recommendations

The commission on public financing proposes small donor match program for state-level campaigns.
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- November 25, 2019
Analysis of Court Fines and Fees as Government Revenue Shows High Costs, Inefficiency, Waste

Data from 10 Jurisdictions Adds Fiscal Irresponsibility to Reasons to Reform Debtors’ Prison Practices
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- November 21, 2019
Report Finds Inadequate Oversight of Private Vendors Critical to Election Security; Proposes Framework to Increase Transparency and Protections

Private vendors build and maintain much of the election infrastructure in the United States with minimal oversight by the federal government. A report released today by the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law presents the risks this poses to the security of our elections and offers a solution.
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- November 11, 2019
Federal Court Rules the Right to Vote in Florida Cannot Be Denied on Account of Wealth

A federal court today ruled that the right to vote cannot be denied on account of wealth. Plaintiffs challenged a Florida law that creates wealth-based hurdles to voting and undermines Floridians’ overwhelming 2018 passage of Amendment 4, which restored voting rights to over a million people.
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- October 18, 2019

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New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy Signs Bill to Restore Voting Rights to People on Probation and Parole

Congress’s Spending Deal to Include Election Security Funding for States: Brennan Center Reaction

Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear Signs Executive Order Restoring Voting Rights to More Than 100,000 People with Past Convictions

New Report Finds $39.7 Million Spent on Campaigns for State Supreme Court Judgeships in 2017-2018, $10.8 Million of it by Special Interest Groups

Brennan Center Calls Out New York State Public Financing Commission for Issuing Recommendations with Huge Vulnerability

Documentary Film Organizations Sue Over U.S. Government’s Social Media Registration Requirement for Visa Applicants

Brennan Center Responds to New York State Public Financing Commission Vote and Draft Recommendations

Analysis of Court Fines and Fees as Government Revenue Shows High Costs, Inefficiency, Waste

Report Finds Inadequate Oversight of Private Vendors Critical to Election Security; Proposes Framework to Increase Transparency and Protections

Federal Court Rules the Right to Vote in Florida Cannot Be Denied on Account of Wealth

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