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Lawsuit Against Trump’s Muslim Ban Can Proceed, Federal Judge Rules

The Brennan Center has won a court ruling that allows its lawsuit against the Muslim Ban to proceed. The three consolidated cases – Zakzok v. Trump, Int’l Refugee Assistance Project v. Trump, and Iranian Alliances Across Borders v. Trump – have been brought on behalf of American Muslims separated from family members who are citizens of countries covered by the ban.

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May 3, 2019

Reported School Purchases of Surveillance Software on the Rise, Brennan Center Finds

Using information from the government contracts database SmartProcure, a Brennan Center analysis and map show more school district purchases of social media monitoring technology, with Texas, Illinois, Florida, and California leading the pack.

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April 30, 2019

Georgia's Governor Signs New Election Security Bill in Response to Voting Rights Groups' Lawsuit

Governor Brian Kemp signed into law HB 392, which has a provision requiring Georgia’s secretary of state to take steps to shore up the security of the state’s voter registration database.

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April 30, 2019

New Findings: FEC Stonewalling Candidates, Parties, Seeking Guidance About Super PACs, Other Substantive Issues

New data and analysis from the Brennan Center show that the deadlocked Federal Election Commission has failed to provide guidance to candidates, parties, and others seeking to understand their legal obligations; update regulations to reflect changes in the law; or investigate allegations of serious legal violations.

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April 29, 2019

Brennan Center Experts Available: Mueller Report

The Brennan Center has deep expertise on many of the issues at the core of the report, including: presidential power, securing elections from foreign interference, campaign finance laws that govern the influence of money in politics, and more.

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April 18, 2019

New Study: Automatic Voter Registration Increases Registration Rates Across the Board

Automatic voter registration has led to a spike in average registration rates in every state where it’s been implemented, according to a new analysis by the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law.

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April 11, 2019

Brennan Center Research Shows No Historical Justification for a Census Citizenship Question

As the Trump Administration seeks to add a new, untested citizenship question to the 2020 Census form, the Georgetown Law Journal has published Brennan Center research that shows such a question would be unprecedented and contrary to what the Census Bureau considers best practices for an accurate count.

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April 3, 2019

New York State Passes Budget with Mandate to Create Small Donor Public Financing

This morning the New York State Assembly and Senate passed budget legislation for fiscal year 2020 that establishes a commission charged with creating a small donor public campaign financing program for statewide and state legislative offices by the end of 2019.

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April 1, 2019

Senators Introduce Law to Expand Voting Rights, Improve Voter Registration, Curb Gerrymandering, and Reform Money in Politics

Senators introduced the For the People Act in the U.S. Senate. The bill mirrors H.R. 1, which passed the House and includes proposals to modernize our voting systems, reform campaign finance laws, curb partisan gerrymandering, and restore voting rights to people with criminal convictions.

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March 27, 2019

NY Assembly, Senate, Governor Agree Small Donor Public Financing Is Priority for State Budget

Yesterday the New York State Assembly and Senate released their lists of priorities for this year’s state budget. Both chambers include small donor public financing.

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March 13, 2019

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Lawsuit Against Trump’s Muslim Ban Can Proceed, Federal Judge Rules

Reported School Purchases of Surveillance Software on the Rise, Brennan Center Finds

Georgia's Governor Signs New Election Security Bill in Response to Voting Rights Groups' Lawsuit

New Findings: FEC Stonewalling Candidates, Parties, Seeking Guidance About Super PACs, Other Substantive Issues

Brennan Center Experts Available: Mueller Report

New Study: Automatic Voter Registration Increases Registration Rates Across the Board

Brennan Center Research Shows No Historical Justification for a Census Citizenship Question

New York State Passes Budget with Mandate to Create Small Donor Public Financing

Senators Introduce Law to Expand Voting Rights, Improve Voter Registration, Curb Gerrymandering, and Reform Money in Politics

NY Assembly, Senate, Governor Agree Small Donor Public Financing Is Priority for State Budget

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