Press Release

Sixty years after the Voting Rights Act was passed, the bill would restore the civil rights legislation to full force.

The Brennan Center for Justice and R Street Institute publish new guide showing how state officials can leverage their resources to support local officials in protecting election security as federal support has declined. 

A group of North Carolinians, along with a coalition of nonpartisan voting and civil rights organizations, are seeking to intervene in a federal lawsuit that wrongly challenges the eligibility of more than 200,000 voters.

Policy could harm hundreds of thousands of individuals and families, mostly people of color.

Michele Goodwin, Brian Highsmith, Alan Jenkins, Joy Milligan, Bertrall Ross, and Robinson Woodward-Burns become Polan Fellows

The new law draws on a model bill developed by the Brennan Center for Justice and GIFFORDS Law Center.

The Brennan Center mourns the passing of a fierce advocate for judicial independence.

Budget makes larger donations eligible for matching funds, an 11th-hour change made behind closed doors

Governor thanked audience for fighting to protect the Constitution “at a time when we see daily reminders that our democracy is fragile”

A federal court ruled that the U.S. Election Assistance Commission must halt implementation of the voting and elections executive order’s mandate to require documentary proof of citizenship in federal voter registration while the case proceeds.