Democracy Reform: Hearings and Testimony
Congressional hearings and testimony related to the Freedom to Vote Act and other democracy reform measures.
The For the People Act of 2021 (H.R. 1, S.1)
House Committee on Oversight and Reform, Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, Hearing on Democracy in Danger: The Assault on Voting Rights in Texas – July 29, 2021
- Hearing video
- Testimony of the Honorable Senfronia Thompson, Texas State Representative and Member, Select Committee on Constitutional Rights and Remedies
- Testimony of the Honorable Nicole Collier, Texas State Representative and Chair, Texas Legislative Black Caucus
- Testimony of the Honorable Diego Bernal, Texas State Representative
- Testimony of Nina Perales, Vice President of Litigation, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund
- Testimony of the Honorable Travis Clardy, Texas State Representative
Committee on House Administration, Hearing on Election Subversion: A Growing Threat to Electoral Integrity – July 28, 2021
- Hearing video
- Testimony of Kenneth T. Cuccinelli II, Chairman, Election Transparency Initiative
- Testimony of Adrian Fontes, Former County Recorder, Maricopa County, Arizona
- Testimony of the Honorable Burgess Owens, Member of Congress, Washington, D.C.
- Testimony of Gowri Ramachandran, Senior Counsel, Brennan Center for Justice
- Testimony of the Honorable John P. Sarbanes, Member of Congress, Washington, D.C.
- Testimony of the Honorable Nikema Williams, Member of Congress, Washington, D.C.
- Testimony of Janice Winfrey, City Clerk, Detroit, Michigan
Senate Committee on Rules & Administration, Field Hearing on Protecting the Freedom to Vote: Recent Changes to Georgia Voting Laws and the Need for Basic Federal Standards to Make Sure All Americans Can Vote in the Way that Works Best for Them – July 19, 2021
Panel 1
- Testimony of Honorable Raphael Warnock, U.S. Senator Reverend
Panel 2
Panel 3
- Testimony of Honorable Sally Harrel, State Senator, State of Georgia
- Testimony of Helen Butler, Executive Director, Georgia Coalition for the People’s Agenda
- Testimony of José Segarra, Warner Robins, Georgia
Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Hearing on Jim Crow 2021: The Latest Assault on the Right to Vote – April 20, 2021
Panel 1 Speakers:
- The Honorable Raphael Warnock, United States Senator Reverend
Panel 2
- Testimony of the Honorable Stacey Abrams, Founder, Fair Fight Action
- Testimony of Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc.
- Testimony of Carol Anderson, Ph. D., Charles Howard Candler Professor of African American Studies and Chair of African American Studies, Emory University
- Testimony of the Honorable Bill Gardner, Secretary of State, State of New Hampshire
- Testimony of the Honorable Jan Jones, Speaker Pro Tempore, Georgia House of Representatives
Senate Committee on Rules & Administration Hearing on S.1, the For the People Act – March 24, 2021
Panel 1
- Testimony of Michael Waldman, President of the Brennan Center for Justice
- Testimony of Eric Holder, former U.S. Attorney General and Chair of the National Democratic Redistricting Committee
- Testimony of the Honorable Jocelyn Benson, Secretary of State of Michigan
- Testimony of the Honorable Mac Warner, Secretary of State of West Virginia
- Testimony of the Honorable Todd Rokita, Attorney General of Indiana
Panel 2
- Testimony of the Honorable Trevor Potter, former Chair of the FEC and Founder and President of Campaign Legal Center
- Testimony of Fred Wertheimer, Director of Democracy 21
- Testimony of Tiffany Muller, President and Executive Director of End Citizens United/Let America Vote Action Fund
- Testimony of Bradley Smith, former Chair of the FEC and Chairman of the Institute for Free Speech
- Testimony of the Honorable Lee Goodman, former Chair of the FEC
Committee on House Administration Hearing on Strengthening American Democracy – February 25, 2021
- Hearing video
- Testimony of Stacey Abrams, Founder and Chair of Fair Fight Action
- Testimony of the Honorable Shenna Bellows, Secretary of State of Maine
- Testimony of Guy-Uriel Charles, Edward and Ellen Schwarzman Professor of Law at Duke University School of Law
- Testimony of Ricky Hatch, County Clerk/Auditor for Weber County, Utah
The For the People Act of 2019 (H.R. 1)
Committee on House Administration Hearing – February 14, 2019
Panel 1
- Testimony of Wendy Weiser, Democracy Program Director at the Brennan Center for Justice
- Testimony of Chiraag Bains, Legal Strategies Director at Demos
- Testimony of Fred Wertheimer, President of Democracy 21
Panel 2
- Testimony of Alejandro Rangel-Lopez, Senior at Dodge City High School
- Testimony of Peter Earle, Wisconsin Civil Rights Trial Lawyer
- Testimony of Brandon A. Jessup, Executive Director of Michigan Forward
House Committee on Ways & Means Oversight Subcommittee Hearing on Legislative Proposals and Tax Law Related to Presidential and Vice-Presidential Tax Returns - February 7, 2019
- Testimony of Joseph J. Thorndike, Director of the Tax History Project
- Testimony of George K. Yin, Edwin S. Cohen Distinguished Professor of Law and Taxation at the University of Virginia School of Law
- Testimony of Noah Bookbinder, Executive Director of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
- Testimony of Steven M. Rosenthal, Senior Fellow at the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center
House Committee on Oversight and Reform Hearing on Ethics Provisions – February 6, 2019
- Testimony of Rudy Mehrbani, Senior Counsel at the Brennan Center for Justice
- Testimony of Karen Hobert Flynn, President of Common Cause
- Testimony of Scott Amey, General Counsel at the Project on Government Oversight
- Testimony of Walter Shaub Jr., Senior Advisor at Center for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
- Response to Testimony of Bradley M. Smith to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform
House Judiciary Committee Hearing – January 29, 2019
- Testimony of Vanita Gupta, President & CEO of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
- Testimony of Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP LDF
- Testimony of Adav Noti, Trial Litigation Senior Director & Chief of Staff of the Campaign Legal Center
- Testimony of Sarah Turberville, Constitution Project Director at the Project on Government Oversight
- Brennan Center Letter to the House Judiciary Committee in Support of the For the People Act
The John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2021 (H.R. 4, S.4)
Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, Hearing on Emerging Threats to Election Administration – October 26, 2021
- Hearing video
- Testimony of the Honorable Katie Hobbs, Secretary of State, Arizona Department of State
- Testimony of the Honorable Michael G. Adams, Secretary of State, Commonwealth of Kentucky
- Testimony of the Honorable Al Schmidt, City Commissioner, Board of Elections, City of Philadelphia
- Testimony of the Honorable Matt Masterson, Non-Resident Fellow, Internet Observatory, Stanford University
- Testimony of Wade Henderson, Interim President and CEO, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Hearing on Restoring the Voting Rights Act: Protecting the Native American and Alaska Native Vote – October 20, 2021
- Hearing video
- Testimony of Jacqueline De Leon, Staff Attorney, Native American Rights Funds
- Testimony of Nicole Borromeo, Executive Vice President & General Counsel, Alaska Federation of Natives
- Testimony of Jonathan Nez, President, The Navajo Nation
- Testimony of Sara Frankenstein, Partner, Gunderson, Palmer, Nelson & Ashmore, LLP
- Testimony of the Honorable Edward Buchanan, Secretary of State, State of Wyoming
Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Hearing on Protecting a Precious, Almost Sacred Right: The John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act – October 6, 2021
Panel 1
Panel 2
- Testimony of Jon Greenbaum, Chief Counsel and Senior Deputy Director, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
- Testimony of Wendy Weiser, Vice President, Democracy Program, Brennan Center for Justice
- Testimony of the Honorable Todd Rokita, Attorney General, State of Indiana
- Testimony of the Honorable Ken Cuccinelli, National Chairman, Election Transparency Initiative
Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on the Constitution, Hearing on Restoring the Voting Rights Act: Combatting Discriminatory Abuses – September 22, 2021
- Hearing video
- Testimony of Franita Tolson, Vice Dean for Faculty and Academic Affairs and Professor of Law, University of Southern California Gould School of Law
- Testimony of John C. Yang, President and Executive Director, Asian Americans Advancing Justice
- Testimony of Thomas Saenz, President and General Counsel, Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund
- Testimony of Maureen Riordan, Litigation Counsel, Public Interest Legal Foundation
- Testimony of Hans von Spakovsky, Manager of the Election Law Reform Initiative and Senior Legal Fellow, Heritage Foundation
The Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2019 (H.R. 4, S.561)
House Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties Hearing on Oversight of the Voting Rights Act: Potential Legislative Reforms – August 16, 2021
- Hearing video
- Testimony of Honorable Kristen Clarke, Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Justice
- Testimony of Jon M. Greenbaum, Chief Counsel and Senior Deputy Director, Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
- Testimony of Wade Henderson, Interim President and CEO, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
- Testimony of Sophia Lin Lakin, Deputy Director, Voting Rights Project, American Civil Liberties Union
- Testimony of Dr. James Peyton McCrary, Professorial Lecturer in Law, The George Washington University Law School
- Testimony of Maureen Riordan, Litigation Counsel, Public Interest Legal Foundation
- Testimony of Thomas A. Saenz, President and General Counsel, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund
- Testimony of Samuel Spital, Director of Litigation, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc.
- Testimony of Hans A. von Spakovsky, Senior Legal Fellow, The Heritage Foundation
- Testimony of Wendy R. Weiser, Vice President, Democracy, Brennan Center for Justice
House Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties Hearing on the Need to Enhance the Voting Rights Act: Practice-Based Coverage – July 27, 2021
- Hearing video
- Testimony of Bernard L. Fraga, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Emory College of Arts and Sciences
- Testimony of Dr. Luis Ricardo Fraga, Rev. Donald P. McNeill, C.S.C., Professor of Transformative Latino Leadership, Joseph and Elizabeth Robbie Professor of Political Science, University of Notre Dame
- Testimony of T. Russell Nobile, Senior Attorney, Judicial Watch
- Testimony of Thomas A. Saenz, President and General Counsel, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund
- Testimony of Franita Tolson, Vice Dean for Faculty and Academic Affairs and Professor of Law, USC Gould School of Law
- Testimony of Bryan P. Tyson, Partner, Taylor English Duma LLP
- Testimony of John C. Yang, President and Executive Director, Asian Americans Advancing Justice
House Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties Hearing on the Implications of Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee and Potential Legislative Responses – July 16, 2021
- Hearing video
- Testimony of Sean Morales-Doyle, Acting Director, Voting Rights & Elections, Democracy, Brennan Center for Justice
- Testimony of Robert D. Popper, Senior Attorney, Judicial Watch
- Testimony of Ezra Rosenberg, Co-Director, Voting Rights Project, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
- Testimony of Nicholas Stephanopoulos, Kirkland & Ellis Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on the Constitution Hearing on Restoring the Voting Rights Act after Brnovich and Shelby County – July 14, 2021
- Hearing video
- Testimony of Richard Hasen, Chancellor’s Professor of Law and Political Science, University of California, Irvine
- Testimony of Janai Nelson, Associate Director-Counsel, NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc.
- Testimony of Jose Garza, Voting Rights Counsel, Mexican American Legislative Caucus, Texas House of Representatives
- Testimony of the Honorable Ken Cuccinelli, National Chairman, Election Transparency Initiative
- Testimony of T. Russell Nobile, Senior Attorney, Judicial Watch, Inc.
House Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties Hearing on The Need to Enhance the Voting Rights Act: Preliminary Injunctions, Bail-in Coverage, Election Observers, and Notice – June 29, 2021
- Hearing video
- Testimony of Helen Butler, Executive Director, Georgia Coalition for the People’s Agenda
- Testimony of Sophia Lin Lakin, Deputy Director, Voting Rights Project, American Civil Liberties Union
- Testimony of Maureen Riordan, Litigation Counsel, Public Interest Legal Foundation
- Testimony of James Tucker, Counsel, Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP
House Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties Hearing on Oversight of the Voting Rights Act: A Continuing Record of Discrimination - May 27, 2021
- Hearing video
- Testimony of Jon M. Greenbuam, Chief Counsel and Senior Deputy Director, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
- Testimony of Janai Nelson, Associate Director-Counsel, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
- Testimony of T. Russell Nobile, Senior Attorney, Judicial Watch
- Testimony of Wendy R. Weiser, Vice President, Democracy, Brennan Center for Justice
House Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee in the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties Hearing on Oversight of the Voting Rights Act: The Evolving Landscape of Voting Discrimination – April 22, 2021
- Hearing video
- Testimony of Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II, President, Repairers of the Breach
- Testimony of Honorable Julián Castro, Former United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
- Testimony of Jacqueline De León, Staff Attorney, Native American Rights Fund
- Testimony of Honorable Mark Robinson, Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina
Committee on House Administration Subcommittee on Elections Hearing on Voting Rights and Election Administration in America – October 17, 2019
- Hearing Video
- Testimony of Michael Waldman, President of the Brennan Center for Justice
- Testimony of Barbara Arnwine, Co-Chair of the National Commission for Voter Justice
- Testimony of Michelle Bishop, Voting Rights Specialist at the National Disability Rights Network
- Testimony of Kristen Clarke, President & Executive Director of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
- Testimony of Hannah Fried, Director of All Voting Is Local
- Testimony of Dale Ho, Director of the Voting Rights Project
- Testimony of Virginia Kase, CEO of the League of Women Voters
- Testimony of Catherine E. Lhamon, Chair of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
- Testimony of Denise Lieberman, Senior Attorney and Director of the Power and Democracy Program at the Advancement Project
- Testimony of Elena Nunez, Director of State Operations & Ballot Measure Strategies at Common Cause
- Testimony of Deuel Ross, Senior Counsel at the NAACP Legal Defense Fund
- Testimony of Thomas Saenz, President & Senior Counsel of MALDEF
- Testimony of Arturo Vargas, CEO of the NALEO Education Fund
- Testimony of Brenda Wright, Senior Advisor for Legal Strategies at Demos
- Testimony of John C. Yang, President & Executive Director of Asian Americans Advancing Justice
House Judiciary Committee Hearing on Evidence of Current and Ongoing Voting Discrimination – September 10, 2019
- Testimony of Myrna Perez, Director of the Voting Rights and Elections Program at the Brennan Center for Justice
- Testimony of Derrick Johnson, President and CEO of the NAACP
- Testimony of Vanita Gupta, President and CEO of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
- Testimony of J. Christian Adams, President and General Counsel of the Public Interest Legal Foundation
- Testimony of Dale Ho, Voting Rights Project Director at the ACLU
- Testimony of Natalie A. Landreth, Senior Staff Attorney at the Native American Rights Fund
House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties Hearing on the Voting Rights Act – June 25, 2019
- Testimony of Stacey Abrams, Founder and Chair of Fair Fight Action
- Testimony of Kristen Clarke, President and Executive Director of the National Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
- Testimony of Kyle Hawkins, Solicitor General of Texas
- Testimony of Leah Aden, Deputy Director of Litigation at the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund
Committee on House Administration Hearing on Voting Rights and Election Administration in Alabama – May 13, 2019
- Testimony of James Blacksher, Attorney
- Testimony of Jenny Carroll, Professor of Law at the University of Alabama Hugh F. Culverhouse Jr. School of Law
- Testimony of Ernest Montgomery, Council Member of Calera City Council
- Testimony of Nancy Abudu, Deputy Legal Director, Voting Rights at the Southern Poverty Law Center
- Testimony of Scott Douglas, Executive Director of Greater Birmingham Ministries
- Testimony of Isabel Rubio, Executive Director of the Hispanic Interest Coalition of Alabama
- Testimony of Benard Simelton Jr., President of the Alabama Conference of the NAACP
Committee on House Administration Voting Rights and Election Administration in Florida – May 6, 2019
- Testimony of Anjenys Gonzales-Eilert, Executive Director of Common Cause Florida
- Testimony of Marleine Bastien, Executive Director of Family Action Network
- Testimony of Nancy Batista, Florida State Director of Mi Familia Vota
- Testimony of Andrew Gillum, Chair of Forward Florida
House Committee on the Judiciary Hearing on Enforcement of the Voting Rights Act in the State of Texas – May 3, 2019
- Testimony of Ernest Herrera, Staff Attorney at MALDEF
- Testimony of Gary Bledsoe, President of the NAACP Texas State Conference
- Testimony of Jayla Allen, Chair of Rock the Vote
- Testimony of Michael Morley, Assistant Professor at Florida State University College of Law
- Testimony of Mimi Marziani, President of the Texas Civil Rights Project
- Testimony of Jerry Vattamala, Democracy Program Director at the Asian American Legal Defense & Education Fund
- Testimony of Jose Garza, Attorney at Garza Golando Moran PLLC
Committee on House Administration Hearing on Voting Rights and Election Administration in Ohio – April 25, 2019
- Testimony of Naila Awan, Senior Counsel at Demos
- Testimony of Mike Brickner, Ohio State Director of All Voting is Local
- Testimony of Daniel Ortiz, Outreach Director at Policy Matters Ohio
- Testimony of Tom Roberts, President of the Ohio Conference of the NAACP
- Testimony of Elaine Tso, Interim Co-Chief Executive Officer of Asian Services in Action
- Testimony of Inajo Chappell, member of the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections
Committee on House Administration Hearing on Voting Rights and Election Administration in North Carolina – April 18, 2019
- Testimony of Rev. Dr. William Barber II, President and Senior Lecturer for Repairers of the Breach
- Testimony of Thomas Lopez, Executive Director of Democracy North Carolina
- Testimony of Irving L. Joyner, Professor of Law at North Carolina Central University School of Law
- Testimony of Patricia Timmons-Goodson, Vice-Chair of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
- Testimony of Dan Blue, Minority Leader of the North Carolina State Senate
- Testimony of Caitlin Swain. Co-Director of Forward Justice
Committee on House Administration Hearing on Voting Rights and Election Administration in the Dakotas – April 16, 2019
- Testimony of Charles Walker, Councilman at Large of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe
- Testimony of Rodger White Owl, CEO of the Mandan, Hidatsa & Arikara Nation
- Testimony of Alysia LaCounte, General Council of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians
- Testimony of Myra PearsonChairwoman of the Spirit Lake Nation
- Testimony of Jacqueline De Leon, Staff Attorney at the Native American Rights Fund
- Testimony of Ruth Buffalo, North Dakota State Representative
- Testimony of Prairie Rose Seminole, Community Organizer
- Testimony of OJ Semans, Jr., Co-Executive Director of Four Directions
House Committee on the Judiciary Hearing on the History and Enforcement of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 – March 12, 2019
- Testimony of Catherine Lhamon, Chair of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
- Testimony of Thomas Saenz, President and General Council of MALDEF
- Testimony of Dr. Peyton McCrary, Professional Lecturer in Law at George Washington University Law School
Committee on House Administration Hearing on Voting Rights and Election Administration in Georgia – Feb. 19, 2019
- Testimony of Stacey Abrams, CEO and Founder of Fair Fight Action
- Testimony of Sean J. Young, Legal Director of the Georgia ACLU
- Testimony of Cliff Albright, Cofounder of Black Votes Matter
- Testimony of Stacey Hopkins, Fulton County Voter
- Testimony of Gilda Daniels, Director of Litigation at the Advancement Project
Related Democracy Reform Hearings
House Committee on Oversight and Reform, Hearing on Assessing the Election ‘Audit’ in Arizona and Threats to American Democracy – October 7, 2021
- Hearing video
- Testimony of Jack Sellers, Board of Supervisors, Maricopa County, Arizona
- Testimony of Bill Gates, Vice Chairman, Board of Supervisors, Maricopa County, Arizona
- Testimony of David Becker, Executive Director and Founder, The Center for Election Innovation and Research
- Testimony of Gowri Ramachandran, Senior Counsel, The Brennan Center
- Doug Logan, Chief Executive Officer and Principal Consultant, Cyber Ninjas, Inc. (Invited)
- Testimony of Ken Bennett, Former Secretary of State for the State of Arizona, Arizona State Senate Liaison to Cyber Ninjas Audit (Minority Witness)
Committee on House Administration, Hearing on the Elections Clause: Constitutional Interpretation and Congressional Exercise – July 12, 2021
- Hearing video
- Testimony of the Honorable Michael G. Adams, Secretary of State, Commonwealth of Kentucky
- Testimony of Jack Rakove, Coe Professor of History and American Studies, Stanford University
- Testimony of Daniel P. Tokaji, Fred W. & Vi Miller Dean and Professor of Law, University of Wisconsin Law School
- Testimony of Franita Tolson, Professor of Law and Vice Dean for Faculty and Academic Affairs, University of Southern California Gould School of Law
Committee on House Administration, Subcommittee on Elections Hearing on Voting in America: A National Perspective on the Right to Vote, Methods of Election, Jurisdictional Boundaries, and Redistricting – June 24, 2021
- Testimony of Michael Waldman, President of the Brennan Center for Justice
- Testimony of Patty Ferguson-Bohnee, Director of the Indian Legal Clinic at the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law
- Testimony of Sara Frankenstein, Partner at Gunderson, Palmer, Nelson, & Ashmore
- Testimony of Thor Hearne, Founding Partner at True North Law Group
- Testimony of Wade Henderson, Interim President & CEO of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
- Testimony of Eric H. Holder Jr., Chairman of the National Democratic Redistricting Committee
- Testimony of Janai Nelson, Associate Director-Counsel at the NAACP Legal Defense Fund
- Testimony of Thomas Saenz, President & General Counsel of the Mexican-American Legal Defense and Educational Fund
- Testimony of Jerry Vattamala, Director of the Democracy Program at the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund
Committee on House Administration, Subcommittee on Elections Hearing on Voting in America: The Potential for Polling Place Quality and Restrictions on Opportunities to Vote to Interfere with Free and Fair Access to the Ballot – June 11, 2021
- Testimony of Kevin Morris, Quantitative Researcher at the Brennan Center for Justice
- Testimony of Gilda Daniels, Director of Litigation at the Advancement Project
- Testimony of Dr. Michael C. Herron, Professor at Dartmouth University
- Testimony of Danielle Lang, Director of Voting Rights at the Campaign Legal Center
- Testimony of Isabel Longoria, Elections Administrator for Harris County, Texas
- Testimony of Mimi Marziani, President of the Texas Civil Rights Project
- Testimony of Jesselyn McCurdy, Interim Executive VP for Government Affairs at the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
- Testimony of Donald Palmer, Chair of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission
- Testimony of Dr. Stephen Pettigrew, Director of Data and Science at the University of Pennsylvania
- Testimony of Ashlee Titus, Board Member and Corporate Secretary at the Lawyers Democracy Fund
Committee on House Administration, Subcommittee on Elections Hearing on the Impact of COVID-19 On Voting Rights and Election Administration: Ensuring Safe and Fair Elections – June 11, 2020
Panel 1
- Testimony of The Honorable Marcy Kaptur, Member of Congress in Washington D.C.
- Testimony of The Honorable Gwen Moore, Member of Congress in Washington D.C.
Panel 2
- Testimony of Lawrence Norden, Director of the Election Reform Program at the Brennan Center for Justice
- Testimony of The Honorable R. Kyle Ardoin, Louisiana Secretary of State
- Testimony of Kristen Clarke, President and Executive Director at the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
- Testimony of Mark Dimondstein, President of the American Postal Workers Union
- Testimony of Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director of the Counsel at the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund., Inc.
- Testimony of The Honorable John H. Merrill, Alabama Secretary of State
- R Street Statement for the Record
- Niskanen Center Statement for the Record
House Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties Hearing on Protecting the Right to Vote During the COVID-19 Pandemic – June 3, 2020
- Testimony of Myrna Pérez, Director of the Voting Rights and Elections Program at the Brennan Center for Justice
- Testimony of Stacey Abrams, Chair of Fair Fight Action
- Testimony of J. Christian Adams, President and General Counsel at the Public Interest Legal Foundation
- Testimony of Barbara Arnwine, President of Transformative Justice Coalition
- Testimony of The Honorable Jocelyn Benson, Michigan Secretary of State
- Testimony of Michelle Bishop, Disability Advocacy Specialist for Voting Rights at the National Disability Rights Network
- Testimony of Tom Fitton, President of Judicial Watch
- Testimony of Dale Ho, Director of the Voting Rights Project at the American Civil Liberties Union
House Committee on Homeland Security Hearing on Election Security & Integrity During a Pandemic – June 1, 2020
- Speakers:
- Wendy Weiser, Democracy Program Director at the Brennan Center for Justice
- Leigh Chapman, Director of the Voting Rights Program at the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
Committee on House Administration Hearing on 2020 Election Security- Perspectives From Voting System Vendors and Experts – January 9, 2020
- Testimony of Liz Howard, Counsel at the Brennan Center for Justice
- Testimony of Matt Blaze, Professor of Law at the Georgetown University Law Center
- Testimony of Tom Burt, President and CEO of Election Systems & Software
- Testimony of Mike Gianasi, County Clerk and Recorder of Christian County, Illinois
- Testimony of Dr. Juan Gilbert, Andrew Banks Family Preeminence Endowed Professor & Chair at the University of Florida
- Testimony of Julie Mathis, President and CEO of Hart InterCivic
- Testimony of The Honorable Donald Palmer, Chair of the Election Assistance Commission
- Testimony of John Poulos, President and CEO of Dominion Voting Systems
- Testimony of Rev. T. Anthony Spearman, President of the North Carolina NAACP
House Committee on Homeland Security Committee Hearing on Preparing for 2020: How Illinois is Securing Elections – October 15, 2019
- Hearing Video
- Testimony of Liz Howard, Counsel at the Brennan Center for Justice
- Testimony of Matt Masterson, Senior Cybersecurity Advisor at the Department of Homeland Security
- Testimony of Steve Sandvoss, Executive Director of the Illinois Board of Elections
- Testimony of Robin O’Connor, Lake County, Illinois Clerk
Committee on House Administration Hearing on Oversight of the Federal Election Commission - September 25, 2019 (postponed)
- Testimony of Daniel I. Weiner, Deputy Director of the Election Reform Program at the Brennan Center for Justice
- Testimony of Caroline Hunter, Commissioner at the Federal Election Commission
- Testimony of Steven Walther, Commissioner at the Federal Election Commission
- Testimony of Ellen Weintraub, Chairwoman of the Federal Election Commission
- Testimony of Adav Noti, Senior Director at the Campaign Legal Center
- Testimony of Bradley A. Smith, Josiah H. Blackmore II/Shirley M. Nault Professor of Law at the Capital University School of Law
- Testimony of Ciara Torres-Spelliscy, Leroy Highbaugh Sr. Research Chair and Professor of Law at the Stetson University College of Law
Committee on House Administration Hearing on Election Security - May 8, 2019
- Testimony of Larry Norden, Deputy Director of the Democracy Program at the Brennan Center for Justice
- Testimony of Marian Schneider, President of Verified Voting
- Testimony of Dr. Joseph Lorenzo Hall, Chief Technologist of the Center for Democracy & Technology
- Testimony of Jocelyn Benson, Michigan Secretary of State
House Committee on Oversight and Reform Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Hearing on Protecting the Right to Vote: Best and Worst Practices - May 1, 2019
- Testimony of Myrna Perez, Director of the Voting Rights & Elections Program at the Brennan Center for Justice
- Testimony of Leigh Chapman, Director of the Voting Rights Program at the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
- Testimony of Dale Ho, Director of the Voting Rights Project at the American Civil Liberties Union