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Testimony Supporting Risk Limiting Audits in Ohio
Liz Howard
The Brennan Center submitted testimony before the Ohio Senate Government Oversight and Reform Committee in support of Senate Bill 256, which would mandate Risk Limiting Audits throughout the state by 2020.

June 6, 2018
Securing American Elections From Foreign Interference
Brennan Center Urges State Department to Abandon the Collection of Social Media and Other Data from Visa Applicants
The Brennan Center, joined by 56 other civil and human rights organizations, today submitted comments to the U.S. Department of State on its plan to collect additional information, such as social media identifiers, telephone numbers, and email addresses used in the past five years from U.S. visa applicants

May 30, 2018
Liberty & National Security
Privacy & Profiling
Transparency & Accountability
Comment to FEC on Internet Communications Disclaimers
Ian Vandewalker
The Brennan Center submitted a comment to the Federal Elections Commission urging the Commission to improve transparency in election advertisement spending by strengthening the rules for disclaimers on political ads online.

May 29, 2018
Money in Politics
Election Spending
Disclosure
Testimony Supporting Secure Election Systems in New Jersey
Edgardo Cortés
The Brennan Center submitted testimony before the New Jersey Assembly's State and Local Government Committee in support of replacing the state's paperless voting equipment, implementing secure paper-based systems, and instituting post-election audits.

May 23, 2018
Voting Machines & Ballot Design
Letter to Congress on the FIRST STEP Act
The new prison reform bill being considered by the House Judiciary Committee, the FIRST STEP Act, includes several important reforms and improves on prior legislation. But any true reform effort must take steps to reduce the number of people entering prison in the first place, which this bill does not do.

May 8, 2018
Justice for All
Reducing Mass Incarceration
Closing the Justice Gap
Racial Justice
Testimony Supporting Small Donor Matching System Bill in Illinois
Ian Vandewalker
The Brennan Center submitted testimony in support of H.B. 5531, the Small Donor Democracy Matching System for Fair Elections Act before the Illinois General Assembly.

April 30, 2018
Money in Politics
Public Financing
Testimony Before the Portland City Council on the Joint Terrorism Task Force
Michael German
The Center testified before the Portland City Council in support of ending the city's participation in the Joint Terrorism Task Force.

April 19, 2018
Liberty & National Security
Privacy & Profiling
Transparency & Accountability
Intelligence Reform
Letter to Congress on the Prison Reform and Redemption Act
The narrow prison reform bill backed by the White House and being considered by Congress is an incomplete starting point for fixing our broken justice system, the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law said in this letter to Judiciary Committee leadership in Congress.

April 18, 2018
Justice for All
Reducing Mass Incarceration
Closing the Justice Gap
Racial Justice
Crime Rates in America
Letter: National Coalition Rejects Death Penalty and Increased Penalties for Drug Offenses
The Brennan Center joined civil rights, criminal justice reform, and faith-based organizations on a letter opposing the punitive aspects of the Trump Administration's plan to combat the opioid crisis.

March 26, 2018
Justice for All
Reducing Mass Incarceration
Testimony Before the Congressional Black Caucus on the FBI's "Black Identity Extremism" Report
Michael German
The Brennan Center testified before the Congressional Black Caucus on the FBI's Report on "Black Identity Extremism."

March 20, 2018
Liberty & National Security
Privacy & Profiling
Transparency & Accountability
Intelligence Reform

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Comment to FEC on Internet Communications Disclaimers

Testimony Supporting Secure Election Systems in New Jersey

Letter to Congress on the FIRST STEP Act

Testimony Supporting Small Donor Matching System Bill in Illinois

Testimony Before the Portland City Council on the Joint Terrorism Task Force

Letter to Congress on the Prison Reform and Redemption Act

Letter: National Coalition Rejects Death Penalty and Increased Penalties for Drug Offenses

Testimony Before the Congressional Black Caucus on the FBI's "Black Identity Extremism" Report

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