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Threats to Ballot Access: New Report Examines Risks of Wrongful Voter Removals Across the Country

Dēmos examines ballot access issues, voter suppression in AZ, GA, OH, CA, IN, WI, MI, NC, TX, LA 

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August 10, 2023

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Unfinished Business: Revisiting Dodd-Frank and the Path to Economic Progress

On the anniversary of the Dodd-Frank Act, we reflect on recent banking failures and the inequities inherent in our current financial system. 

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Daniella Zessoules
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A Supreme Court Power Grab: Attacking Federal Agencies to Advance an Extremist Agenda

Why the Court's decision to limit the EPA's power to regulate water access is yet another case of eroding the power of the other branches of government at the expense of Black and brown people.

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Ashley Tjhung
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Supreme Court's Rejection of Affirmative Action Widens the Divide: Dēmos Calls for Renewed Efforts to Combat Systemic Racism

“The 14th Amendment is supposed to be a shield against racism, and now it’s being used as a sword.” 

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Taifa Smith Butler

Demos Welcomes New Fellows: Michael Edwards, Beth Shulman, Deborah Stone, and Jared Duval

New York, NY — Demos: A Network for Ideas & Action, a national, non-partisan public policy research and advocacy center, is pleased to announce the addition of four new members of its fellows program who are also developing new books under the Demos Books Project:
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Continued Bad Mortgages Resets, High Credit Card Debt and Tightened Capital Could Paralyze Economic Recovery, According to New Demos Report

Report Shows How Crisis Will Continue to Impact Small Business, Student Borrowers, Homeowners New York — The household economy — especially small business, homeowners and student borrowers — will continue to suffer during a sever tightening of lending credit and capital, in spite of the federal
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Can the System Handle Huge Voter Turnout?

Demos Legal Director Brenda Wright talks about the lack of preparation in many districts for overwhelming voter turnout on Election Day.
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Ariane de Vogue

Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals Rules Ohio State Officials Responsible for Implementing National Voter Registration Law

Sec. of State Brunner and Dept. of Job and Family Services Dir. Jones-Kelly Must Enforce NVRA Provisions for Voter Registration
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Look Who Pays for the Bailout

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Shawn Tully
Joan Caplin

STATEMENT: Provisional Ballot Problems Loom as 2008 Election Approaches, New Report Find

Some States Reject Tens of Thousands of Provisional Votes in 2006; Provisional Ballots May Play a Significant Role in 2008
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Congress Takes Aim at Credit Cards and College Students

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David Goldstein

New Report: Virginia Has Eight-Fold Increase in Voter Registration at Public Assistance Agencies after Reforming Procedures

Full Implementation of National Voter Registration Act Requirement Improves Registration Among Low-Income Voters
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The Real Scandal

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Bob Herbert

After Demos Warns Against Voter Intimidation, Greene County Officials Halt Investigation of Innocent Voters

Lawful Use of Same-Day Registration No Basis for Voter Witch-Hunt XENIA, OH — Greene County Prosecuting Attorney Stephan Haller and Sheriff Gene Fischer abruptly announced they were dropping an investigation into same-day registrants last week, after Demos and other voting rights advocates warned
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