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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

Congress Needs to Pass a Clean DREAM Act with TPS To Protect Nearly 1 Million De-Legalized

As the Trump Administration takes the unprecedented action of de-legalizing nearly a million residents, a Clean DREAM Act with TPS is urgent—leaders of both parties in Congress must act.
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Katherine Culliton-González

To Protect Voting Rights, Sunlight Is Still the Best of Disinfectants

President Trump announced the dissolution of the so-called Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity.
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Stuart Naifeh

Larry's Fight Against Ohio Voter Purges Goes to the Supreme Court

Larry Harmon shares his experience of finding out he was purged from Ohio's polls.
In the media

Following Oral Arguments in Historic Ohio Voter Purge Case, Legal Team and Voting Rights Advocates to Speak at Supreme Court

Immediately following oral arguments on the case, the legal team and voting rights advocates will give remarks on the courthouse steps.
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With renewed vigor, U.S. top court scrutinizes curbs on voting

The justices will hear arguments in Republican-governed Ohio’s appeal of a lower court ruling that blocked its policy of erasing from voter registration lists people who do not regularly cast a ballot. Under the policy, such registration is deleted if the person goes six years without either voting
In the media
Andrew Chung

Supreme Court to Decide on Trump-Backed Voting Rights Rule That Could Disenfranchise Thousands of Americans

The U.S. Supreme Court will decide on a Trump-backed Ohio voting rights policy that has disenfranchised thousands of American voters by using lists to purge names of those who vote infrequently.
In the media
Grace Guarnieri

Republican Leaders Celebrate Millions Losing Health Care

Thousands of Americans will die because of an attack on Obamacare in the Republican tax cut bill. This is the conclusion of the economist Lawrence Summers, based on a review of the scholarly research on the impact of not having health insurance.
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Algernon Austin

Trump, after killing his 'voter fraud' commission, calls for new ID laws

But national voting rights and civil rights activists said the commission and Trump's call for new laws is just a pretext to suppress voter participation particularly among the poor, the elderly and people of color. “I’m thrilled that the commission has been disbanded, but also will definitely keep
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David Jackson
Deborah Barfield Berry

Ohio Voter Challenges Election Roll Purge in Supreme Court Clash

"The right to vote is so fundamental that Congress wanted to make sure people can continue to exercise it even if they don’t exercise it in every election," said Stuart Naifeh, a lawyer at Demos, the advocacy group that represents Harmon, the A. Philip Randolph Institute and the Northeast Ohio
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Greg Stohr

TODAY: Demos, ACLU, NEOCH and APRI to Host Media Call Ahead of Oral Arguments in Ohio Voter Purge Case

Demos and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) will host a media call to discuss the upcoming Supreme Court oral argument in the case of Husted v. A. Philip Randolph Institute.
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