Menu
In the media

A Voting Reform We Need Right Now: Automatic Registration

Caleb Gayle
Governing Magazine

There is an ideal pathway for knocking down a barrier that has kept so many voting-eligible citizens away from the polls: automatic voter registration.

AVR takes much of the burden of keeping voting information updated off of the shoulders of registrants. But this can only happen if the process is perfectly woven into existing licensing processes or other interactions with state offices.

Read more at Governing

Related
Microphones and recording devices gathered around a person

New Report Uncovers Flaws Behind Databases Used by Mass Voter Challengers

“The right to vote belongs to everyone, but efforts by some groups and individuals to remove voters from state voter rolls using faulty data threatens this fundamental right."

Press release/statement
Demos
All Voting is Local
Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
Microphones and recording devices gathered around a person

Voting Rights Groups File Amicus Brief to Protect Arizona’s Eligible Voters from Documentary Proof of Citizenship Law

History and precedent show that the U.S. Constitution empowers Congress to regulate presidential elections, and the Arizona legislature cannot strip Congress of that authority.

Press release/statement
Microphones and recording devices gathered around a person

Brazen Move in Nebraska Threatens to Silence Eligible Voters

The Nebraska legislature was clear: Regardless of ideology or party, voters with past felony convictions deserve a voice. The state’s attorney general and secretary of state threaten to undermine the will of the people.

Press release/statement
Roni Druks