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'Motor Voter' Law Likely to Be Bigger Priority for States

Already, some states are making changes. A legal settlement in Missouri led to more than 200,000 voter-registration applications from welfare offices in less than two years. A settlement in Ohio has led to more than 100,000 this year. Lawsuits are pending in Indiana and New Mexico.

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Richard Wolf

STATEMENT: President Obama Signs Landmark Wall Street Reform Bill And Consumer Protection Act

Obama put[s] the U.S. government solidly back on the side of the middle class

Press release/statement

Rebuilding the American Middle Class and Refashioning Wall Street

Heather McGhee on FinReg Passage

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Bryce Covert

STATEMENT: Demos on the Wall Street Reform Bill

Today We Start Rebuilding the American Middle Class

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How a Cap on Big-Bank Leverage Was Watered Down

Regulators can cap leverage if bank poses 'grave threat' to system

Speier, who allowed that the overall bill is good, added that the rationale behind a detailed leverage cap is to keep big banks from growing so dangerously large that, if they were to fail, they'd cause collateral damage to the markets. During the height of the boom leading up to the financial crisis, many investment banks hiked their leverage to as high as 50-to-1.

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Ronald D. Orol

New Voter Registration Rules Could Bring More Poor People to the Polls

Is Michigan following the law?

Demos reports that in 2008 over 11 million low-income adult citizens remained unregistered to vote and the registration gap between low-income and high-income citizens was over 19 percentage points. And changes in how voter registration is done at public assistance agencies can has already shown dramatic results in other states.

In Ohio registration at public assistance agencies has soared following a settlement of a Demos case over compliance with federal voter registration laws at public assistance agencies.

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Eartha Jane Melzer

STATEMENT: Delaware Passes Law to Count Incarcerated Persons at their Home Addresses for Redistricting

Delaware Passes Law to Count Incarcerated Persons at their Home Addresses for Redistricting

Becomes Second State To Adopt Reform Ensuring Fairness and Accuracy of Redistricting

Dover — On June 30, the Delaware Senate passed a bill ensuring that incarcerated persons will be counted as residents of their home addresses when new state and local legislative districts are drawn in Delaware. The bill previously passed in the House, and is now awaiting Governor Jack Markell's signature.

 

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STATEMENT: As We Celebrate Independence Day, Many New Citizens Still Left Out Of American Democracy

Washington—As the nation celebrates the 234th Independence Day this July Fourth, thousands of immigrants will take the citizenship oath at naturalization ceremonies around the country. Yet, the promise of full participation in our democracy continues to elude many of our newest fellow citizens, up to millions around the country, according to a new report by the nonpartisan public policy center Demos.

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