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Voting Rights & Voter Access

Democracy is made better when policies expand and empower the electorate rather than shut out and crush our voice. We're here to share the policy solutions needed for a robust democracy and to hold states accountable in the courts when they subvert voting rights protections.

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Neda Khoshkhoo

“Show Me Your Papers” Bills Like the SAVE Act Are Gaining Popularity—And Would Disenfranchise Millions

These proof of citizenship bills capitalize on anti-immigrant sentiment and perpetuate outright lies to justify restrictive practices that will make it harder for everyone to vote. 

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Phi Nguyen
Director of Democracy
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Neda Khoshkhoo
Associate Director, Democracy
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Angelo Ancheta
Senior Research and Policy Counsel
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The SAVE Act's Threat to Community-Based Voter Registration Drives

The SAVE Act would gut third-party voter registration, a method more often used by Black and brown voters and other groups that have historically faced greater hurdles in voting.

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Neda Khoshkhoo
Angelo Ancheta
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Supreme Court Allows Virginia to Cancel Registration of 1,600 Voters Just Days Before the Election

"Protections like the National Voter Registration Act are there for a reason. It is unconscionable that the Court is permitting a voter purge this close to an election"

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For My Mom, Voting Took a Village

Explores one Vietnamese family's journey of overcoming language challenges and navigating a complex voting process to help their mom vote for the first time. 

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Phi Nguyen
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Our challenge to halt implementation of an Indiana state law that would have purged voters without notice based on unreliable third-party data from the Crosscheck program.

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