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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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Laura Williamson

Universally Accessible and Racially Equitable Vote By Mail 

This brief describes the challenges currently facing Black and brown people when voting by mail and presents policy recommendations at each step of the vote-by-mail process to mitigate those problems.
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To Form a More Perfect Union: DC Statehood

D.C. statehood is a critical racial justice and democracy issue. To move us closer to an inclusive, multiracial democracy, the House must pass, and the Senate immediately take up and pass, H.R. 51.
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Joshua Harmon
Laura Williamson
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We Can Still Save Our Democracy Before November

Many state officials are stubbornly clinging to outdated, unsafe election procedures. For the health of our communities and our democracy, they should commit themselves to the three pillars of our voting rights agenda.
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Chiraag Bains
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Combatting Wrongful Voter Purges: A Toolkit

A toolkit to help local leaders and communities identify and act on the warning signs of a wrongful purge and to understand how federal law restricts  such purges.
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Chiraag Bains
Chiraag Bains
Director, Legal Strategies
Naila Awan
Naila Awan
Senior Counsel
Brenda Wright
Brenda Wright
Senior Advisor, Legal Strategies
Featured Case on Voting Rights & Voter Access
Common Cause v. Lawson et al
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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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