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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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Research
Shruti Banerjee

How Ohio Continued to Silence Black and Brown Voters in a Vote-by-Mail Election

Our analysis of voter turnout in Ohio’s primary finds large disparities in absentee ballot request rates and voter turnout between predominantly white and non-white neighborhoods.
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This Constitution Day, How We Can Undo the White Supremacist Roots of Our Nation’s Founding

Our Constitution was designed to protect the institution of slavery and has led to the centuries-long assault on Black people and the ongoing struggle to secure the right to vote. This is why we put forth a proposal to finally, fully guarantee the right to vote.
Blog
Laura Williamson
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Right to Vote: The Case for Expanding the Right to Vote in the U.S. Constitution

If we truly want to build inclusive democracy, we must articulate an affirmative vision of voting rights in the Constitution itself.
Policy Briefs
Laura Williamson
Brenda Wright
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Voter Registration Through Human Service Agencies During COVID-19

We encourage states to update their procedures if they have not been providing voter registration opportunities as part of ex parte Medicaid renewals and SNAP benefit extensions.
Blog
Brenda Wright
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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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