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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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Who Are North Carolina's 1.5 Million Missing Voters?

In this report, Dēmos and Southern Coalition for Social Justice expose a crisis in North Carolina's democracy and its voter rolls, and share commonsense policy solutions to fix it. 

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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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National Latino & Voting Rights Organizations File Lawsuit Against Florida's “Racist and Unconstitutional” Law Excluding Immigrants from Civic Participation

Poder Latinx, LatinoJustice PRLDEF and Dēmos Challenge HB 1205  

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“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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Neda Khoshkhoo
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Illegal Executive Order Would Make it Harder for Everyone to Vote

Trump’s Executive Order would likely exclude communities of color and low-income voters from the ballot and hurt all voters.

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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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