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Ensuring All Votes Are Counted May Take Time

This year, as we attempt to keep our loved ones safe during a deadly pandemic, more people in our communities will be voting by mail (absentee) than ever before. Counting those votes will take time.
Policy Briefs
People of Color Voting With Face Masks On

Democracy Means All of Us: How to End the Chronic Silencing of Black and Brown Voters in New Mexico

New Mexico is failing to enable Black and Brown communities to access their fundamental right to vote.
Policy Briefs
Andrea J. Serrano
Miles Tokunow
Laura Williamson
Amshula K. Jayaram
Black woman wearing a surgical face mask during the COVID-19 pandemic

How States and the Trump Administration Are Working to Exclude Millions from Political Representation and Reduce Black and Brown Political Power

Efforts to change the long-standing practice of counting every individual in the country for the purposes of drawing legislative districts would reduce the political power of—and the resources provided to—Black and brown people.
Research
Shruti Banerjee
Naila Awan

Credit Card Industry Practices: In Brief

A two-page brief on how deregulated credit card issuers have maximized their profits at the expense of American consumers.
Research
Tamara Draut

Testimony at U.S. Election Assistance Commission Hearing on Electronic Voting Systems

Providing every citizen an equal opportunity to register to vote, equal access to the polls, and assurance that every ballot cast is counted is a complex and daunting task. Success requires a broad range of reforms, some structural and some administrative.
Testimony and Public Comment
Steven Carbó

Divided Citizens: How Inequality Undermines Trust in America

An exploration of the importance of social trust in U.S. society and troubling ways in which rising economic inequality since the 1970s has helped to decrease trust between Americans.   Executive Summary   Americans face twin crises of social solidarity. The first is a crisis of declining trust
Research

Making Voting Easier: Election Day Registration in New York

As policymakers, election officials, and the public consider whether New York should change the way in which voters are allowed to register to participate in elections, and bring New York State election law into compliance with the Help America Vote Act, the following report provides an analysis of
Research
Jonathan Nagler
Catherine H. Wilson

EDR: Making Voting Easier Election Day Registration in New York

As policymakers, election officials, and the public consider whether New York should change the way in which voters are allowed to register to participate in elections, and bring New York State election law into compliance with the Help America Vote Act, we provide an analysis of the potential
Research

Making Voting Easier: Election Day Registration in New York

Voter registration is intended to ensure that voters who are eligible to vote are able to do so, and that non-eligible individuals cannot cast ballots. A voter registration list enables election workers to authenticate eligible voters at the polls. Voter registration also serves to provide lists of
Research

Democracy Denied: The Racial History and Impact of Disenfranchisement Laws in the United States

This brief examines the relationship between criminal justice practices that disproportionately target people of color, and disenfranchisement laws that deprive citizens convicted of felonies of their right to vote.
Research
Steven Carbó

Retiring In The Red: The Growth of Debt Among Older Americans

NEW: SECOND EDITION. "Retiring in the Red" is part of the Borrowing to Make Ends Meet Briefing Paper Series. Reports an 89% average increase in credit card debt among America's seniors from 1992 to 2001. Key Findings:
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Tamara Draut
Heather C. McGhee

Voting Rights Testimony at NYC Council Hearing

Ludovic Blain and Joseph Hayden of the NYC Right to Vote Campaign present testimony to the NYC Council Committee on Government Operations regarding the Pro-Voter Law. 
Testimony and Public Comment
Ludovic Blain

Punishing at the Polls: The Case Against Disenfranchising Citizens With Felony Convictions

Political scientist Alec Ewald sheds new light on the fundamentally undemocratic nature of felony disenfranchisement laws. Tracing the history of these laws from ancient Europe to their racist application in the post Civil War U.S., Ewald concludes that felony disenfranchisement laws are in profound
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