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Turnout Increases of 5 to 10 Percent Possible Under Legislation Currently Before Statehouse

Voters of color cannot be used as partisan pawns to gerrymander districts, as Black voters were in South Carolina. When they are, it is unconstitutional, and it should never be tolerated.

More than a decade later, National Voter Registration Day has been endorsed by national associations and the federal government. More than 5 million voters have been registered to vote on the holiday since 2012.

Public policy organization Dēmos takes a deep dive into voter suppression and ballot access issues in ten states.

Six decades after the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, our work remains unfinished. However, hope is not lost.

A study of 10 states’ voter purge policies released earlier this month identified potential barriers to voter participation and urged reform in Indiana and nine others.

Arizona is in litigation over a 2022 law that could allow for what some are calling “draconian purge practices” that lead to more Arizona voters being disenfranchised.

There are many good reasons for states to update their voter rolls in preparation for elections, but a new report contended many are too zealous about it, jeopardizing some people's right to vote.

The Florida governor created a new office for prosecuting election crimes — but no one wants to work there.

Voting Rights Groups Demos and Project Vote Send Intent to Sue Notices to Arizona and Florida for Noncompliance with National Voter Registration Act (NVRA).

Latino-led organizations and voting rights groups are fighting until the unconstitutional portions of SB 7050 are struck down and everyone can exercise their constitutional right to vote.

Private citizens must retain the right to challenge anti-voter laws

The legacy of Black voter empowerment continues from historic trailblazers like Ida B. Wells-Barnett through to contemporary grassroots organizers like BLOC and Detroit Action.

New York — The United States Census practice of counting prisoners in their districts of incarceration rather than their home districts for the purpose of establishing electoral and Congressional representation is a violation of international treaty. This month, the non-partisan public policy and advocacy centers Demos and the Prison Policy Initiative (PPI) submitted their analysis to the Committee for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) in Geneva.

The Administration has an opportunity to eliminate barriers to the ballot box and empower millions in historically excluded communities

Federal court rules in favor of voting and immigrants' rights advocates challenging Florida's SB7050

Civil Rights and Latinx-led organizations are challenging a provision in SB 7050 that prohibits noncitizens from collecting or handling voter registration forms