An overview of the bureaucratic barriers to becoming—and remaining—registered to vote.

Are States Complying with the Motor Voter Requirements of the National Voter Registration Act?

The causes of Detroit's bankruptcy and what the city's emergency manager can do to turn it around.

In January 2016, Oregon became the first state in the country to implement Automatic Voter Registration. It was a resounding success.

State Higher Education Funding After the Recession

Making our election system function for all of our citizens should be a bedrock commitment of our nation. The current disparities by class and race in voter registration—and thus, voter turnout—undermine an essential tenet of our democracy: of, by and for the people. In order to address the current

States should ensure eligible voters can be added to state registration databases with fair, effective and uniform standards, and should only remove voters in compliance with the National Voter Registration Act and other applicable laws. Only election officials should be able to challenge the

Voter intimidation and misinformation campaigns have significantly increased in recent years. They are toxic to democracy.

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