Advocates of automatic voter registration won two legislative battles in Oregon and California this year, and lost another in New Jersey when GOP Governor Chris Christie vetoed automatic registration legislation last month.

The elections board said registration activity is back to levels from previous odd-numbered years. Part of the issue, the board said, was local social service agencies had been printing registration forms that were not coded as coming from these agencies. Issues related to DMV's online address

The state of North Carolina is being sued over state’s violations of Sections V and VII of the National Voter Registration Act GREENSBORO, N.C.–Widespread disenfranchisement and a steep decline in voter registration activity have led a coalition of civic organizations and voters to file a lawsuit

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“Alabama’s recent settlement with the Department of Justice doesn’t address the state’s photo ID law,” Lisa Danetz, the legal director for Demos, which before the deal played a leading role in raising concerns about Alabama’s compliance with Motor Voter, confirmed. “Instead, it relates to the

One of the most disturbing trends in the American political system is the rapid ascent of the far right.

Now is a time to remember our shared humanity. In light of the terrorist attack in Paris, lawmakers across the country are demanding President Obama shut down our borders and stop the resettlement of Syrian refugees in America, stoking widespread fear about these men, women and children. At this

Higher turnout has the possibility of weakening the donor class’s grip on policy. It could also reduce the influence of the extreme right wing on politics. It’s not surprising that the GOP, which benefits from a low-turnout, strong-donor environment, supports voting laws that tend to reduce turnout.

According to Sean McElwee, a researcher who studies voting rights at the progressive think tank Demos, some studies suggest up to 2 .5% of the population is unable to vote thanks to such laws.

Police reform in New York City just took a significant step forward, and the voices of the people most affected by unlawful and discriminatory stops are front and center. When a federal court ruled in Floyd v. City of New York that the NYPD’s stop and frisk practice violated the Fourth and