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Although photo ID and proof of citizenship proposals are offered as necessary to prevent fraud in elections, we know that the facts do not warrant these extreme measures.

Testimony and Public Comment
Brenda Wright

On the problems with legislative proposals that would mandate strict photo identification requirements for voting.

Testimony and Public Comment
Brenda Wright

America needs an election process that is efficient, trustworthy, and welcoming. We need a renewed sense of citizenship and service, and a government that people can believe in.

Research
Miles Rapoport
Stuart Comstock-Gay
James Lardner

The Veterans Voting Support Act required that the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) agree to state designations of its facilities as voter registration agencies under Section 7 of the NVRA.

Testimony and Public Comment
Lisa J. Danetz

New USCIS Guidance on Voter Registration at Naturalization Ceremonies

Policy Briefs

Proof that when laws to protect peoples’ democratic rights are put into practice, they can have a major impact on bringing more voices into the political process.

Policy Briefs
Youjin B. Kim
Lisa J. Danetz

The assault on the right to vote witnessed in 2011 is historic in terms of its geographic scope and intensity. Legislation enacted in states across the country to require government-issued photo identification and/or prove citizenship to register to vote, make voter registration more difficult, and

Testimony and Public Comment

Prison-based gerrymandering is the practice of counting incarcerated persons as “residents” of a prison when drawing legislative districts in order to give extra influence to the districts that contain the prisons. The U.S. Constitution requires that election districts be roughly equal in size, so

Policy Briefs
Brenda Wright

By enacting H.B. 5024, Connecticut would become the 10th state to permit eligible citizens to both register and vote on Election Day and/or during the early voting period. 

Testimony and Public Comment
Steven Carbó

By passing this proposed constitutional amendment, and laying the groundwork to enact SDR, Maryland would become the 10th state to permit eligible citizens to both register and vote on the same day.

Testimony and Public Comment
Liz Kennedy