Author: Estelle Rogers

New Census Report Shows Voter Participation Trends in U.S.

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Recent U.S. census data, culled from a survey of 50,000 households, underscores a lot of the patterns that election-watchers have... Read more

Voting Rights Act Co-Author, Nicholas Katzenbach Dies

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The civil rights movement lost a hero yesterday: Nicholas Katzenbach, whom I was privileged to know for over 20 years.... Read more

The Myth of the “Always Necessary” Photo ID

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Although the Justice Department has denied preclearance to restrictive voter ID laws in two states this year because they disproportionately... Read more

Justice Dept. Opposes Preclearance of Florida Registration Drive Restrictions

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Florida’s HB 1355, the notorious package of voting changes enacted last year, is being challenged on a number of fronts,... Read more

Election Reform Claims Don’t Pass Muster

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Remember that game where a message is passed from person to person (usually they’re girls, as I’ve observed), and the... Read more

Restrictive Voter Registration Proposal Considered in Michigan

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Senate Bill 754 is one of a series of bills introduced this year with the purpose of making it harder... Read more

Florida’s New Law a Major Step Backwards for Voting Rights

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Last week, Governor Rick Scott of Florida signed a bill (HB 1355/S 2086) that will make it next to impossible... Read more

Vote Centers: More Convenient for Voters or the State?

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There’s a bill that was passed by the Indiana legislature this week that would allow counties to establish “vote centers,”... Read more

Low-Income Voters Left in the Dust

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The 2010 election has come and gone, and we are reminded once again that literally thousands of would-be voters were... Read more

Former Inmate Illustrates Transformative Power of the Ballot Box

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With millions of Americans living and working in our communities, but disenfranchised by past felony convictions, Congress has taken the... Read more