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
The civil rights movement lost a hero yesterday: Nicholas Katzenbach, whom I was privileged to know for over 20 years.... Read more
Although the Justice Department has denied preclearance to restrictive voter ID laws in two states this year because they disproportionately... Read more
Florida’s HB 1355, the notorious package of voting changes enacted last year, is being challenged on a number of fronts,... Read more
Remember that game where a message is passed from person to person (usually they’re girls, as I’ve observed), and the... Read more
Senate Bill 754 is one of a series of bills introduced this year with the purpose of making it harder... Read more
Last week, Governor Rick Scott of Florida signed a bill (HB 1355/S 2086) that will make it next to impossible... Read more
There’s a bill that was passed by the Indiana legislature this week that would allow counties to establish “vote centers,”... Read more
The 2010 election has come and gone, and we are reminded once again that literally thousands of would-be voters were... Read more
With millions of Americans living and working in our communities, but disenfranchised by past felony convictions, Congress has taken the... Read more