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Advancement Project Testifies Against Photo ID Bills
Friday, March 25, 2011
Reactionary legislation to require voters to present stringent forms of photo identification to vote moved forward in at least four states this week as Advancement Project and its partners fought to ensure that the voices of those who stand to be disenfranchised by the bills were heard. Nationwide, about 11 percent of voters – about 21 million people -- lack or can’t get a current government photo ID.
Read moreFederal Court Orders Hamilton County to Investigate Provisional Ballots for Poll Worker Error in Extremely Tight Local Race
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
In a lawsuit brought by a candidate for Juvenile Court judge who is currently trailing her opponent by 23 votes, a federal court ruled yesterday that Hamilton County, OH must investigate whether poll worker error caused 849 voters to cast provisional ballots in the wrong precinct. The court found that the Board of Elections’ differing treatment of provisional ballots cast in the wrong precinct raises equal protection concerns and that the Board’s determinations for which provisional ballots would be counted were not supported in Ohio election law.
Read moreAdvancement Project Instrumental in Developing Guidelines for Determining the Validity of Provisional Ballots Cast in Ohio
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
In August 2010, the office of Jennifer Brunner, Ohio Secretary of State, invited Advancement Project to submit examples of what constitutes poll worker error in the context of provisional ballots cast in the state. We submitted several examples. In a directive issued November 1, the Secretary of State adopted several of our examples and interpretations.
Read moreAdvancement Project Combats Voter Suppression Efforts
Sunday, October 31, 2010
In light of recent media reports of systemic vote suppression efforts in Pennsylvania, Texas and elsewhere, Advancement Project has prepared summaries of the key state and federal laws that can be used to combat intimidation, challenges, deceptive practices and other tactics that disrupt the voting process and discourage voting. We have also sent letters to elections officials in several states in an effort to combat voter suppression and ensure that every vote is counted. Summaries:
Read moreHouston, We Have a Solution: Protecting the Vote in Harris County, Texas
Friday, October 29, 2010
On August 27, 2010, a fire at a warehouse in Harris County, Texas, which encompasses Houston, destroyed virtually all the county’s voting equipment. Harris County, the third largest voting district in the United States, has a large population of people of color and low-income communities. With the county likely unable to secure enough voting machines to equip all its polling places on Election Day, and facing numerous election administration issues that could potentially disenfranchise thousands of voters, Advancement Project and a coalition of advocacy groups have acted swiftly.
Read moreAdvancement Project Announces the Release of 2010 Voter Protection Nutshells
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Available now on Advancement Project’s website are revised “Nutshells” for the 2010 election season. Advancement Project produces these state-specific “Voter Protection Laws in a Nutshell” publications as a way to distill complex election law for lawyers, advocates, voter registration campaigns and “Get Out the Vote” campaigns. They combine state election law with state regulations, rules, attorney general opinions, and other election materials to provide a comprehensive interpretation of the law and practices that impact elections.
Read morePartisan Games Means Continue Barriers to the Ballot Box for Ohio Voters
Sunday, July 11, 2010
Today, Advancement Project released an issue brief examining the ramifications if Ohio lawmakers failure to enact comprehensive election reform to correct provisions of the election code that impede the ability of voters to participate in elections.
Read moreAdvancement Project Releases Issue Brief Focused on Continued Barriers to the Ballot in Florida
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Today, Advancement Project released an issue brief examining the ramifications of the Florida legislature’s failure to enact comprehensive election reform to correct provisions of the election code that impede the ability of voters to participate in elections. As a result of legislators’ failure to address barriers to voting, serious flaws in Florida’s election code that burden the right to vote persist due to: Limitations on Early Voting "No-Match, No-Vote" Voter Registration Law Extraneous Checkboxes on Voter Registration Applications
Read moreAdvancement Project Declares "Mission Accomplished" at the Close of the Missouri Legislative Session
Friday, May 14, 2010
Advancement Project and its allies have successfully defeated repressive voting proposals. Last week, the Senate Financial, Governmental Organizations & Elections Committee voted to bring wrongheaded voting reform legislation to the full Senate, including onerous voter ID requirements and restrictive advance voting provisions that had the potential to disenfranchise more than 200,000 Missouri voters and constitutionally lock the state into an undesirable and unworkable advance voting structure.
Read moreAdvancement Project Urges Missouri Legislators to Reject Photo ID Measure
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Senior Attorney Denise Lieberman submitted written testimony last week to the Missouri House of Representatives’ Elections Committee in advance of its consideration of a controversial photo ID resolution. In the testimony, Lieberman opposed HCS HJR 64, which proposes to amend the Missouri constitution to impose a restrictive photo identification requirement on all voters. If passed, the measure would likely disenfranchise more than 200,000 eligible Missouri voters.
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