Press Releases
Voting Rights & Elections
Advocates Urge Wisconsin to Avoid Error-laden Matching Practice in Voter Registration Law
The Brennan Center sent the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board a letter urging the state not to adopt a “no match, no vote” policy that would prevent eligible voters from casting regular ballots if the state cannot match their applications with other government databases.
– 08/25/08
League of Women Voters and AFL-CIO Announce Intention to Continue Voter Registration After Ruling
Nonpartisan civic groups urge Florida Secretary of State to adhere to Court’s limits on prohibitive fines and penalties.
– 08/21/08
Voting Rights Advocates Challenge New Mexico’s Voter Registration Law in State Court
Today the Brennan Center for Justice, along with pro bono law firms Davis Polk & Wardwell and Freedman Boyd Hollander Goldberg & Ives, filed a lawsuit in state court in Albuquerque challenging a New Mexico law that significantly restricts the ability of voter registration groups to register new voters.
– 07/24/08
BAD BALLOT DESIGN Results in Staggering Numbers of Lost Votes
Brennan Center Study shows 13 ballot problems that bedevil elections across the country—voting experts offer guidelines for improved ballot design in time for ‘08 election.
– 07/21/08
Court Declines to Block Florida’s No-Match No-Vote Law
Lawsuit prompted changes to restrictive voter registration rule, but revised law could still disenfranchise thousands of eligible Florida voters in 2008. Ruling poses latest obstacle to eligible Florida voters seeking to register and vote in ‘08
– 06/25/08
Challenging The Constitutionality of Florida’s No-Match No-Vote Law
After court-reversal, voting rights advocates challenge constitutionality of Florida’s “No-Match No-Vote Law.” Law could disenfranchise thousands of eligible Florida voters in 2008.
– 06/05/08
NAMUDNO v. Mukasey: Victory for Voting Rights Act
A three-judge panel of the U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia upheld a key provision of the Voting Rights Act that prevents states and local governments from enacting voting practices that discriminate based on race.
– 05/30/08
Election Protection Off to a Great Start Assisting
Nearly 400 Hotline Calls So Far Reporting Primary Election Barriers.
– 05/06/08
Brennan Center Lauds Federal Election Day Registration Bill
The Election Day Registration bill introduced by Senators Feingold and Klobuchar, and Representative Ellison would allow citizens to register to vote for all federal elections by registering on Election Day at polling places.
– 05/01/08
FL’s Voter Registration Law Halted Until July 2008
Secretary of State Kurt S. Browning stated he will not enforce the restrictions until the administrative rulemaking process is completed, which he estimates will occur no earlier than early July 2008.
– 04/30/08