Brennan Center for Justice

Republicans Are Using the Democratic Process to Curtail Democracy

Judge H. Lee Sarokin | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Voting Requirements, Jim Crow, Voter Fraud, Voter Disenfranchisement, Voting Legislation, Brennan Center for Justice, Voting Rights, Voter Qualifications, Poll Tax, Voter ID, Politics News
Judge H. Lee Sarokin

The fraud that actually exists is not in voter identification but rather in the alleged justification for legislation that requires it. There is no epidemic of voters misrepresenting their identity at the polls.

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Killing Democracy One Vote at a Time

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Voter ID, American Civil Liberties Union, Kill-at-Will Laws, U.S. Department of Justice, Suffrage, American Legislative Exchange Council, Voter Identification, Alec, Brennan Center for Justice, Trayvon Martin, 1965 Voting Rights Act, Aclu, U.S. Supreme Court, Video, Voter ID Laws, Politics News
Leo W. Gerard

Voter ID restrictions work for the rich. They've got birth certificates and photo driver's licenses and passports. Or they can send a servant or secretary to apply for the documents. And the more rabble removed from the polls, the more weighty the votes of the wealthy.

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1 In 8 Voter Registrations Contain Errors

AP | By MIKE BAKER | Posted 02.14.2012

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OLYMPIA, Wash. -- Some 24 million voter registrations in the United States contain significant errors, including about 1.8 million dead people still o...

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WATCH: NYPD Cops Training Included This Anti-Muslim Movie

| Posted 01.24.2012

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By Sonja Sharp MANHATTAN -- A movie about radical Islam was shown to nearly 1,500 NYPD recruits for up to a year of their training, The New York Ti...

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John Celock

New Photo ID, Citizenship, Registration Laws Could Impact 5 Million Voters

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 12.03.2011

Read More: Brennan Center for Justice, State Election Law, Elections 2012, Brennan Center Voting Laws, Rick Perry, Voting Rights Laws, Brennan Center, Brennan Center Voting Study, Rick Scott, Video, Election Laws, Voter Disenfranchisement, 2012 Election, Voter Registration, Local Voting Laws, Kris Kobach, John Kasich, Republicans, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- According to a new report, over five million voters could be denied the right to vote under new laws adopted in a dozen states. The s...

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Greed Rules

Henry J. Stern | Posted 07.25.2011

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Henry J. Stern

We turn today to one of New York State's oldest oxymorons: Albany ethics. Governor Cuomo has sent an ethics package to the Senate and the Assembly, and is speaking up for it on a statewide tour.

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For Public Financing Reform, All Eyes on New York State

David Noriega | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Citizen Action New York, New Kings Democrats, Andrew Cuomo, New York State, Common Cause New York, Campaign Finance Reform, Brennan Center for Justice, New York News
David Noriega

Constitutionally sound public financing legislation in New York State has deep national implications: it could begin to push back against Citizens United and all the recent losses borne by campaign finance reform around the country.

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U.S. Official Warns Of Libyan-Backed Terrorist Attacks

The New York Times | ERIC SCHMITT | Posted 05.25.2011

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The United States is bracing for possible Libyan-backed terrorist attacks, President Obama's top counterterrorism official said on Friday....

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