Quick Links
Reports
“Represenational Bias in the 2006 Electorate.” Project Vote.“Young Voters: Facts and Myths.” Rock the Vote.
“Fact Sheet: Youth Voter Turnout Increases in 2006.” CIRCLE
“Felon Voting Rights.” Project Vote.
“Felony Enfranchisement Laws in the United States.” The Sentencing Project
Websites
ACLU Voting Rights Project: Felon Enfranchisement
In Other News
“There's the poor, 32-year-old mother of seven who says it would cost her at least $50 to vote in person. There's also the 92-year-old woman who's voted for decades in the same polling place, but now can't vote there because she let her driver's license expire when her eyesight began to fail.” Read more of this Associated Press story on Indiana's photo voter ID requirement here.
“Citing a history of official discrimination against Hispanic voters, a federal judge ruled on Tuesday that the way municipal elections are conducted in the village of Port Chester, N.Y., violates federal election law.” Read more of this New York Times story here.
“The state and the American Civil Liberties Union sparred before an appeals court panel today over whether representatives of the civil liberties group can stand within 100 feet of a polling place during an election and distribute "voter's rights" cards to those going inside.” Read more of this Star Ledger report here.
