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(1 comments) SHARE Wednesday, August 20, 2008 Help to Sponsor the Election Protection Hotline
THE NEW YORK TIMES on Election Protection:"...an effort that anyone who cares about democracy should get behind."Everywhere you go, everyone you talk to, there's buzz about this election. New voters are registering by the hundreds of thousands. Every expert predicts record-breaking mobilization on November 4.That's the good news. The bad news is: our rusty election infrastructure isn't ready for it.
(1 comments) SHARE Tuesday, November 6, 2007 Voter Suppression 101 at GSU: Tell Congress to support the Caging Prohibition Act
Something is rotten in Statesboro. Clearly,some people want to stop these students from voting,and they're getting away with it. Challenging voter residency is an effective voter suppression tactic - it's underhanded,it happens all the time, and it's not illegal.But you can help. In the last 24 hours,members of Congress introduced legislation that would address this exact problem - in Statesboro,and the entire country.
SHARE Monday, August 27, 2007 Shakeup at Justice
While the departure of Gonzales is a positive development,it is only a step:Congress must ask the tough questions to get to the bottom of what has occurred within the Civil Rights Division of DoJ over the past six plus years.Hans von Spakovsky's nomination to the FEC is still before the Senate.It is our hope the White House and the leaders in the Senate use this opportunity to restore confidence in our justice system.
SHARE Thursday, September 14, 2006 A Victory for Election Protection in Maryland
The National Campaign for Fair Elections, a dynamic, integrated initiative of the Lawyers' Committee's Voting Rights Project, is proud to launch an exciting new tool to continue that tradition: www.nationalcampaignforfairelections.org - a clearinghouse for Election Protection and election reform information and advocacy.