Voting
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CONTACT: Institute for Public Accuracy (IPA) |
Fresh PSAs for Voter Registration Available
WASHINGTON - October 3 - Many states end voter registration on Oct. 6. A listing of voter registration deadlines by state is available online.
New public service announcements for voter registration are available for stations to air.
To register to vote, individuals should call 1-888-VOTE-SMART or go to ProjectVote.org.
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CONTACT: Institute for Public Accuracy (IPA) |
Voter Registration Deadlines -- PSAs Available
WASHINGTON - October 3 - In the next several days, about half the states have their voter registration deadlines. The group ElectionPreparedness.com has produced a public service announcement encouraging people to register. The Institute for Public Accuracy strongly urges media outlets to encourage their audiences to ensure they are properly registered.
To register to vote, individuals should call 1-888-VOTE-SMART or go to ProjectVote.org.
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CONTACT: Senator Russ Feingold |
Feingold Introduces Bill Restoring Voting Rights For Millions of Americans
Legislation Would Re-enfranchise People Who Paid Their Debt to Society
WASHINGTON - October 3 - U.S. Senator Russ Feingold has introduced legislation to restore the right to vote to millions of Americans. The Democracy Restoration Act introduced by Feingold, a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, would guarantee voting rights in federal elections for millions of Americans who have paid their debt to society after a felony conviction. The bill would allow people on probation or parole, or who have completely served their sentences, to freely exercise their fundamental right to vote in federal elections.
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CONTACT: ACLU James Freedland, ACLU national, (212) 519-7829 or 549-2666; media@aclu.org |
ACLU Asks Court To Allow Rejected Absentee Ballot Applications
Group Sides With Voters In “Check-Box” Dispute
COLUMBUS, Ohio - October 2 - The
American Civil Liberties Union and the Brennan Center for Justice at
New York University School of Law filed a friend-of-the-court brief
today asking the Ohio Supreme Court to protect voters' rights and allow
rejected absentee ballot applications to be processed. The lawsuit was
brought by two Hamilton County voters who completed absentee ballot
request forms that were rejected because of an unchecked box.
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CONTACT: Drug Policy Alliance |
Legislation Introduced to Restore Voting Rights for People Who Have Finished Prison Sentence
Drug Policy Alliance: Drug War the New Jim Crow;
Felony Reinfranchisment the New Civil Rights Movement
WASHINGTON - October 1 - Federal legislation was introduced this week that would permit individuals who have been previously convicted of a crime, have completed their prison term and are living in the community the right to vote in federal elections. The Democracy Restoration Act of 2008 (DRA, S. 6340, H.R. 7136) was introduced in both chambers of Congress by Sen. Russ Feingold (D-WI) and Rep. John Conyers (D-MI).
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CONTACT: Brennan Center for Justice |
Study Finds States Purging Millions of Voters in Secret, Often Erroneously
Brennan Center Reveals Wild Inconsistencies in Maintenance of Voter Registration Lists
Issues Public Records Requests in 12 States with Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
NEW YORK - October 1 - Today the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law released one of the first systematic examinations of voter purging, a practice-often controversial-of removing voters from registration lists in order to update state registration rolls-click here for report.
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CONTACT: Institute for Public Accuracy (IPA) |
The Secret World of Voter Purges
WASHINGTON - October 1 -
MYRNA PEREZ
WENDY WEISER
