The Advancement Project, in partnership with Michigan Forward and New Media Advocacy Project, has released a video detailing Michigan’s attack on democracy, voting rights and people of color. Michigan’s state legislature passed Local Government and School District Fiscal Accountability Act on March 16,2011. Also known as Public Act 4, this…
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Rolling Stone has a very nice article on voter suppression tactics being used by the GOP and their allies, such as the Koch Brothers. From Rolling Stone: As the nation gears up for the 2012 presidential election, Republican officials have launched an unprecedented, centrally coordinated campaign to suppress the elements…
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New Yorkers: On Tuesday, September 13th, remember to exercise your right vote in the Special Elections and Primary Elections being held across the State. Visit http://www.elections.state.ny.us/ to find out about the Elections in your district. (2)
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Elections Canada wants to test online voting. From CBC News: The head of the agency in charge of federal elections says it’s time to modernize Canada’s elections, including testing online voting and ending a ban on publishing early election results. In a report on the May 2 election, released Wednesday,…
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New York State Senator Elizabeth Little is challenging a new NYS law allocating incarcerated persons to their home districts for redistricting and reapportionment. Here is a copy [pdf] of her complaint. The Center for Law and Social Justice, Dēmos, LatinoJustice PRLDEF, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, the New…
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According to the New York Law Journal, there have been 266 documented DNA exonerations nationwide, since DNA was first used over 20 years ago to exonerate innocent persons. In 2009, a Justice Task Force was created by Jonathan Lippman, Chief Judge of the State of New York, to help address…
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Besides the obvious fact that voter suppression laws (1) drip with xenophobia, racism, and nativism; and (2) continue to suppress historically disenfranchised groups — there is an exorbitant price tag associated with implementing voter suppression efforts. Progressive States.org has an excellent chart showing the projected costs of Voter ID law…
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