Voter Rights

Voter Rights Denied by States Defying Federal Law

Logo courtesy of Human Rights Education, Amnesty International, website A new study revealed that many states are routinely failing to offer low-income Americans an opportunity to register to vote as required by the federal National Voter Registration Act (NVRA), as the nation prepares for the 2008 election. The study shows that 12 years after the …

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New Report Says Frontloading of Primaries is Becoming an Issue of Voting Rights

There’s a new report out by the Century Foundation that says that more attention needs to be paid to the impact of a changed primary schedule on voters and on the democratic process. As states clamber to move up the dates of their presidential primaries, politicians and political parties are scrambling to rethink their campaign …

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