In 2010, tens of thousands of votes in New York did not count due to overvotes -- the invalid selection of more than one candidate. This report demonstrates how the lack of adequate overvote protections disproportionately affected the state's poorest communities, suggests commonsense reforms, and examines national implications
African American, Latino, Asian American, and Native American voters are more likely to face discrim...
As policymakers, election officials, and the public consider whether New York should change the way ...
This June, a 6-3 Supreme Court decision further eroded the Voting Rights Act (VRA) by upholding an A...
Analyzes trends in state legislation that make voter registration and voting difficult, including re...
Without civic literacy we cannot maintain a vigorous democracy, but as multiple national studies and...
Still Broken: New York State Legislative Reform is the 2008 update of the Brennan Center's 2004 and ...
Since 2010, outside spending in state elections has increased dramatically, according a report by th...
More than 108,000 New Yorkers cannot vote because of a conviction in their past. Almost half of thes...
Precincts with fewer poll workers and voting machines and more minorities experienced longer voting ...
President Trump recently claimed millions voted illegally in the 2016 election, and called for a "ma...
The right to vote forms the core of American democracy. Our history is marked by successful struggle...
In 2004, state legislator Andrea Stewart-Cousins faced nine-term Republican Nick Spano in a state Se...
The Brennan Center for Justice is an independent, nonpartisan law and policy organization that works...
In 2004, then-County Legislator Andrea Stewart-Cousins faced off against the nine-term incumbent Nic...
Literacy tests to gain access to the polls were banned in the United States in 1965 with the passage...
African American, Latino, Asian American, and Native American voters are more likely to face discrim...
As policymakers, election officials, and the public consider whether New York should change the way ...
This June, a 6-3 Supreme Court decision further eroded the Voting Rights Act (VRA) by upholding an A...
Analyzes trends in state legislation that make voter registration and voting difficult, including re...
Without civic literacy we cannot maintain a vigorous democracy, but as multiple national studies and...
Still Broken: New York State Legislative Reform is the 2008 update of the Brennan Center's 2004 and ...
Since 2010, outside spending in state elections has increased dramatically, according a report by th...
More than 108,000 New Yorkers cannot vote because of a conviction in their past. Almost half of thes...
Precincts with fewer poll workers and voting machines and more minorities experienced longer voting ...
President Trump recently claimed millions voted illegally in the 2016 election, and called for a "ma...
The right to vote forms the core of American democracy. Our history is marked by successful struggle...
In 2004, state legislator Andrea Stewart-Cousins faced nine-term Republican Nick Spano in a state Se...
The Brennan Center for Justice is an independent, nonpartisan law and policy organization that works...
In 2004, then-County Legislator Andrea Stewart-Cousins faced off against the nine-term incumbent Nic...
Literacy tests to gain access to the polls were banned in the United States in 1965 with the passage...
African American, Latino, Asian American, and Native American voters are more likely to face discrim...
As policymakers, election officials, and the public consider whether New York should change the way ...
This June, a 6-3 Supreme Court decision further eroded the Voting Rights Act (VRA) by upholding an A...