New research by the Center for Responsive Politics and Remapping Debate found at least 130 current congressional chiefs of staff and legislative directors were previously lobbyists.While a majority of the…
OpenSecrets.org has added new features to its outside spending section
A report from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities shows 44 states and the District of Columbia are projecting budget deficits totaling $125 billion for the 2012 fiscal year.With federal…
The American Judicature Society released a report tracking states’…
The Brennan Center for Justice released an updated and expanded “A Citizen’s Guide to Redistricting” to include recent court decisions as well as the latest changes to…
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The 2008 election may be over, but the research and analysis of it is just beginning.In just the past month, the Nonprofit Voter Engagement Network (NVEN), Early Voting Information Center (EVIC) and the Pew Research…
Following the February release of Heartland Democracy’s report on voter registration reforms, Tom Vellenga, president of Heartland Democracy and Erin Sapp, election reform project director, both
ST.PAUL, Minnesota—Meanwhile, Common Cause Minnesota issued the Minnesota Election Report, which recommends that Minnesota election law be changed to simplify the voting registration process, to improve training of election judges and…
Minnesota—Last week, Heartland Democracy kicked off its public launch with a report calling for universal voter registration (UVR): “Already in use in other mature democracies, but nowhere in the…
NEW YORK -- Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law. Today in the United States, over five million otherwise eligible citizens cannot vote because of a felony conviction. Four million of these people are not in prison -…
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In Support of People’s Rights and Our Democratic Process - 2011
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Census and Redistricting - 2009-2010
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