Voting Rights Watch
October 2, 2008 -
The Brennan Center has released an important new report on the issue voter purging [pdf]. Election officials regularly remove -- or "purge" -- voters' names from the rolls as they update and improve their lists. Between 2004 and 2006, 39 states and D.C.
September 24, 2008 -
In a major victory for civil rights groups, the Department of Justice has announced it won't be stationing criminal prosecutors at polls on Election Day. This is a big shift for the DOJ. As the AP notes:
September 19, 2008 -
An American Civil Liberties Union survey released this week found local South Carolina election officials don't know enough details about allowing ex-felons to vote in South Carolina.
September 18, 2008 -
ABC News has an excellent piece on the danger posed by ID-matching rules that will be used this November in states across the country, the most recent addition being Florida.
September 17, 2008 -
Today, Mississippi's state Supreme Court will hear oral arguments about whether state election officials acted improperly by putting the hotly-contested race to replace Sen. Trent Lott (R) at the bottom of the ballot.
September 17, 2008 -
Haitian grassroots activists in Florida are denouncing a new Florida election rule that will force residents to present identification that matches a state or federal database in order to register to vote.