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Today, Governor Kathy Hochul signed the Less Is More Act, which passed the state legislature in June

Criminal Justice: Governor Hochul Signs “Less Is More Act”

Photos: Video Screenshots Today, Governor Kathy Hochul signed the Less Is More Act, which passed the state legislature in June and will remove incarceration ...

Los Angeles Police Department authorizes its officers to engage in extensive surveillance of social media

LAPD Using “Extensive” Social Media Surveillance With Little Oversight

Photos: ACLU\Twitter The Los Angeles Police Department authorizes its officers to engage in extensive surveillance of social media without internal monitoring of the nature ...

Senate Bill 1, a dangerous and sweeping voter restriction bill, passed both houses of the Texas Legislature.

Brennan Center: We’re Suing Texas Over Its Voter Suppression Law

Photo: YouTube On Tuesday afternoon, Senate Bill 1, a dangerous and sweeping voter restriction bill, passed both houses of the Texas Legislature. This piece ...

The census numbers make clear that our country’s future is multiracial and deeply coalitional.

Voting Rights: We Must Stop Republicans From Gerrymandering Away The New Multiracial America

Photos: YouTube\Twitter The results of the 2020 Census are in, and the big takeaway is clear: The multiracial future of America is no longer ...

Federal legislation is clearly needed to help stop partisan gerrymandering, and time is of the essence.

Redistricting: It’s Time To End Partisan Gerrymandering

Photos: PBS\Common Cause This Thursday, the Census Bureau will send states the data they will use to draw legislative maps to be used for ...

time for President Biden to meet this moment with the urgency it deserves. He needs to be this generation’s LBJ

Voting Rights: Time For Biden To “Be This Generation’s LBJ”

Photo: Twitter In America, of all places, your right to vote shouldn’t depend on where you live. But states where it’s been historically difficult ...

The Court of Appeals found that Indiana’s purge law was inconsistent with the federal Motor Voter law, legislation that Congress

Court Upholds Ruling Against Indiana’s Voter Roll Purges

Photo: Twitter\Roland Martin Yesterday the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in League of Women Voters of Indiana v. Sullivan (previously called Indiana NAACP ...

Partisan Election Review Efforts in Five States, a look at efforts to conduct so-called “audits” of 2020 election results in Ar

Four States Following Arizona in Partisan “Audits” of 2020 Election

Photos: YouTube The Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law, Protect Democracy, and the R Street Institute last week published Partisan Election Review Efforts ...

one in three election officials report feeling unsafe because of their job,

Report: One In Three Election Officials Now Feel Unsafe Doing Their Jobs

Photos: ACLU\YouTube The Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law and the Bipartisan Policy Center today published a report on the state of the ...