Both chambers of the New Jersey State Legislature will consider a bill today that establishes automatic voter registration
Voter Access articles on Democracy Chronicles
This section of DC focuses on voter access: a vitally important aspect of democracy concerned with ease of voting and the various barriers in the way. Voter ID, Compulsory Voting and Felon Voting are just some of the hot button issues highlighted here. Also see our sections on American democracy and Money Politics.
New York State Sues Trump to Stop Census Citizenship Question
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman formally announced that the state would be suing the Trump administration
Why New Jersey is Among States to Lose From Census Changes
The Census hasn’t asked about citizenship since 1950, before the Voting Rights Act was even passed
Census: Undercounting the vulnerable is a danger to democracy
Places where large numbers of people go uncounted get less than their fair share of political representation
Federal judge orders state of Florida to restore felons’ voting rights
Federal judge ordered Florida to ignore a 150-year-old law and immediately restore voting rights to convicted felons
Texas Could Lose Billions With 2020 Census Citizenship Question
Texas could lose representation in Congress and billions of federal dollars because of a Trump decision
Michael Moore Wants the Voting Age Lowered to 16
The filmmaker was supposedly inspired after seeing the outpouring of support for the recent March for Our Lives protests
American Samoa Residents Sue for U.S. Citizenship
American Samoans in Utah filed a lawsuit for citizenship, a right they say they’re guaranteed by the 14th Amendment
California suing to block 2020 Census citizenship question
Plan to file suit against the Trump administration over the president’s intention to reinstate a citizenship question
Worries follow announcement of new census citizenship question
The US government announced Monday that it would reintroduce a question about citizenship status in the questionnaire