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California Advances Legislation to Protect Voters and Workers Against Intimidation

Apr 11, 2024 | brennancenter.org | Kendall Karson

In an election year marked by hostility, abuse, and violence rooted in the election denial movement, California state lawmakers took a pioneering step this week to protect voters, election officials, and election workers from intimidation in voting and election administration. The California State Assembly Committee on Elections advanced the Peace Act (A.B. 2642) following a Wednesday hearing.
Closing Arguments in Lawsuit Against Texas Voter Suppression Law

Feb 15, 2024 | brennancenter.org | Kendall Karson

A portion of a 1971 Supreme Court opinion sums up the intrinsic damage of Texas’s 2021 voter suppression law: “Sometimes the grossest discrimination can lie in treating things that are different as though they were exactly alike.”The excerpt was quoted at closing arguments on Tuesday in LUPE v. Texas, a federal lawsuit challenging Senate Bill 1.
La ley de Texas que castiga al electorado

Jan 31, 2024 | brennancenter.org | Kendall Karson |Robyn Sanders

Suscríbete aquí al nuevo boletín informativo del Brennan Center en español Durante los primeros meses de 2022, un gran número de residentes de las colonias —comunidades empobrecidas a lo largo d el Valle del Río Grande en Texas— se acercaron a las oficinas de La Unión del Pueblo Entero (LUPE) para pedir ayuda para votar.
Juicio expone los daños que ocasiona la ley de supresión del voto en Texas

Nov 3, 2023 | brennancenter.org | Kendall Karson

Suscríbete aquí al nuevo boletín informativo del Brennan Center en españolRick Ertel, abogado retirado de una zona rural de Texas, se ha desempeñado durante más de una década como trabajador electoral. En 2022, su trabajo como secretario electoral consistió en verificar las tarjetas de identificación con foto de votantes, comprobar su registro y entregar las boletas al electorado del distrito 440 en el condado de Kerr. Solo que, ese año, las cosas habían cambiado en Texas.
The Many Problems with the GOP-Backed Voting Bill

Jul 13, 2023 | brennancenter.org | Maya Efrati |Owen Bacskai |Kareem Crayton |Kendall Karson

This week, House Republicans reintroduced a bill dubbed the American Confidence in Elections (ACE) Act. It was first introduced in 2022 as a purported alternative to the landmark, pro-voter Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act, which came very close to becoming law last Congress. The ACE Act underscores the fact that Congress has a crucial role to play in safeguarding fair and secure elections.
A los diez años de la causa Shelby County v. Holder, el derecho al voto sigue sufriendo como consecuencia

Jun 22, 2023 | brennancenter.org | Kareem Crayton |Kendall Karson

El 25 de junio de 2013, la Corte Suprema aniquiló una disposición clave de la Ley de Derecho al Voto (Voting Rights Act, VRA) y, así, marcó el comienzo de una década de discriminación racial y supresión del voto, que ha tenido un impacto desigual para el electorado no blanco. En la causa Shelby County v.
Shelby County v. Holder Turns 10, and Voting Rights Continue to Suffer from It

Jun 20, 2023 | brennancenter.org | Kareem Crayton |Kendall Karson |Robyn Sanders |Michael Waldman

On June 25, 2013, the Supreme Court hollowed out a key provision of the Voting Rights Act, ushering in a decade of racial discrimination and vote suppression that unleveled the playing field for voters of color. In Shelby County v. Holder, the conservative majority effectively dismantled Section 5 of the landmark civil rights legislation, which required federal approval for any changes to election-related procedures in parts of the country with a history of racial discrimination in voting.