http://866ourvote.articulatedman.com/newsroom/ News about your right to vote en-us Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:47:59 -0800 info@866ourvote.org info@866ourvote.org 40 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://866ourvote.articulatedman.com/newsroom/news?id=0251 In an article today, The Columbus Dispatch reports on the Ohio House passing a bill that would change "virtually all aspects of the voting process." http://866ourvote.articulatedman.com/newsroom/news?id=0251 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://866ourvote.articulatedman.com/newsroom/news?id=0249 The Augusta Free Press published a column on November 12 by Kent Willis, executive director of the ACLU of Virginia. Willis mentions two major issues Virginia voters faced during the November election - undertrained poll workers and the state's "antiquated election laws." http://866ourvote.articulatedman.com/newsroom/news?id=0249 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://866ourvote.articulatedman.com/newsroom/news?id=0248 On Friday, Nov. 13, Minnesota Secretary of State Mark Ritchie proposed a redesign of absentee ballot envelopes and instructions, reports Hometownsource.com. The redesign will encompass recommendations made by voters, experts and election officials in a series of meetings held by the Secretary of State across the state after the 2008 elections. http://866ourvote.articulatedman.com/newsroom/news?id=0248 Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://866ourvote.articulatedman.com/newsroom/news?id=0250 With election reform bills introduced in both chambers of Ohio General Assembly, two newspapers The Intelligencer and The Columbus Dispatch published articles that examine major recommendations. One of them is to modernize state's outdated voter registration system. http://866ourvote.articulatedman.com/newsroom/news?id=0250 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://866ourvote.articulatedman.com/newsroom/news?id=0247 A Veterans Day op-ed in The Washington Times highlights Congress' recent efforts to overcome the shortcomings of our absentee ballot process by enacting the Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment (MOVE) Act. However, as the author of "Securing the vote for all" Rear Admiral James J. Carey points out, while the MOVE Act will greatly aid the ability for our military members to cast ballots, we truly need to modernize our outdated voter registration system. http://866ourvote.articulatedman.com/newsroom/news?id=0247 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://866ourvote.articulatedman.com/newsroom/news?id=0246 A November 9 article in The Hill reports on Congress' efforts to reform our outdated absentee voting system, which commonly disenfranchises Americans serving in the military. http://866ourvote.articulatedman.com/newsroom/news?id=0246 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://866ourvote.articulatedman.com/newsroom/news?id=0245 Election Protection would like to extend a heartfelt thanks to everyone who volunteered with us on Election Day. Some of Election Protection's student volunteers, including Melinda Hightower, one of Election Protection's student leaders in Virginia, were even cited in Virginia Law Weekly for their contributions. http://866ourvote.articulatedman.com/newsroom/news?id=0245 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://866ourvote.articulatedman.com/newsroom/news?id=0243 Today, with Virginians across the Commonwealth turning out to elect a new Governor, Election Protection is on the ground to ensure the voting process is a smooth one. http://866ourvote.articulatedman.com/newsroom/news?id=0243 Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://866ourvote.articulatedman.com/newsroom/news?id=0242 It's the last day to register to vote in Virginia's general election which will take place on November 3. http://866ourvote.articulatedman.com/newsroom/news?id=0242 Thu, 17 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://866ourvote.articulatedman.com/newsroom/news?id=0240 Absentee ballots will be available in all 134 localities beginning Friday, September 18, 2009. http://866ourvote.articulatedman.com/newsroom/news?id=0240 Mon, 31 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://866ourvote.articulatedman.com/newsroom/news?id=0238 Election Protection has been an active member of the Virginia State Board of Elections Task Force on Residency, fighting to ensure students across the Commonwealth will not be prevented from registering to vote where they go to school. http://866ourvote.articulatedman.com/newsroom/news?id=0238 Mon, 31 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://866ourvote.articulatedman.com/newsroom/news?id=0220 The 2008 election was just another illustration of what makes our democratic system so great - millions of voters streaming to the polling place regardless of age, race, income or level of education. Unfortunately, the news wasn't all good. Voters across the country arrived at the polls to find that their registrations had never been processed, that their names had been purged from voter lists, or that they had missed the registration deadlines altogether. Fortunately, there is a solution to the problem - Voter Registration Modernization. http://866ourvote.articulatedman.com/newsroom/news?id=0220 Mon, 31 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://866ourvote.articulatedman.com/newsroom/news?id=0239 A bipartisan group of officials, including former Senators Thomas A. Daschle and John C. Danforth, as well as Trevor Potter, former general counsel for John McCain's presidential campaign and Mark Elias, lead lawyer for Al Franken's 2008 recount, have come together in support of modernizing our antiquated voter registration system. The Lawyers' Committee applauds the Committee to Modernize Voter Registration's support of this critical reform. http://866ourvote.articulatedman.com/newsroom/news?id=0239 Fri, 07 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://866ourvote.articulatedman.com/newsroom/news?id=0236 As of last week, Kansas voters are able to register to vote online, a huge improvement to our outdated registration system. According to a local news source, KCTV5 News, Kansas's Secretary of State Ron Thornburgh said, "An online voter registration application is the next step in making the traditional elections process easier, faster and cheaper." http://866ourvote.articulatedman.com/newsroom/news?id=0236 Fri, 07 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://866ourvote.articulatedman.com/newsroom/news?id=0237 An Associated Press article reported on Tuesday that if the Ohio legislature does its job, Ohio voters can look forward to what will hopefully be a smoother registration and voting experience this year. http://866ourvote.articulatedman.com/newsroom/news?id=0237 Tue, 28 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://866ourvote.articulatedman.com/newsroom/news?id=0235 Election Protection Coalition partner The Brennan Center for Justice has released a study examining voter registration systems in sixteen different countries and four Canadian provinces. With only 68 percent, the United States fell far behind countries such as Argentina and Belize, which both register more than 95% of their eligible population. http://866ourvote.articulatedman.com/newsroom/news?id=0235 Thu, 09 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://866ourvote.articulatedman.com/newsroom/news?id=0233 Citing clear evidence that hundreds of thousands of low-income Indiana and New Mexico residents have illegally been denied the opportunity to register to vote, Election Protection legal leader the Lawyers' Committee and its partners filed lawsuits on Thursday, July 9, 2008 against officials in both states for violations of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (NVRA). http://866ourvote.articulatedman.com/newsroom/news?id=0233 Thu, 09 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://866ourvote.articulatedman.com/newsroom/news?id=0234 New Jersey governor Jon S. Corzine has signed into law a new bill allowing residents to sign up for a permanent absentee registration. http://866ourvote.articulatedman.com/newsroom/news?id=0234 Tue, 07 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://866ourvote.articulatedman.com/newsroom/news?id=0232 The Kansas City Star joined a growing number of newspapers supporting voter registration modernization when it published an editorial using a recent study released by Election Protection partner, the Brennan Center for Justice, ranking America dead last in a rating of voter registration among 17 democracies, to urge Congress to act. http://866ourvote.articulatedman.com/newsroom/news?id=0232 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://866ourvote.articulatedman.com/newsroom/news?id=0230 The Baltimore Sun published an editorial on June 22nd blaming the United States' abysmally low number of registered voters on our inefficient paper-based registration system, and urging Congress to take immediate action to reform the system. http://866ourvote.articulatedman.com/newsroom/news?id=0230 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://866ourvote.articulatedman.com/newsroom/news?id=0231 Roll Call joins the growing chorus urging Congress to modernize our voter registration system in an editorial published on June 29. The editorial points out the United States' embarrassingly low level of voter registration in comparison to other nations, including some less-developed, and puts the blame squarely at the feet of our antiquated voter registration system. http://866ourvote.articulatedman.com/newsroom/news?id=0231 Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://866ourvote.articulatedman.com/newsroom/news?id=0229 The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law's legal director, Jon Greenbaum, was quoted in the Kansas City Star today discussing the settlement reached with the state over its implementation of the National Voter Registration Act, "'The lawsuit has led to a 2,000 percent increase in the number of people registering to vote at Missouri public assistance agencies,' Greenbaum said. 'We appreciate that since they've been under court order, Missouri's Department of Social Services has been a national model in showing how to implement this law.'" http://866ourvote.articulatedman.com/newsroom/news?id=0229 Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://866ourvote.articulatedman.com/newsroom/news?id=0228 In a victory for low-income voters, Election Protection and its partners reached a settlement with the state of Missouri that will continue a program that has already resulted in over 100,000 new voter registrations collected at public assistance agencies in just a few months. http://866ourvote.articulatedman.com/newsroom/news?id=0228