Virginia Voting Rights Restoration Amendment

Testimony urging the Virginia House of Delegates Committee on Privileges and Elections to carry over HJ 2—a constitutional amendment to ensure Virginians who are not incarcerated and not currently judicially declared incompetent have the right to vote—to the 2025 legislative session. (2024)

2021.12.03_Letter-to-LA-SoS

Hon. R. Kyle Ardoin Louisiana Secretary of State P.O. Box 94125 Baton Rouge, LA 70804-9125 Submitted via email Dear Secretary Ardoin: Thank you for working with lawmakers during this year’s session to address potential constitutional issues in the initial versions of HB 138, HB 167, and HB 581, and for your public statements reaffirming your […]

Youth Voting Rights Act

Just like the 15th and 19th Amendments prohibit the denial of the right to vote on account of race, color, previous condition of servitude, and gender, the 26th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibits denying the right to vote based on age to anyone over the age of 18. However, 50 years later the full promise of the 26th Amendment remains unfulfilled. Much like the Voting Rights Act was needed to fully realize the 15th Amendment’s purpose, Sen. Warren and Rep. William’s Youth Voting Rights Act is crucial to finally realizing the purpose of the 26th Amendment and creating structures that actually welcome-in the newest members of our democracy.

For the People Act of 2021

With the introduction of the For the People Act in the U.S. Senate (S. 1), Congress is one step closer to protecting the most sacred tenet of our democracy, the right to vote. The bill is a sweeping reform package that will strengthen that hallowed right to vote, especially in Black, brown and indigenous communities, as well as for the elderly and students.

Pennsylvania Early Voting/Same Day Registration

This bill will allow lawfully registered Pennsylvania voters to vote early in person during the two weeks leading up to Election Day and make it easier for all eligible Pennsylvanians to register to vote by allowing in person voter registration at polling locations on Election Day. These two critical modernizations will make it more convenient for busy people who want to vote in person to cast their ballot, increasing voter participation, and strengthening our democracy. This is about ensuring all eligible Pennsylvanians have the opportunity to exercise their voting rights. (2024)

Louisiana Free Speech Restrictions

Testimony Opposing Louisiana HB 138, Which Would Establish an Unnecessary Supplemental Canvass of the Voter Rolls, HB 167, Which Would Require Voter Purges Based on Insufficient Death Record Data, and Section 2 of HB 581, Which Would Chill Speech By Criminalizing Certain Election Communications (2021)