July 28th 2005
Voting Rights for All
The Nation

Editorial supporting renewal of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

July 21st 2005
House Panel OKs Same-Day Registration, Voting
Associated Press

North Carolina House committee approves bill allowing registration during early voting period.

July 20th 2005
Georgia's Undemocratic Voter Law
The New York Times

Georgia ID law erects voting barriers for black, poor and elderly voters.

July 10th 2005
A Push to Extend Voting Rights Act
Washington Post

Support for re-authorization of the Voting Rights Act at the NAACP's annual convention.

June 30th 2005
Silenced And Sidelined, Again
TomPaine.com

Leaders of a Global Exchange project on electoral reform calls on the new Commission on Federal Electon Reform to look at major reforms.

June 29th 2005
Rhode Island: Vote for Felons
The New York Times

Voters will consider an amendment allowing felons to vote after they finish their prison terms

June 23rd 2005
Felons Shoudn't Lose Right to Vote
Whittier Daily News

Law enforcement leaders argue against felon disenfranchisement

June 22nd 2005
Extending Democracy to Ex-Offenders
The New York Times

Returning the right to vote to ex-offenders is an important step toward a healthier democracy.

June 21st 2005
Voting for Reform
Mother Jones

Support for the Right to Vote Amendment at the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition convention.

June 20th 2005
Senate OKs Election Day Voter Registration
Associated Press

Oregon voters could see ballot measure in 2006.

June 18th 2005
Iowa Governor Will Give Felons the Right to Vote
The New York Times

Governor's order will end one of the most restrictive disenfranchisement laws in the country.

June 17th 2005

Korean Times

The class action lawsuit system to be introduced from next year is expected to change Korea's corporate landscape as it will empower minority shareholders to claim their rights against management.

June 15th 2005
Election-day registration, new technologies in works for 2006
Great Falls Tribune (MT)

Election day registration in Montana

May 1st 2005
10 Steps to Better Elections
Sierra Club

FairVote senior analyst's ten-point fair elections plan includes full representation, instant runoff voting, direct presidential election, Right to Vote Amendment, and other needed voting improvements

April 8th 2005
'I Hear Disenfranchised People'
Electionline.org

Electionline's Doug Chapin uses statistical evidence to show that current voter registration methods leave many eligible citizens unregistered and disenfranchised.

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