State Voting Rights Acts: Language Access VideoJune 17, 2025 State Voting Rights Acts: Language Access This is the fifth video in the “State Voting Rights Acts: Explained” video series created by the Center for American Progress and the Legal Defense Fund. Jun 17, 2025 Rebecca Mears, Adam Lioz, Hai-Lam Phan, 3 More Olivia Mowry, Toni Pandolfo, Matthew Gossage
State Voting Rights Acts: Preclearance VideoMay 2, 2025 State Voting Rights Acts: Preclearance This is the fourth video in the “State Voting Rights Acts: Explained” video series created by the Center for American Progress and the Legal Defense Fund. May 2, 2025 Rebecca Mears, Adam Lioz, Hai-Lam Phan, 3 More Olivia Mowry, Toni Pandolfo, Matthew Gossage
How Democracies Defend Themselves Against Authoritarianism ReportApril 9, 2025 How Democracies Defend Themselves Against Authoritarianism Democracies facing authoritarian threats from within have found ways to push back by strengthening institutions, reinforcing democratic norms, and building popular resistance against encroaching autocracy. Understanding these strategies is vital to learning how to fight back. Apr 9, 2025 Robert Benson
State Voting Rights Acts: Voter Intimidation VideoMarch 27, 2025 State Voting Rights Acts: Voter Intimidation This is the third video in the “State Voting Rights Acts: Explained” video series created by the Center for American Progress and the Legal Defense Fund. Mar 27, 2025 Rebecca Mears, Adam Lioz, Hai-Lam Phan, 3 More Olivia Mowry, Toni Pandolfo, Matthew Gossage
Trump’s Executive Order on Elections Aims to Dictate How States Run Elections and Handpicks Which Citizens Can Vote ArticleMarch 26, 2025 Trump’s Executive Order on Elections Aims to Dictate How States Run Elections and Handpicks Which Citizens Can Vote If enforced, the executive order would block tens of millions of eligible Americans from the ballot box and empower DOGE to review Americans’ voter registration status. Mar 26, 2025 Greta Bedekovics, Sydney Bryant
The SAVE Act: The Bill That Could Block Millions of Americans From Voting Past EventMarch 25, 2025 The SAVE Act: The Bill That Could Block Millions of Americans From Voting Please join the Center for American Progress for a virtual event to hear from, and ask questions of, CAP experts about their work on the SAVE Act, how the legislation would affect tens of millions of Americans, and what you can do to help prevent its passage. Online only Mar 25, 2025
State Voting Rights Acts: Racial Vote Dilution VideoMarch 3, 2025 State Voting Rights Acts: Racial Vote Dilution This is the second video in the “State Voting Rights Acts: Explained” video series created by the Center for American Progress and the Legal Defense Fund. Mar 3, 2025 Rebecca Mears, Adam Lioz, Hai-Lam Phan, 3 More Olivia Mowry, Toni Pandolfo, Matthew Gossage
The SAVE Act Could Keep Millions of Transgender Americans From Voting ArticleFebruary 28, 2025 The SAVE Act Could Keep Millions of Transgender Americans From Voting Should this legislation pass, it would further discrimination against transgender people and could keep millions of voters out of the voting booth. Feb 28, 2025 Caleb Smith, Greta Bedekovics
The SAVE Act Would Force Many Rural Americans To Drive Hours To Register To Vote ArticleFebruary 28, 2025 The SAVE Act Would Force Many Rural Americans To Drive Hours To Register To Vote Under the SAVE Act, many rural Americans would be forced to drive hours and cross hundreds of miles to show documentation of citizenship, in person, in order to register to vote. Some would be forced to drive as many as eight hours and make interstate journeys. Feb 28, 2025 Greta Bedekovics, Sydney Bryant
The right of Coloradans to vote should be protected In the NewsFebruary 19, 2025 The right of Coloradans to vote should be protected In an op-ed published by Colorado Newsline, Rebecca Mears urges Colorado legislators to pass the pending state voting rights act in order to protect equitable voting access for all Coloradans and safeguard them from voting practices that lead to deeper racial disparities. Feb 19, 2025 Colorado Newsline Rebecca Mears
Highlights From ‘Winning the Fight for Voting Rights: State Voting Rights Acts’ VideoFebruary 4, 2025 Highlights From ‘Winning the Fight for Voting Rights: State Voting Rights Acts’ The freedom to vote is under attack across the country, especially for Black voters and other voters of color. States can join the growing movement to protect the freedom to vote and remove barriers to the ballot box by enacting their own voting rights acts. Feb 4, 2025 Rebecca Mears, Matthew Gossage, Olivia Mowry
The SAVE Act: Overview and Facts Fact SheetJanuary 31, 2025 The SAVE Act: Overview and Facts The SAVE Act would require all Americans to prove their citizenship with documentation unavailable to millions and upend the way every American citizen registers to vote. Jan 31, 2025 Greta Bedekovics, Sydney Bryant
The SAVE Act Would Disenfranchise Millions of Citizens ArticleJanuary 31, 2025 The SAVE Act Would Disenfranchise Millions of Citizens The SAVE Act would require all Americans to prove their citizenship with documentation unavailable to millions and upend the way every American citizen registers to vote. Jan 31, 2025 Greta Bedekovics, Sydney Bryant
Introduction to State Voting Rights Acts VideoJanuary 30, 2025 Introduction to State Voting Rights Acts This is the first video in the “State Voting Rights Acts: Explained” video series created by the Center for American Progress and the Legal Defense Fund. Jan 30, 2025 Rebecca Mears, Hai-Lam Phan, Olivia Mowry, 2 More Matthew Gossage, Toni Pandolfo
Winning the Fight for Voting Rights: State Voting Rights Acts Past EventJanuary 30, 2025 Winning the Fight for Voting Rights: State Voting Rights Acts Please join the Legal Defense Fund and the Center for American Progress for this special virtual event to watch the first video in the “State Voting Rights Acts: Explained" video series and a discussion about state voting rights acts. Online only Jan 30, 2025
Mears: Michigan must pass its voting rights act In the NewsDecember 18, 2024 Mears: Michigan must pass its voting rights act In an op-ed published by The Detroit News, Rebecca Mears urges Michigan lawmakers to pass their State Voting Rights Act before their congressional session ends on Thursday. Dec 18, 2024 The Detroit News Rebecca Mears
The Freedom To Vote: The Power of Casting a Ballot VideoOctober 31, 2024 The Freedom To Vote: The Power of Casting a Ballot Stephanie Hicks’ story of re-enfranchisement in Alabama speaks to how the lives of more than 3 million disenfranchised Americans could be transformed. Oct 31, 2024 Greta Bedekovics, Ben Olinsky, Hai-Lam Phan, 2 More Matthew Gossage, Toni Pandolfo
Election Certification: What You Need To Know ArticleOctober 25, 2024 Election Certification: What You Need To Know It is unlawful for election officials to act outside the law to refuse to certify election results. Oct 25, 2024 Rebecca Mears
The Freedom To Vote: The Pride and Empowerment That Come With the Right To Vote VideoOctober 24, 2024 The Freedom To Vote: The Pride and Empowerment That Come With the Right To Vote Ronald McKeithen’s story of re-enfranchisement in Alabama speaks to how the lives of more than 3 million disenfranchised Americans could be transformed. Oct 24, 2024 Greta Bedekovics, Ben Olinsky, Hai-Lam Phan, 2 More Matthew Gossage, Toni Pandolfo
How Alabama Elections Would Look Different if the Freedom to Vote Act Had Been Enacted Fact SheetOctober 22, 2024 How Alabama Elections Would Look Different if the Freedom to Vote Act Had Been Enacted Passage of the Freedom to Vote Act would have expanded access to voter registration and the ballot box for millions of Alabamians for the 2024 election. Oct 22, 2024 Greta Bedekovics, Sydney Bryant, Alice Lillydahl
The State of Voting Leave Fact SheetOctober 21, 2024 The State of Voting Leave Guaranteeing paid time off from work to vote, as many states do, can reduce barriers to voting. Oct 21, 2024 Molly Weston Williamson
The Freedom to Vote: How Re-enfranchisement Would Strengthen Democracy VideoOctober 18, 2024 The Freedom to Vote: How Re-enfranchisement Would Strengthen Democracy Timothy Lanier’s story of disenfranchisement in Alabama speaks to the reality of the more than 3 million Americans who are denied their right to vote. Oct 18, 2024 Greta Bedekovics, Ben Olinsky, Hai-Lam Phan, 2 More Matthew Gossage, Toni Pandolfo
How the Freedom to Vote Act Could Have Changed the 2024 Election In the NewsOctober 16, 2024 How the Freedom to Vote Act Could Have Changed the 2024 Election In an op-ed published by Democracy Docket, Greta Bedekovics illustrates how significantly the Freedom to Vote Act could have changed this year’s elections for the better if it had not been blocked by the filibuster in 2022. Oct 16, 2024 Democracy Docket Greta Bedekovics
How West Virginia Elections Would Look Different if the Freedom to Vote Act Had Been Enacted Fact SheetOctober 11, 2024 How West Virginia Elections Would Look Different if the Freedom to Vote Act Had Been Enacted Passage of the Freedom to Vote Act would have expanded access to voter registration and the ballot box for thousands of West Virginians for the 2024 election. Oct 11, 2024 Greta Bedekovics, Sydney Bryant, Alice Lillydahl
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