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about the brennan center for justice The Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law is a non-partisan public policy and law institute that focuses on the fundamental issues of democracy and justice. Our work ranges from voting rights to campaign finance reform, from racial justice in criminal law to presidential power in the fight against terrorism. A singular institution—part think tank, part public interest law firm, part advocacy group—the Brennan Center combines scholarship, legislative and legal advocacy, and communications to win meaningful, measurable change in the public sector. About the Brennan Center’s Democracy Program The Brennan Center’s Democracy Program works to repair the broken systems of American democracy. We encourage broad citizen participation by promoting voting and campaign reform. We work to secure fair courts and to advance a First Amendment jurisprudence that puts the right of citizens—not special interests—at the center of our democracy. We collaborate with grassroots groups, advocacy organizations, and government officials to eliminate the obstacles to an effective democracy. acknowledgements The Brennan Center gratefully acknowledges the Bauman Foundation, Carnegie Corporation of New York, Democracy Alliance Partners, Ford Foundation, The Joyce Foundation, The Irving B. Harris Foundation, Mitchell Kapor Foundation, Michael Kieschnick, Nancy Meyer and Marc Weiss, Open Society Foundations, Rockefeller Family Fund, Tides Advocacy Fund, and Wallace Global Fund for their generous support of our voting work. This report is the joint product of hours of work by many Brennan Center staff. In particular, we owe a special thanks to Brennan Center attorneys Keesha Gaskins, Myrna Perez, Lee Rowland, and Nic Riley, all of whom drafted or edited sections of the report and the attached appendix. We also thank Jonathan Brater and Nick Bauer, who reviewed and edited portions of the document. The report could not have been completed without many hours of research and general assistance from current and former Brennan Center research associates, most especially Lianna Reagan, John Travis, Nhu-Y Ngo, and Maria Da Silva. Brennan Center interns Sarah Ferguson and Meredith McCoy also provided valuable assistance for the appendix. This report benefited greatly from the insightful and thorough editorial assistance of Jeanine Plant-Chirlin and Andrew Goldston. We also thank Brennan Center Executive Director Michael Waldman for his strategic insight, helping shape and frame the final product. © 2011. This paper is covered by the Creative Commons “Attribution-No Derivs-NonCommercial” license (see http://creativecommons.org). It may be reproduced in its entirety as long as the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law is credited, a link to the Center’s web page is provided, and no charge is imposed. The paper may not be reproduced in part or in altered form, or if a fee is charged, without the Center’s permission. Please let the Center know if you reprint.
about the authors Wendy R. Weiser directs the Democracy Program at the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, a non-partisan think tank and public interest law center. She founded and directed the center’s Voting Rights and Elections Project, coordinating litigation, research, and advocacy efforts to enhance political participation and prevent voter disenfranchisement across the country. Her work and the work she directed protected the voting rights of hundreds of thousands of citizens in 2006, 2008, and 2010. She has authored a number of nationally-recognized publications and articles on voting rights and election reform; litigated ground-breaking voting rights lawsuits; testified before both houses of Congress and in a variety of state legislatures; and provided policy and legislative drafting assistance to federal and state legislators and administrators across the country. She is a frequent public speaker and media contributor on democracy issues. Lawrence Norden is Deputy Director of the Brennan Center’s Democracy Program. He has authored several nationally recognized reports and articles related to voting rights, voting systems and election administration. In April 2009, Mr. Norden completed his duties as Chair of the Ohio Secretary of State’s bipartisan Election Summit and Conference, authoring a report that recommended several changes to Ohio’s election administration practices and laws; the report was endorsed by most of the State’s voting rights groups, as well as the bipartisan Ohio Association of Election Officials. In June 2009, he received the Usability Professional Association’s Usability In Civic Life Award for his “pioneering work to improve elections.” Mr. Norden is the lead author of the book The Machinery of Democracy: Protecting Elections in an Electronic World (Academy Chicago Press) and a contributor to the Encyclopedia of American Civil Liberties (Routledge 2007). Mr. Norden is an Adjunct Professor at the NYU School of Law, where he teaches the Brennan Center Public Policy Advocacy Clinic.
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