Federal Election Reform

Hearing: Election Contingency Plans: What Have We Learned and Is America Prepared?

2008-05-14T14:00:00Z

May 14, 2008 | 2:00 pm
1310 Longworth House Office Building | Washington, DC
U.S. House Committee on House Administration, Subcommittee on Elections

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Meeting & Markup

2008-05-07T11:00:00Z

May 7, 2008 | 11:00 am
1310 Longworth House Office Building | Washington, DC
U.S. House Committee on House Administration

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Feingold, Klobuchar & Ellison Introduce EDR Legislation

2008-05-01T19:02:08Z

Feingold, Klobuchar, Ellison Work to Make Voting Easier for All Americans; Bill Allowing Election Day Registration is Introduced Following Supreme Court Decision Allowing Laws Impeding the Right to Vote (press release, Sen. Feingold, 5/1/08)

H.R. 5036 Emergency Paper Ballot Bill Stalled in House

2008-04-25T10:00:00Z

GOP Objects to Bill Allowing Recounts (Ben Adler, Politico, 4/25/08)
House Defeats Bill Funding Paper Ballots (Associated Press, 4/15/08)
Republican Objections Derail Paper-Ballot Reimbursement Bill for Now (Molly Hooper, CQ Politics, 4/15/08)

Hearing: Military and Overseas Voting: Problems and Progress in Ensuring the Vote

2008-04-15T11:00:00Z

April 15, 2008 | 11:00 am
1310 Longworth House Office Building | Washington, DC
U.S. House Committee on House Administration

Opening Statement

Witnesses:

The Honorable Kevin McCarthy, U.S. Representative (CA-22)
The Honorable Michael Dominguez, Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, Department of Defense
The Honorable Beth Chapman, Secretary of State, Alabama
Ms. Susan Dzieduszycka-Suinat, President, Overseas Vote Foundation
Mr. Kimball Brace, President, Election Data Services, Inc.

2008 Primary Elections

2008-04-15T10:00:00Z

Election Protection 2008 Primary Report: Looking Ahead to November (National Campaign for Fair Elections, 4/15/08)

Hearing: 2008 Presidential Primaries and Caucuses "What We've Learned So Far"

2008-04-09T11:30:00Z

April 9, 2008 | 11:30 am
1310 Longworth House Office Building | Washington, DC
U.S. House Committee on House Administration

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Witnesses:

Mr. Tom Joyner, Radio Host, Tom Joyner Morning Show
Mr. Greg Moore, NAACP Nation Voter Fund

Mr. John Bonifaz, Legal Director, Voter Action
Ms. Cecilia Martinez, Executive Director, The Reform Institute
Mr. Ken Smukler, InfoVoter Technologies
Ms. April E. Pye, Interim Director, Fulton County (GA) Registration and Elections
Ms. Alisha Alexander, Elections Administrator, Prince George’s (MD) County Board of Elections
Ms. Linda Weedon, Deputy Director, Maricopa County (AZ) Elections

Additional Statements for the Record:

Jonah H. Goldman, Director, National Campaign for Fair Elections, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
People for the American Way

House Administration Committee Passes H.R. 281

2008-04-02T12:00:00Z

House Panel Passes Rep. Susan Davis's No-Excuse Absentee Ballot Legislation (press release, Rep. Susan Davis, 4/2/08)
ACLU Applauds H.R. 281, The Universal Right to Vote by Mail Act of 2007 (letter, ACLU, 2/28/08)

Markup: H.R. 5493, H.R. 5036, H.R. 281, and H.R. 3032

2008-04-02T11:00:00Z

April 2, 2008 | 11:00 am
1310 Longworth House Office Building | Washington, DC
U.S. House Committee on House Administration

Hearing: National Voter Registration Act, Section 7: The Challenges That Public Assistance Agencies Face

2008-04-01T14:00:00Z

April 1, 2008 | 2:00 pm
1310 Longworth House Office Building | Washington, DC
U.S. House Committee on House Administration, Subcommittee on Elections

Witnesses:

Ms. Johnnie McLean, Chief Deputy Director, North Carolina State Board of Elections
Ms. Catherine Truss, Departmental Specialist, Michigan Deprtment of Human Services
Ms. Lisa Danetz, Senior Counsel, DEMOS
Mr. Michael Slater, Deputy Director, Project Vote
Dr. David B. Muhlhausen, Senior Policy Analyst, Heritage Foundation

Voter Caging

2008-04-01T10:00:00Z

A Guide to Voter Caging (Justin Levitt & Andrew Allison, Brennan Center for Justice, 6/29/07)
Reported Instances of Voter Caging (compiled by Justin Levitt & Andrew Allison, Brennan Center for Justice, 6/29/07)
Caging Democracy: A 50-Year History of Partisan Challenges to Minority Voters (Teresa James, J.D., Project Vote, 9/2007)

Oversight Hearing: Election Assistance Commission

2008-03-12T15:00:00Z

March 12, 2008 | 3:00 pm
1310 Longworth House Office Building | Washington, DC
U.S. House Committee on House Administration, Subcommittee on Election

Opening Statement

Witnesses:

Mr. Curtis Crider, Inspector General, Election Assistance Commission
The Honorable Rosemary Rodriguez, Chairwoman, Election Assistance Commission
The Honorable Caroline Hunter, Vice-Chair, Election Assistance Commission
The Honorable Gracia Hillman, Commissioner, Election Assistance Commission
The Honorable Donetta Davidson, Commissioner, Election Assistance Commission

Hearing: In-Person Voter Fraud: Myth and Trigger for Disenfranchisement?

2008-03-12T10:00:00Z

March 12, 2008 | 10:00 am
SR-301 Russell Senate Office Building | Washington, DC
U.S. Senate Committee on Rules and Administration

Witnesses:

Member Panel:

Hon. Patrick Leahy (VT)
Hon. Christopher Bond (MO)

Panel:

The Honorable Robin Carnahan, Missouri Secretary of State
The Honorable Robert Simms, Georgia Deputy Secretary of State
Mr. David Iglesias, Former U.S. Attorney for the District of New Mexico
Jeff Milyo, Professor, Department of Economics, University of Missouri-Columbia
Mr. Justin Levitt, Counsel, Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law

Hearing: Election Administration Issues

2008-02-27T10:00:00Z

February 27, 2008 | 10:00 am
2359 Rayburn House Office Building | Washington, DC
U.S. House Appropriations Committee, Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government

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Witnesses:

Panel I:

Rosemary Rodriguez, Chair, Election Assistance Commission
Caroline Hunter, Vice-Chair, Election Assistance Commission
Donetta L. Davidson, Commissioner, Election Assistance Commission
Gracia Hillman, Commissioner, Election Assistance Commission

Panel II:

Wendy Weiser, Deputy Director of the Democracy Program, Brennan Center for Justice
Susan K. Urahn, Managing Director, State Policy Initiatives, Pew Charitable Trusts
Arturo Vargas, Executive Director, National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials
Jeff Matthews, Director, Board of Elections, Stark County, Ohio

Hearing: Protecting Voters at Home and at the Polls: Limiting Abusive Robocalls and Vote Caging Practices

2008-02-27T10:00:00Z

February 27, 2008 | 10:00 am
301 Russell Senate Office Building | Washington, DC
U.S. Senate Committee on Rules and Administration

Witnesses:

Panel I:

The Honorable Roy Cooper, Attorney General, North Carolina
James Bopp, Jr., Esq., General Counsel, James Madison Center for Free Speech
Mr. Shaun Dakin, CEO and Founder, The National Political Do Not Contact Registry
Letters submitted for the hearing record

Member Panel:

The Honorable Sheldon Whitehouse, R.I., United States Senate
Author of S.2305, "Caging Prohibition Act of 2007"

Panel II:

Chandler Davidson, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, Rice University
Mr. J. Brad King, Co-Director, Indiana Election Division
Judith A. Browne-Dianis, Esq., Co-Director, The Advancement Project
Letters submitted for the hearing record