Ballot Access
The right to vote is the foundation of our democracy, yet onerous requirements and extensive administrative problems with our country’s voter registration system have disfranchised millions of voters. Further compromising the rights of voters to select the candidates of their choosing are burdensome and unlawful statutes that make it difficult for minor political parties and independent candidates to get on the ballot. The Voting Rights Project is challenging these laws and requirements that diminish free speech and our democratic process.
Resources
Comment Letter to Department of Justice Regarding South Carolina’s New Voting Law (folder 2011)
Provisional Ballot Counting Laws and Wrong-Precinct Rejections (folder 2011)
Wichita Blues: Kansas Mandates Photo ID For Its Voters (blog 2011)
Common Cause v. Billups (case 2011)
ACLU Asks Supreme Court To Review Case Concerning South Dakota Elections System That Dilutes The American Indian Vote (press 2010)
Cottier v. City Of Martin et al. - Petition for a Writ of Certiorari (download 2010)
Limiting Voters' Choices in South Carolina (blog 2010)
ACLU Tells Appellate Court South Carolina's Ballot Access Law Is Unconstitutional (press 2010)
South Carolina Green Party et al. v. South Carolina State Election Commission et al. (case 2010)
Court Removes Ballot Obstacle For Alternative Parties In South Carolina (press 2010)
