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New Jersey and Virginia have critical and likely close elections for governor coming up in November and voter registration deadlines are quickly approaching. Yet both states, according to the most recent census, have huge numbers of unregistered Hispanic and Asian citizens. More...

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A new group of unlikely bedfellows has come together to help win support for an overhaul that would put government in charge of proactively registering voters, and allowing voter registrations to be portable within states. More...

Perhaps the most impressive recent success story in expanding political participation has been the dramatic turnaround in public agency voter registrations in some states. More...

Georgia has passed a law requiring that all residents prove their citizenship before they can register to vote, a policy that is far more restrictive than the other photo ID requirements that have been passed across the country. More...

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