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According to Sean McElwee, a researcher who studies voting rights at the progressive think tank Demos, some studies suggest up to 2 .5% of the population is unable to vote thanks to such laws.

Connecticut is poised to undo a signature accomplishment—the Citizens Election Program. Facing budget cuts, some legislators in Connecticut have proposed allowing wealthy donors to, once again, dominate the state’s elections.

"The Administration strongly supports the goals of the NVRA and is committed to enforcing its requirements, as applicable," the agency said in a statement. Jenn Rolnick Borchetta, senior counsel at Demos, called this an "almost hidden voter registration question" that does not satisfy the NVRA. To

But there was a time when Republicans took diversifying their base much more seriously.

Floyd v. City of New York is the landmark class action, spearheaded by the Center for Constitutional Rights, that proved the NYPD’s stop and frisk practice was unconstitutional and racially discriminatory. In March of 2015, Demos became co-counsel with CCR on behalf of the Floyd plaintiffs. In that

Police reform in New York City just took a significant step forward, and the voices of the people most affected by unlawful and discriminatory stops are front and center. When a federal court ruled in Floyd v. City of New York that the NYPD’s stop and frisk practice violated the Fourth and

New Yorkers now have the right to apply for and work at a job without an employer demanding a look at their personal credit history.

Yesterday, voters from coast to coast fought back against big-money politics. Voters in Maine and Seattle resoundingly approved ballot measures aimed at empowering the voices of ordinary citizens in the political process.

Discussion about the working class, who make up the majority of American families and would benefit most from such a raise, has all but disappeared from popular conversation.

In response to the clean elections victories across the country yesterday, Demos President Heather McGhee issued the following statement: