Voting Rights Institute

Donna Brazile: “Protect voter gains of 'Bloody Sunday'”

March 8, 2010 - To commemorate yesterday's 45th anniversary of “Bloody Sunday,” DNC vice chair for voter registration and participation Donna Brazile published an op-ed on CNN on the progress made on voting rights as well as the struggles that continue up to today.
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On the Anniversary of Bloody Sunday, Continuing the Fight for Voting Rights

March 7, 2010 - Forty five years ago today, 600 peaceful civil rights marchers attempted to walk from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama. They didn't get far before they were beaten, gassed, and whipped. Their courage changed the perception of the civil rights movement permanently, and lead to passage of the Voting Rights Act to put a stop to efforts to keep minorities from voting.
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“This is wrong, and it is illegal.”

December 3, 2009 - On Tuesday a federal court rejected an attempt by the Republican National Committee to nullify a consent decree that has been in place since 1982 to provide for minority voter protection. The court found that there is “no indication” that voter registration fraud threatens the integrity of elections, and called the RNC’s so-called “ballot security” measures “politically-motivated.”
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DNC Hails Decision to Keep in Place Consent Decree Barring Republicans From Voter Intimidation

December 2, 2009 - DNC Chairman Tim Kaine and DNC Vice Chair for Voter Registration and Participation Donna Brazile issued the following statement on yesterday’s ruling by the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey keeping in place a consent decree barring the Republican National Committee from voter intimidation and asserting that Republicans still have an incentive to engage in such illegal practices. Late last year the RNC asked that the consent decree, which it agreed to in 1982, be nullified, going so far as to argue that because the President and U.S. Attorney General are African American, there is no longer any reason for Republicans to be subject to limits on efforts to engage in “ballot security measures.”
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Growing trend towards same day registration

November 6, 2009 - The trend towards same day registration continues to grow this week, with the Council of the District of Columbia passing a voter registration reform bill that includes a provision for same day registration.

The Omnibus Election Reform Act is expected to boost voter participation rates in the District, which are below the national average. In the 2008 presidential election, D.C. ranked among the 15 states with the lowest voting rates.
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Senator Russ Feingold and Representative Keith Ellison Reintroduce the Same Day Registration Act

October 29, 2009 - U.S. Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI) and U.S. Representative Keith Ellison (D-MN) are reintroducing the Same Day Registration Act, which would expand access to voting by permitting eligible voters to register at polling locations in all federal elections.

This Act will make registration easier for eligible voters and is expected to significantly increase voter turnout.
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President Obama Signs the Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment Act into Law

October 28, 2009 - The DNC passed a resolution in favor of the Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment (MOVE) Act at its fall meeting this September. Today, President Obama signed it into law, as part of the National Defense Authorization Act.
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U.S. Department of Justice again rejects two Georgia election administration procedures on ground that they violate the Voting Rights Act

October 16, 2009 - The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has again rejected two Georgia election administration procedures enacted in 2007 to verify the identities and citizenship of voters. In June, the Justice Department found that Georgia had incorrectly identified thousands of eligible voters as non-citizens and that those flagged for additional scrutiny were overwhelmingly African American, Latino, or Asian American. DOJ concluded that minority voters were improperly subjected to higher burdens on their right to register and vote, a violation of the Voting Rights Act. Georgia appealed DOJ’s decision in August. This week, Assistant U.S. Attorney General Thomas Perez wrote in a letter to the Georgia Deputy Attorney General that he remains “unable to conclude that the State of Georgia has carried its burden of showing that the original voter registration verification program has neither a discriminatory purpose nor a discriminatory effect.” Please join the Democratic National Committee in continuing to support the Voting Rights Act and advancing the voting rights of all eligible persons.
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Indiana court declares that voter ID law violates state constitution, Secretary of State seeks state supreme court review

October 16, 2009 - The Indiana Secretary of State has asked the state supreme court to review a decision striking down Indiana’s voter identification law. The court of appeals held last month that the law violates the Indiana constitution by requiring some voters, but not others, to produce a photo ID as a condition to voting.

States are increasingly imposing restrictive ID requirements. These laws disproportionately affect senior citizens, low-income voters, students and people with disabilities who have more difficulty obtaining a photo ID.

The Democratic National Committee supports an open and accessible election process. We will continue to monitor developments in this case and others.
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Senate Rules Committee to Look at Potential Impact of Sale of Diebold Voting Machine Business to Largest Competitor

October 9, 2009 - The Senate Rules Committee announced today that it will look into the proposed sale of Diebold’s voting machine subsidiary, Premier, to the company’s largest competitor, Election Systems & Software (ES&S). The merger would result in ES&S acquiring about 70% of the voting machine market. Voting rights advocates have expressed concerns over the implications of the sale, citing possible anti-trust law violations and concerns that ES&S’s monopoly could undermine the reliability and integrity of elections.
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Remembering Fannie Lou Hamer

October 6, 2009 - Today, the Democratic National Committee honors the life of civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer. Born ninety-two years ago today in the Mississippi Delta, Hamer, the daughter of sharecroppers, demanded that all people be given a voice in American politics....
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South Dakota Department of Public Safety Driver’s Licensing Stations to Remain Open, Citing Possibility of Voting Rights Act Litigation

September 30, 2009 - South Dakota’s Department of Public Safety will continue to operate driver’s licensing stations in two counties with high American Indian populations, citing the possibility of a challenge under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Section 5 is important because it requires certain states with a history of discrimination to submit any changes to voting procedures for review by the U.S. Department of Justice or to a federal court—what is called preclearance.

Residents of the two counties in South Dakota said that the closures would require them to drive significant distances to get the driver’s license or photo ID card that are necessary to vote in the state, and that the closures would have a large effect on Native American voters. A recent report by the ACLU found that Native American voters in South Dakota and elsewhere continue to face significant obstacles to voting, including electoral systems that dilute Native voting strength; burdensome voter ID requirements; lack of language assistance at the polls; and discriminatory voter registration procedures.

The problems facing Native American voters show that ongoing, strong enforcement of the Voting Rights Act is necessary to protect the voting rights of people across the country. Please join the Democratic National Committee in continuing to support the Voting Rights Act and a voting process that is open and accessible to all eligible voters.
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Federal court upholds Massachusetts law in face of challenge under Voting Rights Act

August 6, 2009 - Today, in the case of Simmons v. Galvin, the First Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a Massachusetts law prohibiting persons with felony convictions from voting while they are incarcerated. A group of incarcerated felons challenged the law, arguing that because the percentage of people incarcerated on felony convictions in Massachusetts who are African American or Latino is higher than the percentage of those groups in the state population at large, the law does not follow non-discrimination requirements in the Voting Rights Act. The court rejected this claim, finding that Congress did not pass the Voting Rights Act to extend voting rights to incarcerated felons.

Felony disenfranchisement laws bar more than 5 million American citizens from voting. Nationwide, 13 percent of African American men are unable to vote because of the laws.

The Democratic National Committee will continue to monitor developments in this case and others involving the Voting Rights Act.
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Al Franken sworn in as Minnesota’s second U.S. senator, following 8-month recount process

July 7, 2009 - After an eight-month recount process, Al Franken was sworn in today as Minnesota’s Junior Senator. He joins Senator Amy Klobuchar (D) as Minnesota’s second U.S. senator and is the 60th member of the Senate Democratic Caucus.

Senator Franken’s victory was confirmed on June 30th when the Minnesota Supreme Court verified the results of the state’s recount of nearly three million, all-paper ballots cast in the election. In signing the certificate of election, Secretary of State Mark Ritchie credited Minnesota’s exclusive use of paper ballots with making a smooth recount process possible.

This election was an important reminder of the need for transparent and reliable voting methods. The Democratic National Committee urges lawmakers to adopt regulations that mandate the transparent administration of elections, including accurate and reliable post-election audits and recounts.
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U.S. Supreme Court Issues Decision on Voting Rights Act, Leaving Non-Discrimination Requirement Intact

June 22, 2009 - In a victory for voting rights groups, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision today in Northwest Austin Municipal Utility District No. 1 v. Holder, leaving intact Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965—widely considered this country’s most successful piece of civil rights legislation. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg called the case “perhaps the most important of the term.”

Voting rights groups applauded the Court for deciding the case purely on the bailout question. But the Court’s opinion hinted that Section 5 may be susceptible to future challenges.

Under Section 5, states and local governments with a history of discrimination must “preclear” any changes to their election laws or procedures, ensuring that the proposed changes do not have the effect of discriminating on the basis of ethnicity, race or language.

A jurisdiction covered by the Act may seek an exemption from the preclearance requirement by demonstrating that it has satisfied the Act’s “bailout” criteria and that there has been no history of discrimination for a 10-year period.

In the case, the Supreme Court held that the district in question did not have a history of explicit discrimination and could seek a “bailout.” The Court declined to decide whether Section 5 is still constitutional.

The Democratic National Committee strongly supports the Voting Rights Act, and a voting process that is open and accessible to all eligible voters. We applaud the Court’s decision in this case and encourage them to continue to uphold this important legislation.
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Republicans push election law changes

April 21, 2009 - The Florida legislature is trying to move legislation to "improve" election laws to address complaints from past election cycles. The effort would be quite commendable if it weren't for several changes that would make voting more difficult and would aim to restrict efforts to make the process more inclusive.
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Make History

October 30, 2008 - Election Day is fast approaching -- only five days away. This Tuesday, make history. Visit www.VoteForChange.com to get all the info you need to vote.
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Voting Tips for Washington State

October 24, 2008 - Senators Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell offer voting tips on how to vote-by-mail to their constituents in Washington state. Watch the video.
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ICYMI: MSNBC on McCain's Voter Registration Fraud Problem

October 22, 2008 - OLBERMANN: It was less than one week ago when Senator John McCain on national television warned the nation about a grave threat to democracy, maybe even quote "destroying the fabric of democracy." So, in our third story tonight, why have McCain and Sarah Palin stopped sounding the trumpet on this grave threat over the last few days? No, he didn't just forget. McCain's charge was that the national grassroots group, ACORN was committing widespread voter fraud, disenfranchising voters by registering fictional voters and Barack Obama had helped to fund ACORN. As we have explained previously, some part-time workers have been accused of ripping off ACORN because fictional voters do not vote.
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John McCain and Republican Party Must End Hypocrisy on Voter Registration Fraud and Sever Ties with Tainted GOP Operatives Immediately

October 21, 2008 - On a conference call today, the National and California State Democratic Parties called on the Republican Party to end their hypocrisy on voter registration fraud and sever all ties with long-time GOP Operative Mark Jacoby. Jacoby is the owner of Young Political Majors (YPM) who was arrested in California last weekend on two counts of voter registration fraud and two counts of perjury. Jacoby faced allegations of voter fraud in 2004 when he worked for Arno Political Consultants. YPM is currently under contract with the California State Republican Party to register voters. John McCain's California Co-Chair is also a leading supporter of the CA Republican State Party's voter registration efforts. Just yesterday, campaign finance reports revealed that the MCCain-Palin campaign and the RNC have paid Nathan Sproul, a Republican operative who has faced numerous charges of unethical and potentially illegal activity surrounding voter registration.
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GOP Operative Allegedly Tricked Voters into Registering as Republicans

October 21, 2008 - A Republican operative was arrested yesterday on charges of voter registration fraud, reports the Los Angeles Times, and stands accused of duping voters into registering as Republicans.
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McCain Employing GOP Operative Accused of Voter Registration Fraud

October 20, 2008 - John McCain's hyperbolic claims about ''the fabric of democracy'' ring incredibly hollow when, at the same time, he pays dirty tricksters like Nathan Sproul $175,000 to ''register voters.''
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GOP Dirty Tricks in Florida

September 18, 2008 - A new presidential election cycle, same old, Republican dirty tricks. An editorial in the St. Petersburg Times calls the mailings 'some of the sleaziest campaign tactics.'
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DEMOCRATS REAFFIRM THEIR COMMITMENT TO VOTING RIGHTS ON 42ND ANNIVERSARY OF VOTING RIGHTS ACT

August 8, 2007 - DNC Chairman Howard Dean and DNC Voting Rights Institute Chair Donna Brazile issued the following joint statement on the 42nd anniversary of the signing of the Voting Rights Act by President Lyndon B. Johnson.
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DNC Announces Unprecedented Election Protection Project

August 2, 2007 - Democrats to conduct nationwide survey of administration of elections as part of an ongoing commitment to protecting the rights of every American
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MUST READ: GOP Behind Voter Fraud Push

July 2, 2007 - An article in this weekend’s Miami Herald shows a clear connection between the Bush Administration, the GOP and voter suppression. According to the article Republicans have used their power and authority on three fronts, tax-exempt groups, the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division and US Attorneys to exaggerate claims of voter fraud and challenge the legitimacy of legal voters.
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No Such Thing As Blind Justice in Bush Justice Department

June 22, 2007 - An article in today’s Washington Post sheds new light on Republican efforts to politicize the Bush Justice Department by weeding out employees who were not considered loyal Republican foot soldiers. The article highlights the role of Acting Assistant Attorney General Brad Schlozman in the politically motivated hirings and firings in the civil rights division of the Justice Department.
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DNC: Bush Administration Owes Apology Over Assault on Voting Rights

June 1, 2007 - Donna Brazile, Chair of the Democratic National Committee's Voting Rights Institute, joined the Chairs of the DNC's Black Caucus, Hispanic Caucus, AAPI Caucus, Seniors Coordinating Council, and Native American Coordinating Council in condemning the Bush Administration's assault on voting rights and its politicization of the Department of Justice.
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Texas Election is Tomorrow

December 11, 2006 - The Supreme Court ordered the boundaries of the 23rd District redrawn after determining that the old map discriminated against Latino voters and did not comply with the Voting Rights Act.
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FL-13: What's Going On?

December 6, 2006 - In Florida's 13th District, Democrat Christine Jennings is still fighting to make sure that every vote is counted and every voter is heard - despite flawed ballots and machines. Almost a month after Election Day, this race is still being contested in the sunshine state.
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Vote

November 7, 2006 - DNC Chairman Howard Dean sent the following to Democrats this morning. Dear Friend, Today most people will simply vote and go home. That's not enough. Whether you're voting today or you've voted early or absentee already, what you do today...
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Dean on MD Voter Challenges and OH Voter ID Developments

November 3, 2006 - The Washington Post reported today on a Republican effort to distribute a guide for GOP “poll watchers in Maryland [that] spells out how to aggressively challenge the credentials of voters and urges these volunteers to tell election judges they could face jail time if a challenge is ignored.” The Post's exposure of these GOP tactics, along with the Democratic Party's expansive voter protection program in all 50 states, will help ensure that every American’s right to vote is protected.
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1-888-DEMVOTE Flyers

October 26, 2006 - Every Voter Counts! Color Flyer English Color Flyer Spanish/English Color Flyer Download the file(s) above. This is a full color low resolution PDF file of the Every Voter Counts doorhanger design that can be easily printed off your home...
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Brazile: Missouri Voter ID Ruling Renews Importance of EAC Report Being Made Public

October 19, 2006 - This week, the Missouri Supreme Court dealt yet another blow to the Republican Party's efforts across the country to win elections by making it harder for Americans to vote. In a decisive 6-1 vote, the Missouri state court declared that the Republican-engineered voter ID law would have imposed a "heavy and substantial burden on Missourians' free exercise of the right of suffrage."
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DNC Voting Rights Institute Chair Donna Brazile Calls on EAC to Release Study

October 13, 2006 - During her testimony before the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, Donna Brazile called on the Election Assistance Commission (EAC) to release a report that proves there is little evidence of the polling-place fraud that is used to justify Voter ID around the country.
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Democracy at Risk: Protecting the Vote

October 11, 2006 - In many states, new laws restricting who can register and vote have reduced the number of people who are eligible to cast ballots. Most of these laws have been enacted in the name of preventing fraud. Yet, a new report to the U.S. Election Assistance Commission, which has not been released publicly, disputes the basis for those laws, finding, "little evidence of the type of polling-place fraud those measures seek to stop."
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Democrats Ground Game Strong Heading Into Final Month

October 10, 2006 - This past Saturday Democrats kicked-off the final month of the election with more than 600 voter contact activities across the country. Democrats contacted three million voters during the DNC's third national organizing day, demonstrating the strength of the Democratic ground game heading into the final days of the campaign.
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Democrats United: Kick-off Final Month of Campaign Activities Saturday

October 6, 2006 - On Saturday, October 7, Democrats will kick-off the final month of voter contact activities at Democratic National Organizing Day events across the country, building on the success of ongoing critical Get-Out-the-Vote operations for Election Day.
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Democrats Fighting Republican Hypocrisy on Voting Rights

September 29, 2006 - While Bush Republicans in Washington claim to support voting rights, House Republicans this week passed a voter identification bill that threatens to disenfranchise countless minority, student, elderly, people with disabilities and low income voters. The bill is effectively a poll tax that will keep thousands of lawfully registered voters from participating in our democracy.
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Support The "Confidence in Voting Act of 2006"

September 28, 2006 - The November 7th mid term congressional and statewide elections are around the corner -- and fears and concerns about the integrity of our electoral system and the security of paperless electronic voting systems have increased daily.
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Ballot Controversy in Ohio

September 1, 2006 - This week, voting rights activists in Ohio filed a federal lawsuit demanding that Secretary of State Ken Blackwell preserve the paper ballots from the 2004 election and that a court-appointed supervisor be selected to oversee the conduct of this November’s...
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MUST READ: GOP Tactics Aim to Suppress Vote

August 10, 2006 - An editorial in today's New York Times outlines how Republicans in Missouri and other states are using discriminatory voter ID laws to suppress voting and disenfranchise minorities, poor people, and elderly people who are less likely to have driver's license.
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DNC Marks the 41st Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act

August 7, 2006 - DNC Marks the 41st Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act Washington, DC—Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean issued the following statement on the 41st anniversary of the historic Voting Rights Act:
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DNC Announces Expanded National Voter Protection Effort

August 3, 2006 - Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean today announced the DNC's expanded national voter protection efforts. In addition to the establishment of a national voter protection hotline and the placement of election protection staff in 15 key states, the DNC is implementing a comprehensive series of efforts aimed at helping Americans register to vote, learn how and where to cast their ballot, and provide assistance in overcoming Republican-led efforts to suppress voter turnout for the November elections.
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MUST READ: Republican Justice Department Plays Politics with Americans Right to Vote

August 3, 2006 - An editorial in today's New York Times outlines how the Bush Justice Department is playing partisan politics again with the enforcement of voting rights and election law. Yesterday, a federal judge, appointed by President Bush, stripped Alabama's Democratic Secretary of State of very important duties in "a one-sided proceeding that felt a lot like a kangaroo court," giving them to the Republican governor prior to both being up for re-election. This extraordinary, partisan step against a Democrat stands in stark contrast to the Justice Department's "forgiving approach" when dealing with Republican Secretaries of State. Despite President Bush's signing of the Voting Rights Reauthorization just last week, this action is part of his administration's troubling pattern of putting its desire to influence elections ahead of the need to protect the voting rights of all Americans.
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DNC Voting Rights Institute on CA-50 Special Election

July 14, 2006 - For several weeks since the June 6th Special Election in California’s 50th Congressional District there have been reports of election irregularities. The DNC Voting Rights Institute (“VRI”) has been monitoring the developments since Election Day and has raised a number...
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Victory for Voting Rights

July 13, 2006 - The Voting Rights Act Reauthorization passed the House 390-33 on Friday. All four Republican Amendments were defeated. This is a huge victory for Democrats, who fought to keep the protections in the VRA intact. A group of vocal southern Republicans staged a revolt - arguing that certain provisions should be removed. All present Democratic members of the House voted to re-authorize.
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GOP Divided On Protecting The Right to Vote

July 13, 2006 - In an intensely competitive election year, this was supposed to be the issue virtually everyone in Congress could agree on: renewing civil rights-era laws protecting minorities' access to the ballot box. A group of increasingly vocal Capitol Hill conservatives is staging a revolt - arguing that certain provisions of the law are out of sync with party principles.
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Rep. Sanchez: Renew the Landmark Voting Rights Act

July 12, 2006 - The Voting Rights Act is as important to a healthy and accountable democracy as any other act in United States history. Let's renew the VRA without destructive amendments and be a model for democracy around the world.
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DNC Statement on Court Ruling to Block Georgia's Restrictive Voter ID Law

July 10, 2006 - Today Democratic National Committee Communications Director Karen Finney issued the following statement in response to a Georgia Superior Court ruling blocking Georgia's restrictive voter ID law. "We applaud the decision of the Fulton County Superior Court to recognize, in the...
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MUST READ: Don't Dismantle the Voting Rights Act

July 7, 2006 - An op-ed in today's New York Times by the late President Lyndon Baines Johnson's daughters says that Congressional Republicans are disabling the Voting Rights Act (VRA) by allowing critical voting safeguards to expire such as Section 5 that protects voters in areas with histories of discrimination and Section 203 which requires language assistance to promote voting by citizens with limited English proficiency. Just as President Johnson stood up to members of his own party to pass the VRA, it's time for Republican leaders to stand up to the right-wing extremists in their party to protect the Constitutional right to vote for every American.
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Donna Brazile Discusses Republican Assaults on Americans’ Voting Rights

June 30, 2006 - This week, the DNC's Podcast hosts Donna Brazile, Chair of the Democratic National Committee's Voting Rights Institute. Donna Brazile discusses the Republican assault on Americans' voting rights including the Republican controlled Congress stalling action on the Voting Rights Act, one of the most significant civil rights statutes ever enacted.
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Ohio Republicans Undermine Democracy By Curtailing Voter Registration Efforts

June 29, 2006 - The Democratic National Committee's Voting Rights Institute's Chairperson Donna Brazile issued the following statement on Ohio's Joint Committee for Agency Rule Review's decision to uphold restrictive voter registration rules.
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Dean Statement on Georgia Voter ID Ruling

June 29, 2006 - Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean issued the following statement in response the U.S. Department of Justice pre-clearance of the implementation of Georgia's voter ID law.
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Voting Rights Act, Southern Style

June 26, 2006 - Alabama's Huntsville Times features a story today about the Voting Rights Act. The author makes the point that the South became a major focus of the VRA because discrimination in the South was so widespread. Of course the bill focuses...
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24 Hours Of The Real Republican Agenda: A Triple Threat to America's Values

June 22, 2006 - Over the last 24 hours, Congressional Republicans have made very clear their real agenda for the American people. Congressional Republicans are running away from tough decisions and instead are desperately pandering to their base to improve their political standing in November.
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DNC Chairman Howard Dean on Voting Rights Act

June 22, 2006 - DNC Chairman Howard Dean released the following statement after House Republicans stalled action on the renewal of the Voting Rights Act.
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Inside the Voting Rights Summit

June 20, 2006 - I'm sitting next to Christine Pelosi in the Voting Rights Summit. We are both furiously taking notes (hers are better, which I attribute to going through law school...) as we listen to Commissioner Gracia Hillman of the Election Assistance Commission...
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In the Building: Election Protection Summit

June 20, 2006 - Today the DNC's Voting Rights Institute and National Lawyers Council are holding an Election Protection Summit. This day-long event has brought together voting rights activists, litigators, scholars, Democratic Party leaders and election administrators to dicuss comprehensive stategies to advance fair...
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Republicans Slash New Orleans Security and Disaster Preparedness Grants

June 1, 2006 - As a present on the first day of Hurricane Season, Republicans have cut in half grants for security and disaster preparedness in the city of New Orleans. This comes as residents of New York City and Washington DC (myself included)...
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Convicted Phone-Jammer To Run Campaign School

May 25, 2006 - The Union Leader reported today that convicted phone-jammer and former New Hampshire Republican Party Executive Director Charles McGee is inviting Republican political operatives to a campaign school that will teach them "all the tools you need to win."
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McConnell Proposes Mandatory Intrusive National ID

May 23, 2006 - Republican Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) proposed, for the first time ever, a federal requirement that all Americans must present proof of citizenship at the polls. If McConnell has his way, American citizens would be required to have a passport or national identification card, just to be able to exercise the most fundamental and basic right in our democracy - the right to vote.
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New Orleans Election Information on Early Voting and Election Day

April 28, 2006 - All eligible Orleans Parish voters who registered on or before September 24th, 2005 can vote at any one of the satellite voting sites around the state (call the Secretary of State’s toll free hotline for your registration date, 1-800-883-2805): Note:...
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Frequently Asked Questions - New Orleans General Election

April 26, 2006 - What are the Deadlines to Register to Vote in the Upcoming Elections? Open Primary Election is September 30: The deadline to register is August 30, 2006. Open General/Congressional Primary Election is November 7: The deadline to register is October 9,...
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Voter Assistance New Orleans

April 10, 2006 - In an effort to help displaced New Orleanians exercise their right to vote, the DNC announced a new toll free number, 1-888-DEM-VOTE or 1-888-336-8683, which provides New Orleanians now living in Louisiana and neighboring states critical information about voting.
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Information for Displaced Voters

March 31, 2006 - In an effort to help displaced New Orleanians exercise their right to vote, the DNC announced a new toll free number, 1-888-DEM-VOTE or 1-888-336-8683, which provides New Orleanians now living in Louisiana and neighboring states critical information about voting.
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Frequently Asked Questions - New Orleans

March 30, 2006 - What are the Deadlines to Register to Vote in the Upcoming Elections? Primary Election on April 22: The deadline to register has expired General Election on May 20: The deadline to register is April 19 (Learn how to register...
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