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Online Voter Registration: Accessible for All?

Rose Clouston, Brendan Downes, and Jennifer L. Patin As of January 2016, 29 states and the District of Columbia have online voter registration (OVR) systems. Two additional states are set to launch OVR in the near future.[i] While OVR represents an important...

Lawyers’ Committee: Giving Back to the Community

On December 3, 2015, Lawyers’ Committee staff volunteered at the Capital Area Food Bank (CAFB) in Washington, D.C. The Capital Area Food Bank partners with 469 community-based organizations in the District of Columbia, its Maryland suburbs, and Northern Virginia, and...

The Choice for School Vouchers: Fix It or Forget It

Before law school, I was a teacher in the Mississippi Delta in a school district that was later taken over by the state. For two years, I bore witness to the damage that a struggling school system can inflict on children’s lives. The private school a few miles down...

Why the Fall 2015 elections (and every election) matter

While most of the nation focuses on the 2016 presidential election, many voters across the United States may be unaware of the important local and state elections that are taking place this fall. On Saturday, October 24, Louisiana held its gubernatorial primary...