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Excluded from Democracy: The Impact of Recent State Voting Changes

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2141 Rayburn Building

Forum Documentation

  • 11/14/2011 - Brennan Center for Justice Report on Voting Law Changes in 2010
  • 11/14/2011 - Dear Colleague on Voting Forum on "/sites/evo-subsites/democrats-judiciary.house.gov/files/documents/DearColleague111114.pdf">The Impact of Recent State Voting Law Changes"
  • 11/14/2011 - Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Interactive State Voter Suppression Map of Shame

    Letters

    • 11/14/11 - /sites/evo-subsites/democrats-judiciary.house.gov/files/documents/Kumar111114.pdf">Voto Latino Letter Supporting Hearing on Voter Suppression Law
    • 11/03/11 - /sites/evo-subsites/democrats-judiciary.house.gov/files/documents/HouseDems111114.pdf">House Dems Letter to RI Sec. of State on Voting Rights
    • 10/31/11 - /sites/evo-subsites/democrats-judiciary.house.gov/files/documents/Conyers-Nadler111031.pdf">Conyers - Nadler Letter to Request Hearing on Voter Suppression Laws
    • 11/14/11 - /sites/evo-subsites/democrats-judiciary.house.gov/files/documents/Demos111114.pdf">Demos Statement
    • 11/14/11 - /sites/evo-subsites/democrats-judiciary.house.gov/files/documents/AAJC111114.pdf">Asian American Justice Center Statement
    • 11/14/11 - /sites/evo-subsites/democrats-judiciary.house.gov/files/documents/NAACPLDF111114.pdf">NAACP Legal Defense & Education Fund Statement

Opening Statements

Statement of the Honorable John Conyers, Jr.,

/sites/evo-subsites/democrats-judiciary.house.gov/files/documents/Conyers_111114.pdf">Full text of Conyers statement

Members (not present) Testimony for the Record

Hon. John Lewis, U.S. House of Representatives, 5th District, GA

/sites/evo-subsites/democrats-judiciary.house.gov/files/documents/Lewis111114.pdf">Lewis statement

Hon. Charles Gonzales, U.S. House of Representatives, 20th District (D-TX)

/sites/evo-subsites/democrats-judiciary.house.gov/files/documents/Gonzalez111114.pdf">Gonzales statement

Hon. Shelia Jackson Lee, U.S. House of Representatives, 18th District (D-TX)

/sites/evo-subsites/democrats-judiciary.house.gov/files/documents/Jackson-Lee111114.pdf">Jackson Lee statement

Panel

Hilary Shelton, Washington Bureau Director and Senior Vice President for Advocacy,

[No written statement submitted]

Ben Jealous, President and CEO, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

/sites/evo-subsites/democrats-judiciary.house.gov/files/documents/Jealous111114.pdf">Jealous statement

Lee and Phyllis Campbell, Smyrna, TN

/sites/evo-subsites/democrats-judiciary.house.gov/files/documents/Campbell111114.pdf">Cambell statement

Elisabeth MacNamara, President, League of Women Voters

/sites/evo-subsites/democrats-judiciary.house.gov/files/documents/MacNamara111114.pdf">MacNamara statement

Lawrence Norden, Brennan Center for Justice

/sites/evo-subsites/democrats-judiciary.house.gov/files/documents/Norden111114.pdf">Norden statement

Laura Murphy, Director, American Civil Liberties Union Washington Legislative Office

/sites/evo-subsites/democrats-judiciary.house.gov/files/documents/Murphy111114.pdf">Murphy statement

Barbara R. Arnwine, Executive Director, Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law

/sites/evo-subsites/democrats-judiciary.house.gov/files/documents/Arnwine111114.pdf">Arnwine statement

Matthew Segal, Co-founder and President of OUR TIME and Former Executive Director of Student Association for oter Empowerment (SAVE)

/sites/evo-subsites/democrats-judiciary.house.gov/files/documents/Segal111114.pdf">Segal statement


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