Topic: Brennan Center

New ballots bring new complications in New York

AP News - 522 days ago
NY voters get new ballots in time for Tuesday's primary _ and reading glasses for tiny printEven the most jaded New Yorkers might consider this a recipe for chaos: New electronic voting machines are being introduced in the Sept. 14 primary ...

Silver Explains Why People Like Their Legislators

The New York Observer - 1127 days ago
ALBANYAfter a poll this morning indicated 39 percent of voters consider New York's legislature to be " among the best" in the nation, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver again has harsh words for a report from N.Y.U.'s Brennan Center, which ...

Elsewhere: More Oddo, Clinton's Confirmation, Quinn on Taxes

The New York Observer - 1135 days ago
Hillary Clinton's confirmation hearing is Tuesday.In his State of the State speech, David Paterson spoke of hate crimes.Dan Jacoby observes the end of the very short reign of Long Island in Albany.Everybody loves Tom DiNapoli.Anthony Weiner is ...

Stengel: This Could Be the Year for Senate Reform

The New York Observer - 1137 days ago
ALBANYWill 2009 be the year of reform?A coalition of good-government advocates are making the case for " yes," and today released an update to a 2004 report by N.Y.U.'s Brennan Center which details New York's legislative dysfunction. "While ...

Silver: Albany, Dysfunctional?

The New York Observer - 1137 days ago
ALBANYSheldon Silver is displeased with a report today which said New York's legislature is " The latest report by the Brennan Center is disappointing because it continues to misrepresent the substantive reforms that have been made in the Assembly, misunderstand the basics ...

Push to register felons to vote could aid Obama

AP News - 1231 days ago
Push to put more felons on voter rolls could help Obama in historic presidential raceUndaunted by the heat, James Bailey spent his late-summer afternoons walking Virginia's bleakest neighborhoods on the hunt for ex-cons each a potential voter who might cast the ...

Seeking More Micah Kellners

The New York Observer - 1235 days ago
Andrew Stengel at the Brennan Center is inviting state lawmakers to send him their unredacted financial disclosure forms. The forms are supposed to let the public see for themselves if there is anything improper in a lawmaker's personal finances that may ...

Every vote counts, right?

CNET - 1933 days ago
whether Barack Obama will steal the start of Hillary Clinton?s presidential campaign thunder. And then, the very Supreme Court that had supported states' rights took away the Florida Supreme Court result in favor of Al Gore, and effectively resolved the election ...