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Voting Rights and Free Elections

Underlying most of our election talk is the assumption that elections in the U.S. are free and that the basic right to vote is secure. But millions of people are regularly denied their right to vote. Learn more about whose vote won't be counted this year. More about voting rights and free elections.

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The Machinery of Democracy: Voting System Accessibility
The Brennan Center for Justice

Expanding the Vote: State Felony Disenfranchisement Reform, 1997- 2008
The Sentencing Project

Youth Voting Legislation
Project Vote

The New Face of Jim Crow: Voter Suppression in America
People For the American Way

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Disabilities among Refugees and Conflict-affected Populations

Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children

Refugees with disabilities are among the most hidden, neglected and socially excluded of all displaced people in the world. Using field research from five countries the authors mapped existing services for displaced persons with disabilities, identified gaps and good practices and made concrete recommendations on how to improve service.Check it out

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