Secretaries of state from both parties strongly objected to the commission’s initial request, made in late June, to send voter registration data including partial Social Security numbers, voting histories and criminal records. Mississippi’s Republican secretary of State told the commission it could "go jump in the Gulf of Mexico."

The privacy concerns first raised by state elections officials were exacerbated when the commission released public feedback it had received — without redacting personal contact information attached to those emails.

Several secretaries of state said they were reviewing the new request, to see whether or how their states could comply. 

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July 26, 1990 was a watershed moment for more than 59 million Americans, as the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was signed into law by President George H.W. Bush. It was a day full of feeling relief, joy, optimism, hope and acceptance, especially for those of living with a disability.  

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Progressive Thought Matters wants to congratulate Board Member, Kentucky State Representative Steve Riggs on his election as President of the National Conference of Insurance Legislators (NCOIL). NCOIL is a legislative organization comprised principally of legislators serving on state insurance and financial institutions committees around the nation. NCOIL writes Model Laws in insurance, works to both preserve the state jurisdiction over insurance as established by the McCarran-Ferguson Act seventy years ago and to serve as an educational forum for public policy makers and interested parties.

Opponents of the measure claimed it is unconstitutional special legislation because the precinct consolidation mandate only applies to Lake County.

Indiana's secretary of state says more than 481,000 inactive voter registrations have been purged from the state's voter rolls as part of a long-running effort ordered by lawmakers.

Voting Rights Roundup: Following GOP veto, Nevadans to vote on automatic voter registration in 2018

Albert Turner was a leader in the 1965 “Bloody Sunday” march for voting rights in Selma, Ala., walking with Rep. John Lewis and others. The televised scenes of marchers being beaten by police helped push the public to support the passage of the Voting Rights Act later that year. 

Six protesters from the NAACP, including the organization’s national president, were arrested Tuesday night after holding a sit-in at the Mobile, Ala., office of Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), Donald Trump’s attorney general nominee.