Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–December 18, 2012. The Center for American Progress today released a new report titled “Strengthening Our Democracy by Expanding Voting Rights,” which outlines the different ways state legislatures can expand access to voting rights for their citizens. In recent years conservative legislatures across the country have engaged in a systematic attempt to suppress voter turnout by pushing legislation to address the largely fictitious issue of “voter fraud.” Their efforts have included bills to make it harder to register new voters, strict requirements of photo identification in order to vote, shortened early voting, and the elimination of same-day voter registration, all of which have disproportionally disenfranchised minorities, young people, members of the military, and elderly voters.
