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HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE

Voter Suppression and Continuing Threats to Democracy 

Date: 1/20/2022
Witness List
Testimony:

  • Mr. Wade Henderson
    • Interim President and CEO, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
    • Testimony Link
  • Ms. Sherrilyn Ifill
    • President and Director-Counsel, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc.
    • Testimony Link
  • Mr. Damon T. Hewitt
    • President and Executive Director, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
    • Testimony Link
  • Mr. Thomas A. Saenz
    • President and General Counsel, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund
    • Testimony Link
  • Ms. Maureen Riordan
  • Mr. T. Russell Nobile
  • Mr. Derrick Johnson
  • Ms. Helen Butler
    • Executive Director, Georgia Coalition for the Peoples’ Agenda
    • Testimony Link
  • Mr. Domingo Garcia
    • National President, League of United Latin American Citizens
    • Testimony Link

Oversight of the Voting Rights Act: Potential Legislative Reforms

Date: 08/16/2021
Witness List
Testimony:

  • The Honorable Kristen Clarke
    • Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Justice
    • Testimony Link
  • Mr. Wade Henderson
    • Interim President and CEO, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Right
    • Testimony Link
  • Dr. James Peyton McCrary
    • Professorial Lecturer in Law, The George Washington University Law School
    • Testimony Link
  • Ms. Wendy R. Weiser
  • Ms. Maureen Riordan
  • Mr. Thomas A. Saenz
    • President and General Counsel, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund
    • Testimony Link
  • Ms. Sophia Lin Lakin
    • Deputy Director, Voting Rights Project, American Civil Liberties Union
    • Testimony Link
  • Mr. Hans A. von Spakovsky
  • Mr. Jon M. Greenbaum
    • Chief Counsel and Senior Deputy Director, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
    • Testimony Link
  • Mr. Samuel Spital
    • Director of Litigation, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc.
    • Testimony Link

The Need to Enhance the Voting Rights Act: Practice-Based Coverage

Date: 07/27/2021
Witness List
Testimony:

  • Mr. Thomas A. Saenz
    • President and General Counsel, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund
    • Testimony Link
  • Mr. John C. Yang
    • President and Executive Director, Asian Americans Advancing Justice – AAJC
    • Testimony Link
  • Dr. Luis Ricardo Fraga
    • Rev. Donald P. McNeill, C.S.C., Professor of Transformative Latino Leadership Joseph and Elizabeth Robbie Professor of Political Science, University of Notre Dame
    • Testimony Link
  • Mr. Bernard L. Fraga
    • Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Emory College of Arts and Sciences
    • Testimony Link
  • Mr. T. Russell Nobile
  • Mr. Bryan P. Tyson
  • Ms. Franita Tolson
    • Vice Dean for Faculty and Academic Affairs and Professor of Law, USC Gould School of Law
    • Testimony Link

The Implications of Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee and Potential Legislative Responses 

Date: 07/16/2021
Witness List
Testimony:

  • Mr. Sean Morales-Doyle
    • Acting Director, Voting Rights & Elections, Democracy, Brennan Center for Justice
    • Testimony Link
  • Mr. Nicholas Stephanopoulos
  • Mr. Robert D. Popper
  • Mr. Ezra Rosenberg
    • Co-Director, Voting Rights Project, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
    • Testimony Link

The Need to Enhance the Voting Rights Act: Preliminary Injunctions, Bail-in Coverage, Election Observers, and Notice

Date: 06/29/2021
Witness List:
Testimony:

  • Ms. Sophia Lin Lakin
    • Deputy Director, Voting Rights Project, American Civil Liberties Union
    • Testimony Link
  • Ms. Helen Butler
    • Executive Director, Georgia Coalition for the People’s Agenda
    • Testimony Link
  • Ms. Maureen Riordan
  • Mr. James Tucker

Oversight of the Voting Rights Act: A Continuing Record of Discrimination

Date: 05/27/2021
Witness List
Testimony:

  • Ms. Janai Nelson
    • Associate Director-Counsel, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
    • Testimony Link
  • Mr. Jon M. Greenbaum
    • Chief Counsel and Senior Deputy Director, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
    • Testimony Link
  • Mr. T. Russell Nobile
  • Ms. Wendy R. Weiser

Oversight of the Voting Rights Act: The Evolving Landscape of Voting Discrimination 

Date: Thursday, 04/22/2021
Witness List
Testimony:

  • The Honorable Julian Castro
    • Former United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
    • Testimony Link
  • Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II
  • The Honorable Mark Robinson
  • Ms. Jacqueline De Leon

Legislative Proposals to Strengthen the Voting Rights Act

Date: 10/17/2019
Witness List
Testimony: 

  • The Honorable Terri Sewel
    • Member of Congress, 
    • Washington D.C. 
    • Testimony
  • Dr. J.M. (Morgan) Kousser
    • Professor of History and Social Science
    • Testimony
  • Mr. Thomas Saenz
    • President and General Counsel
    • Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund
    • Testimony
  • Mr. Bryan Tyson
  • Mr. Bryan Sells
  • Mr. John Eastman
    • Henry Salvatori professor of Law and Community Service, Chapman University Dale E. Fowler School of Law
    • Testimony
  • Mr. Arturo Vargas
    • Chief Executive Officer, National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials Educational Fund
    • Testimony
  • Mr. John Yang
    • President and Executive Director
    • Asian Americans Advancing Justice
    • Testimony
  • Mr. Janai Nelson
    • Associate Director-Counsel, NAACP Legal and Educational Fund
    • Testimony

Hearing on Current Conditions: Evidence of Continued Discrimination in Voting and the Need for Preclearance

Date: 9/10/2019
Witness List and Testimony:

  • Myrna Pérez
    • Director of the Voting Rights and Elections Program at the Brennan Center for Justice
    • Testimony
  • Derrick Johnson
  • Vanita Gupta
    • President and CEO of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
    • Testimony
  • J. Christian Adams
    • President and General Counsel of the Public Interest Legal Foundation
    • Testimony 
  • Testimony of Dale Ho
    • Voting Rights Project Director at the ACLU
    • Testimony
  • Testimony of Natalie A. Landreth
    • Senior Staff Attorney at the Native American Rights Fund
    • Testimony

Continuing Challenges to the Voting Rights Act Since Shelby County v. Holder

Date: 6/25/2019
Witness List and Testimony:

  • Stacey Abrams
    • Founder and Chair of Fair Fight Action
    • Testimony
  • Kristen Clarke
    • President and Executive Director of the National Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
    • Testimony
  • Kyle Hawkins
  • Leah Aden
    • Deputy Director of Litigation at the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund
    • Testimony 

Enforcement of the Voting Rights Act in the State of Texas

Date: 5/3/2019
Witness list and testimony:

  • Ernest Herrera
  • Gary Bledsoe
    • President of the NAACP Texas State Conference
    • Testimony
  • Jayla Allen
  • Michael Morley
    • Assistant Professor at Florida State University College of Law
    • Testimony 
  • Mimi Marziani
    • President of the Texas Civil Rights Project
    • Testimony
  • Jerry Vattamala
    • Democracy Program Director at the Asian American Legal Defense & Education Fund
    • Testimony 
  • Jose Garza

History and Enforcement of the Voting Rights Act of 1965

Date: 3/12/2019
Witness list and testimony:

  • Catherine Lhamon
    • Chair of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
    • Testimony
  • Testimony of Thomas Saenz
    • President and General Council of MALDEF
    • Testimony
  • Testimony of Dr. Peyton McCrary
    • Professional Lecturer in Law at George Washington University Law School
    • Testimony

HOUSE ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE

Voting in America: Ensuring Free and Fair Access to the Ballot in Texas

Date: 3/17/2022
Witness list and testimony:

  • Ms. Nina Perales
    • Vice President of Litigation, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund
    • Testimony
  • Mr. Hani Mirza
    • Legal Director, Voting Rights Program, Texas Civil Rights Project
    • Testimony
  • Mr. Gary Bledsoe
    • President, Texas NAACP State Conference
    • Testimony
  • Mr. Andy Brown
    • Travis County Judge, Travis County, State of Texas
    • Testimony
  • Ms. Cindy Siegel
    • Chair, Harris County Republican Party
    • Testimony

Voting in America: A National Perspective on the Right to Vote, Methods of Election, Jurisdictional Boundaries, and Redistricting

Date: 6/24/2021
Witness List and Testimony: 

  • Jerry Vattamala
    • Director, Democracy Program, Asian American Legal Defense and Education 
    • Testimony
  • Patty Ferguson-Bohnee
    • Director, Indian Legal Clinic, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law
    • Testimony
  • Eric Holder
    • Chairman, National Democratic Redistricting Committee
    • Testimony
  • Thor Hearne
    • Founding Partner, True North Law Group
    • Testimony
  • Thomas Saenz
    • President & General Counsel, Mexican-American Legal Defense and Educational Fund
    • Testimony
  • Janai Nelson
    • Associate Director-Counsel, NAACP Legal Defense Fund
    • Testimony
  • Michael Waldman
    • President, Brennan Center for Justice, NYU School of Law
    • Testimony
  • Wade Henderson
    • Interim President & CEO, Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
    • Testimony
  • Sara Frankenstein
    • Partner, Gunderson, Palmer, Nelson & Ashmore
    • Testimony

Voting in America: The Potential for Polling Place Quality and Restrictions on Opportunities to Vote to Interfere with Free and Fair Access to the Ballot

Date: 6/11/2021
Witness list and testimony: 

  • Dr. Stephen Pettigrew
    • Director of Data and Science, University of Pennsylvania
    • Testimony
  • Ms. Jesselyn McCurdy
    • Interim Executive VP for Government Affairs, Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
    • Testimony
  • Mr. Kevin Morris
    • Quantitative Researcher, Democracy
    • Brennan Center for Justice
    • Testimony
  • Ms. Mimi Marziani
    • President, Texas Civil Rights Project
    • Testimony
  • Mr. Donald Palmer
    • Chair, U.S. Election Assistance Commission
    • Testimony
  • Dr. Michael Herron
  • Ms. Gilda Daniels
    • Director of Litigation, Advancement Project
    • Testimony
  • Ms. Danielle Lang
    • Director, Voting Rights, Campaign Legal Center
    • Testimony
  • Ms. Isabel Longoria
    • Elections Administrator, Harris County, Texas
    • Testimony
  • Ms. Ashlee Titus
    • Board Member and Corporate Secretary, Lawyers Democracy Fund
    • Testimony

Voting in America: The Potential for Voter ID Laws, Proof-of-Citizenship Laws, and Lack of Multi-Lingual Support to Interfere with Free and Fair Access to the Ballot

Date: 5/24/2021
Witness list and testimony

  • Dr. Lonna Atkeson
  • Mr. Matthew Campbell
    • Staff Attorney, Native American Rights Fund
    • Testimony
  • Dr. Nazita Lajevardi
    • Professor, Michigan State University
    • Testimony
  • Ms. Andrea Senteno
    • Regional Counsel, Mexican American Legal Defense Fund
    • Testimony
  • Ms. Lori Roman
    • President, American Constitutional Rights Union
    • Testimony
  • Dr. Matt Barreto
    • Professor, University of California, Los Angeles
    • Testimony
  • Ms. Terry Minnis
    • Senior Director of Census and Voting Programs, Asian Americans Advancing 
    • Testimony
  • Ms. Kira Romero-Craft
  • Ms. Harmeet Dhillon, Esq.

Voting in America: The Potential for Voter List Purges to Interfere with Free and Fair Access to the Ballot 

Date: 5/6/2021
Witness list and testimony: 

  • The Honorable Joshua L. Kaul
    • Attorney General, State of Wisconsin
    • Testimony
  • Ms. Sophia Lin Lakin
    Deputy Director, Voting Rights Project, ACLU
  • Dr. Marc Meredith
    Associate Professor, University of Pennsylvania
  • Ms. Kaylan Phillips
    Litigation Counsel, Public Interest Legal Foundation

Voting in America: Ensuring Free and Fair Access to the Ballot

Date: 4/01/2021
Witness list and testimony: 

  • Ms. Allison Riggs
    • Interim Executive Director/Chief Counsel, Voting Rights, Southern Coalition for Social Justices
    • Testimony
  • Ms. Sonja Diaz
    • Founding Director, Latino Policy & Politics Initiative, UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs
    • Testimony
  • Ms. Marcia Johnson-Blanco
    • Co-Director, Voting Rights Project, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
    • Testimony
  • Mr. Debo Adegbile
    • Partner, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, LLP
    • Testimony
  • The Honorable Kim Wyman
    • Secretary of State, State of Washington
    • Testimony 

Strengthening American Democracy

Date: 2/25/2021
Witness list and testimony:

  • Mr. Ricky Hatch, CPA
    County Clerk/Auditor, Weber County, Utah
  • Ms. Stacey Abrams
    Founder and Chair, Fair Fight Action
  • Professor Guy-Uriel Charles
    Edward and Ellen Schwarzman Professor of Law, Duke University School of Law
  • The Honorable Shenna Bellows
    Secretary of State, Maine

Native American Voting Rights: Exploring Barriers and Solutions

Date: 2/11/2020
Witness list and testimony: 

  • The Honorable Ben Luján
  • Ms. Jacqueline De Leon
    • Staff Attorney, Native American Rights Fund
    • Testimony
  • Mr. Elvis Norquay
  • Mrs. Patricia Ferguson-Bohnee
    • Director, Indian Legal Clinic, Sandra Day O’ Connor College of Law
    • Testimony
  • Ms. Amber Torres
    • Chairperson, Walker River Paiute Tribe
    • Testimony
  • Mr. Leonard Forsman
  • Ms. Doreen McPaul

Voting Rights and Election Administration in America

Date: 10/17/2019
Witness list and testimony:

  • Mr. Dale Ho
  • Mr. Deuel Ross
    • Senior Counsel, NAACP Legal Defense Fund
    • Testimony
  • Ms. Kristen Clarke
    • President & Executive Director, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
    • Testimony
  • Ms. Elena Nunez
    • Director of State Operations & Ballot Measure Strategies, Common Cause
    • Testimony
  • Mr. Michael Waldman
    • President, Brennan Center for Justice
    • Testimony
  • The Honorable Catherine Lhamon
    • Chair, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
    • Testimony
  • Ms. Brenda Wright
    • Senior Advisor for Legal Strategies, Demos
    • Testimony
  • Ms. Virginia Kase
    • Chief Executive Officer, League of Women Voters
    • PDF
  • Ms. Hannah Fried
  • Ms. Denise Lieberman
    • Senior Attorney & Program Director, Power & Democracy, Advancement Project
    • Testimony
  • Ms. Barbara Arnwine
    • National Co-Chair, National Commission for Voter Justice
    • Testimony
  • Mr. Arturo Vargas
    • Chief Executive Officer, NALEO Educational Fund
    • Testimony
  • Mr. Thomas Saenz
  • Ms. Michelle Bishop
    • Voting Rights Specialist, National Disability Rights Network
    • Testimony
  • Mr. John Yang
    • President & Executive Director, Asian Americans Advancing Justice
    • Testimony

Voting Rights and Elections Administration in Arizona

Date: 10/01/2019
Witness list and testimony:

  • The Honorable Jonathan Nez
  • The Honorable Stephen Lewis
    • Governor, Gila River Indian Community
    • Testimony
  • Mr. Alex Gulotta
    • Arizona State Director, All Voting Is Local
    • Testimony
  • The Honorable Michelle Ugenti-Rita
    • State Senator, State Senate of Arizona
    • Testimony
  • Mr. Darrell Hill
  • Ms. Montserrat Arredondo
  • Ms. Patricia Ferguson-Bohnee
    • Professor of Law, Indian Legal Clinic, ASU Law School
    • Testimony
  • Ms. Lorena Van Assche
    • Arizona State Advisory Committee, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
    • Testimony

Voting Rights and Election Administration in Alabama

Date: 5/13/2019
Witness list and testimony:

  • Mr. James Blacksher
  • Ms. Jenny Carroll
    • Professor of Law, University of Alabama Hugh F. Culverhouse Jr. School of Law
    • Testimony
  • Mr. Ernest Montgomery
  • Mr. Benard Simelton
    • President, Alabama Conference of the NAACP
    • Testimony
  • Ms. Isabel Rubio
    • Executive Director, Hispanic Interest Coalition of Alabama
    • Testimony
  • Ms. Nancy Abudu
    • Deputy Legal Director, Voting Rights, Southern Poverty Law Center
    • Testimony
  • Mr. Scott Douglas
    • Executive Director, Greater Birmingham Ministries
    • Testimony

Field Hearing on Voting Rights and Election Administration in Georgia

Date: 2/19/2019
Witness List and Testimony:

  • Stacey Abrams
  • Sean Young
  • Cliff Albright
  • Stacey Hopkins
  • Gilda Daniels
    • Director of Litigation, Advancement Project

For the People: Our American Democracy

Date: 2/14/2019
Witness List and Testimony:

  • Chiraag Bains
  • Wendy Weiser
    • Director, Democracy Program, Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law
    • Testimony
  • Fred Wertheimer
  • The Honorable Kim Wyman
    • Secretary of State, State of Washington
    • Testimony
  • Alejandro Rangel-Lopez
  • Peter Earle
  • Brandon Jessup
    • Data Science and Information Systems Professional
    • Executive Director, Michigan Forward
    • Testimony
  • David Keating
    • President, Institute For Free Speech
    • Testimony

Listening Session on Voting Rights and Elections in Brownsville, Texas
Date: 2/4/2019

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