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    VOTING IN AMERICA: ENSURING FREE AND FAIR ACCESS TO THE BALLOT

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                                HEARING

                               before the

                       SUBCOMMITTEE ON ELECTIONS

                           COMMITTEE ON HOUSE
                             ADMINISTRATION
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                    ONE HUNDRED SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS

                             FIRST SESSION

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                             APRIL 1, 2021

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     VOTING IN AMERICA: ENSURING FREE AND FAIR ACCESS TO THE BALLOT
                              BOOK 2 OF 2
                              
                              


 
     VOTING IN AMERICA: ENSURING FREE AND FAIR ACCESS TO THE BALLOT

=======================================================================

                                HEARING

                               before the

                       SUBCOMMITTEE ON ELECTIONS

                           COMMITTEE ON HOUSE
                             ADMINISTRATION
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                    ONE HUNDRED SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS

                             FIRST SESSION

                               __________

                             APRIL 1, 2021

                               __________

      Printed for the use of the Committee on House Administration

                              BOOK 2 OF 2
                              
                              
                              
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                   COMMITTEE ON HOUSE ADMINISTRATION

                  ZOE LOFGREN, California, Chairperson
JAMIE RASKIN, Maryland               RODNEY DAVIS, Illinois,
G. K. BUTTERFIELD, North Carolina      Ranking Member
PETE AGUILAR, California             BARRY LOUDERMILK, Georgia
MARY GAY SCANLON, Pennsylvania       BRYAN STEIL, Wisconsin
TERESA LEGER FERNANDEZ, New Mexico


                            C O N T E N T S

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                             APRIL 1, 2021

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                                 BOOK 1

Voting in America: Ensuring Free and Fair Access to the Ballot...     1

                           OPENING STATEMENTS

Chairman G. K. Butterfield.......................................     1
    Prepared statement of Chairman Butterfield...................     4
Chairperson Zoe Lofgren..........................................     6
    Prepared statement of Chairperson Lofgren....................     7
Hon. Bryan Steil, Ranking Member.................................     8
    Prepared statement of Ranking Member Steil...................    10

                               WITNESSES

Allison Riggs, Interim Executive Director/Chief Counsel, Voting 
  Rights, Southern Coalition for Social Justice..................    14
    Prepared statement of Ms. Riggs..............................    17
Sonja Diaz, Founding Director, Latino Policy & Politics 
  Initiative, UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs...............    29
    Prepared statement of Ms. Diaz...............................    31
Marcia Johnson-Blanco, Co-Director, Voting Rights Project, 
  Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law..................   114
    Prepared statement of Ms. Johnson-Blanco.....................   116
Debo Adegbile, Partner, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, 
  LLP............................................................   151
    Prepared statement of Mr. Adegbile...........................   153
Hon. Kim Wyman, Secretary of State, State of Washington..........   179
    Prepared statement of Hon. Wyman.............................   181

                        QUESTIONS FOR THE RECORD

Allison Riggs, Interim Executive Director/Chief Counsel, Voting 
  Rights, Southern Coalition for Social Justice, answers to 
  submitted questions............................................   196
Sonja Diaz, Founding Director, Latino Policy & Politics 
  Initiative, UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, answers to 
  submitted questions............................................   209
Marcia Johnson-Blanco, Co-Director, Voting Rights Project, 
  Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, answers to 
  submitted questions............................................   229
Debo Adegbile, Partner, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, 
  LLP, answers to submitted questions............................   238
Hon. Kim Wyman, Secretary of State, State of Washington, answers 
  to submitted questions.........................................   256

                       SUBMISSIONS FOR THE RECORD

Use of Same-Day Registration in North Carolina, General Election 
  2016, Southern Coalition for Social Justice....................   260
2021 Voting by Mail and Absentee Voting Report, MIT Election Data 
  and Science Lab................................................   268
An Assessment of Minority Voting Rights Access in the United 
  States, 2018 Statutory Report, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.   279
Kansas Secure and Fair Elections Act, A Briefing Report of the 
  Kansas Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil 
  Rights, March 2017.............................................   683
Alaska Native Voting Rights, Advisory Memorandum of Alaska 
  Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, 
  March 2018.....................................................   758
Access to Voting in Alabama, A Summary of Testimony received by 
  Alabama Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil 
  Rights, June 2018..............................................   775
Voting Rights in Arizona, An Advisory Memorandum of the Arizona 
  Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, July 
  2018...........................................................   803
Civil Rights and Voting in Illinois, A Briefing Report of the 
  Illinois Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil 
  Rights, February 2018..........................................   821
Voting Rights in Indiana, Advisory Memorandum of the Indiana 
  Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, May 
  2018...........................................................  1031

                                 BOOK 2

Barriers to Voting in Louisiana, Briefing Paper by the Louisiana 
  Advisory Committee for the United States Commission on Civil 
  Rights, June 2018..............................................  1653
Voting Rights in Maine, Report of the Maine Advisory Committee to 
  the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, April 2018................  1692
Voting Rights in New Hampshire, A Report of the New Hampshire 
  Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, 
  March 2018.....................................................  1725
Voting Rights in Ohio, Advisory Memorandum of the Ohio Advisory 
  Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, May 2018.....  1783
Advisory Memorandum on Voting Rights Briefing, Rhode Island 
  Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, 
  October 2018...................................................  2228
Voting Rights in Texas, An Advisory Memorandum of the Texas 
  Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, July 
  2018...........................................................  2234
Alaska Native Voting Rights, A Report of the Alaska Advisory 
  Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, June 2019....  2257
Voting Rights and Access in Michigan, A Report of the Michigan 
  Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, 
  April 2020.....................................................  2327
Alaska Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights 
  Urges Safe and Secure Election Administration During the COVID-
  19 Pandemic, September 2020....................................  2376
Barriers to Voting in Alabama, A Report by the Alabama Advisory 
  Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, February 2020  2379
Voting Rights and Voter Disenfranchisement in Florida, An 
  Advisory Memorandum of the Florida Advisory Committee to the 
  U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, October 2020..................  2797
Indiana Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights 
  Urges Adoption of No-Excuse Absentee Voting in Upcoming 
  Election, 2020.................................................  2825
Voting Rights in Missouri, The Impact of COVID-19, A Modified 
  Summary of Testimony from Missouri Advisory Committee to the 
  U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, October 2020..................  2827
Nevada Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, 
  Statement on Voting Access During the COVID-19 Pandemic, 
  September 2020.................................................  2858
Voting Rights and Felony Convictions, Advisory Memorandum of the 
  Washington Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil 
  Rights, June 2020..............................................  2860
Carter Center Statement on Voting by Mail for 2020 U.S. Elections  2873


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