Fulfilling the Promise: Expanding Voter Registration of Low-Income Citizens Under the National Voter Registration Act

New York--Millions of low-income Americans can be brought into the political process through proper implementation of an often-neglected provision of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (NVRA), according to a report published recently by Demos, a national election reform and voting rights policy center, and cited in yesterday's New York Times editorial, "A Welfare Check and a Voting Card" .The NVRA provision requires states to provide voter registration services to applicants and recipients of public assistance benefits. And the time is ripe to ensure that