Blog of Rights
Katie
O'Connor

O'Connor has worked in voting rights for 9 years and became a staff attorney with the ACLU in 2011. She received her B.S. from the Georgia Institute of Technology and her J.D. from Georgia State University College of Law. She is a native of Knoxville, Tenne., and currently resides in Atlanta.

03/12/2012
Voter ID

Standing up for Voting Rights Again: DOJ Objects to Texas' Discriminatory Voter ID Law

By Katie O'Connor, Voting Rights Project at 2:04pm
The Justice Department has objected to Texas' proposed voter ID law, stopping the law before it goes into effect. Read More
02/06/2012

Under the Radar: South Carolina Rushes Through Yet another Voter Suppression Bill

By Katie O'Connor, Voting Rights Project at 3:18pm
The dust has barely settled in South Carolina since the Department of Justice refused to approve the state’s voter ID law, a discriminatory measure which ... Read More
09/21/2011

Federal Court Upholds Constitutionality of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act

By Katie O'Connor, Voting Rights Project at 5:32pm
In a 151-page opinion released today, a federal judge upheld the constitutionality of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act, which requires states with a history of ... Read More
08/26/2011
Voter ID

Democracy — A Worthwhile Investment

By Katie O'Connor, Voting Rights Project at 5:04pm
Ninety-one years ago today, then-Secretary of State Bainbridge Colby signed a proclamation formally adopting the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution. ... Read More
06/14/2011
Voter ID

Lions and Tigers and Fraud, Oh My! Secretary of State Kris Kobach Is at It Again

By Jon Sherman, Voting Rights Project & Katie O'Connor, Voting Rights Project at 2:09pm
In a recent column in the Wall Street Journal, Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach takes a victory lap trumpeting the passage of his voter ID law. He writes: ... Read More
10/29/2010

Just Vote!

By Katie O'Connor, Voting Rights Project at 12:19pm
See how your members of Congress voted on the most important civil liberties issues >> ... Read More
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