Investigate Voting Problems in Newark
Posted OnJune 11, 2021 bynjisjElection Protection Report: Issues New Jersey Voters Encountered from October 15 through November 3, 2020
Posted OnApril 29, 2021 byMosaic[{“split_grid_headline”:””,”left”:{“content”:” rn Election Protection Report: Issues New Jersey Voters Encountered from October 15 through November 3, 2020 “,”color”:””},”right”:{“content”:”“,”color”:”color-two”},”color”:”color-two”,”background_image”:””,”parallax_background”:”0″,”overlay_color”:””,”overlay_opacity”:””,”additional_classes”:””,”anchor_link”:””,”type”:”split”},{“content”:” Read the full report now. rn “,”color”:”color-nine”,”background_image”:””,”parallax_background”:”0″,”overlay_color”:””,”overlay_opacity”:””,”additional_classes”:””,”anchor_link”:”costs-to-the-state-of-new-jersey”,”type”:”content-area”}]Read More…
2020 Primary Post-Election Assessment and Recommendations for Future Elections
Posted OnSeptember 25, 2020 byMosaicVote on Policing
Posted OnJune 29, 2020 byMosaicOur Vote, Our Power
Posted OnFebruary 3, 2020 byMosaic[{“image”:””,”content”:””,”text_placement”:”center”,”text_alignment”:”middle”,”button_text”:””,”button_url”:””,”color”:””,”background_image”:”https://njisj.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/kids_in_color_alt_background-scaled.jpeg”,”parallax_background”:”0″,”overlay_color”:””,”overlay_opacity”:””,”additional_classes”:””,”anchor_link”:””,”type”:”banner”},{“hide”:”on”,”table_of_contents”:””,”color”:”color-two”,”background_image”:”https://njisj.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/kids_in_color_alt_background-scaled.jpeg”,”parallax_background”:”0″,”overlay_color”:””,”overlay_opacity”:””,”additional_classes”:””,”anchor_link”:””,”type”:”report-hero”},{“content”:” Our Vote, Our Power rnrnLow voter turnout is a persistent problem in this country, and New Jersey is no exception. This is particularly true for state and local elections u2013 including in the Instituteu2019s home city of Newark.rnrnConsistent with the New Jersey Institute for Social Justiceu2019s core belief that the best way to understand…Read More…
Value to the Soul: People With Criminal Convictions on the Power of the Vote
Posted OnOctober 2, 2019 byMosaic[{“split_grid_headline”:””,”left”:{“content”:” rn Value to the Soul: People With Criminal Convictions on the Power of the Vote “,”color”:””},”right”:{“content”:”“,”color”:”color-two”},”color”:”color-two”,”background_image”:””,”parallax_background”:”0″,”overlay_color”:””,”overlay_opacity”:””,”additional_classes”:””,”anchor_link”:””,”type”:”split”},{“content”:” Read the full report now. rn “,”color”:”color-nine”,”background_image”:””,”parallax_background”:”0″,”overlay_color”:””,”overlay_opacity”:””,”additional_classes”:””,”anchor_link”:”costs-to-the-state-of-new-jersey”,”type”:”content-area”}]Read More…
1844 No More
Posted OnFebruary 15, 2019 byMosaicRead the Institute’s report on New Jersey’s disenfranchisement law and its disparate impact. Learn about New Jersey’s foundation of democratic exclusion and how racism has been imported into its electorate.Read More…
S2100 Testimony
Posted OnJanuary 31, 2019 byMosaicWe Are 1844 No More: Let Us Vote
Posted OnDecember 13, 2017 byMosaicTHE STORY IS OFTEN TOLD of how racist Southern legislatures built democracies that excluded Black people and other people of color and women. What is less well known is that this history of exclusion also took root in the North, including very deeply in New Jersey. Indeed, New Jersey was the first Northern state to restrict the vote to white men. It opposed the Emancipation Proclamation[iv] and was the last Northern state to abolish slavery. And following the Civil War, New Jersey refused to ratify the Reconstruction Amendments.Read More…