Although the District has a delegate in the U.S. House (Eleanor Holmes Norton) who can propose legislation and serve on committee, she does not have voting rights in Congress. The District lacks even a delegate in the U.S. Senate, even though Congress can veto any bill passed by the District and often considers “riders’ on bills that would change laws governing the residents of the District – a classic case of “taxation without representation.”

Election Day is here! Amy Ngai, Director of Program for Representative Government at FairVote, is working the polls in DC.

Although the Voting Rights Act turns 45, we still have much ground to cover in the effort to obtain an constitutional Right to Vote.

On Emancipation Day 2010, President Obama calls on Congress to give representation to the District of Columbia and improve the Home Rule Charter.

The issue of DC Voting Rights was conspicuously absent from last night's State of the Union Address.

The D.C. City Council passed the final reading of the the sweeping Omnibus Election Reform Act of 2009.