She has been working in voting rights since 2009, first with the Fair Elections Legal Network, then the Democratic National Committee. She has co-written reports arguing against the effort to restrict voting rights in 2012 and advocating for policies to reduce the disenfranchising effect of the foreclosure crisis on the 2010 election; she has presented on redistricting, voter registration drives, and election day protection at national conferences, and has assisted with election law litigation in New Hampshire and Ohio. She received her LL.M from Columbia Law School in 2009, where she focused on constitutional and election law, and her LL.B from the University of Sydney in 2005. Prior to moving to the United States Ruth worked as a litigator in Sydney, Australia, including work with the Public Interest Law Clearing House and the Refugee Advice and Casework service.