Kansas Republicans Turn On Kris Kobach, Top GOP Vote Suppressor
Republican legislators voted overwhelmingly to ban state funds from being used to pay any penalties Kobach might face after a federal judge found him in contempt of court.
Bernie Sanders Exposes Glaring Falsehoods In Trump’s ‘Unifying’ Address
Former Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear issued a formal Democratic response to Trump’s address to Congress on Tuesday. But the most blistering reply may have belonged to Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders (D-VT), who took to Facebook shortly thereafter.
Trump’s Voter Fraud Probe Serves As A Dog Whistle For Voter Suppression
President Donald Trump’s plans to investigate the possibility of voter fraud in the 2016 election could pave the way for tough voting rules including stringent ID requirements that Democrats and rights groups say would amount to a new assault on voting rights.
Can We Count On The Election Results?
Another presidential election has run its course and Americans who want to participate in a process that’s democratic, transparent and accountable are left in the dark.
Voter Suppression Watch: Tracking Swing State Reports Of Intimidation At The Polls
A comprehensive guide to voter suppression and voter intimidation in all swing states throughout Election Day.
Nevada Judge Rejects Trump Campaign Request Over Early Voting
The Trump campaign also had asked for information about poll workers on duty at the market. “Have you watched Twitter? Do you watch any cable news shows? People can get information and harass them,” the judge said.
Trump Campaign Sues In Nevada Over Las Vegas Polling Place
The lawsuit said election officials violated state law because they allowed people to join the line after 8 p.m. at a polling location at a Latino market.
Disenfranchisement Today: Don’t Gloat While Suppressing The Vote
Today, we are witnessing the greatest setback to voting rights in 50 years, as millions of Americans are actively deprived of their constitutional right to vote.
Supreme Court Order: Arizona May Enforce Ballot Collection Law
The U.S. Supreme Court ordered an Arizona state law that restricts the collection of ballots by third parties back in place for Tuesday’s election, a victory for Republicans in an intensifying state-by-state legal battle over access to voting.
Strict Voter ID Laws Are The New Jim Crow Laws
Just as Jim Crow laws denied the right to vote through literacy tests, poll taxes, the grandfather clause and violence, strict voter ID laws unfairly target minorities, especially Latinos and African-Americans.
Kansas Judge Strikes Down State’s Dual Voter Registration System
The ACLU said the system would have denied the right to vote in state and local elections to residents who registered through a federal voter registration form or when they applied for or renewed their driver’s license.
Democrats Have Early Voting Edge, Despite GOP Voter Suppression Tactics
While that high voter turnout pattern appears to favor Hillary Clinton, suppression tactics from Republicans and local intimidation antics by Donald Trump supporters are still unfolding, adding angst and muddying the election’s last phase.
U.S. Court Denies Republican Poll Monitor Request In Pennsylvania
In a blow to Donald Trump, a U.S. judge on Thursday upheld a Pennsylvania state law that could make it difficult for his supporters to monitor Election Day activity in Democratic-leaning areas.
How Republicans Lobbied To Limit Voting Hours In North Carolina
In emails, state and county Republican officials lobbied members of at least 17 county election boards to keep early-voting sites open for shorter hours on weekends and in evenings – times that usually see higher turnout by Democratic voters.
#EndorseThis: Bill O’Reilly Dismisses Concerns About Voter Suppression: ‘Every African American I Know Has An ID’
It wouldn’t be The O’Reilly Factor without some additional misinformation thrown in.
How The GOP Gamed The Voting System To Dominate And Why Elections Are An Anti-Democratic Mess
It may be an historic election, an election in which many states will be operating under rules adopted only in the last half dozen years. These rules affect the value of one’s vote and the ease of voting. All of this is occurring in a setting where fewer and fewer federal races are even competitive.
U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Bid To Reinstate North Carolina Voting Limits
The court, divided in part 4-4, rejected a request made by Republican Governor Pat McCrory after an appeals court ruled last month that the 2013 law discriminates against minority voters. Five votes are needed for an emergency request to be granted.
Great News For Voting Rights In Wisconsin And Texas
District Court Judge Nelva Gonzales Ramos had previously ruled against the Texas law, also finding that it had “a discriminatory impact on minority voter turnout.”
Thousands Of Voters In Limbo After Kansas Demands Proof They’re American
Kris Kobach’s campaign against voting fraud has disenfranchised thousands of Kansas state residents.
Without The Voting Rights Act, 2016 Will Be Our Least Democratic Election In Decades
The 2016 presidential election is the first since the Supreme Court’s 2013 Shelby County v. Holder decision to strike down two sections of the Voting Rights Act, both of which had served as crucial structural safeguards against voter disenfranchisement since the ‘60s.
Who Are The 3.2 Million New Yorkers Who Can’t Vote Today?
Millions of New Yorkers will be unable to take part in today’s voting: aside from the scores of independent voters who are ineligible to take part in closed party primaries, in which only party members can vote, many thousands more have reportedly discovered recently that their voter registrations had been changed.
2016 Is Proof We Needed The Voting Rights Act
Eric and Ivanka aren’t the only ones shut out of the voting booth by obscure rules. These will be the first presidential elections since the 2013 Supreme Court decision to gut the Voting Rights Act.
Arizona’s Primary Day Headaches Aren’t Finished Yet
While the national media has turned its attention to the upcoming primary in Wisconsin, voters in Arizona are fighting against the state’s weak response to complaints of long lines and a shortage of polling locations during its recent primary, last Tuesday.
Nevada Republicans Are Trying To Mobilize New Voters After Pursuing Voter Suppression Laws
Nevada Republicans — like Republican legislatures across the country — tried to solve a problem that doesn’t exist: there were only two cases of voter fraud in Nevada in 2014.
All Votes Matter
Legislatures in states where Republicans had full political control have make it harder for African-Americans, Latinos, and young people to vote.