Florida Among Nation’s Toughest States To Have Voting Rights Restored
Are Florida’s harsh voting laws unfair?
Nation’s Voting Rights Laws Headed In Wrong Direction
Americans can look to our own past to see the evils of voter suppression.
With New Voter Laws Widespread, Fears Persist Of Fraud, Disenfranchisement
Could voter suppression swing the midterm elections?
Opinions Split On How Texas Voter ID Law Will Affect Election
How can you tell if Texas’ restrictive law is swinging the elections?
Why Voter ID Isn’t Causing Mass Anger
Don’t count on a new Freedom Summer for voting rights.
Endorse This: All Of The Groups That Fox News Wants To Stop From Voting
The right-wing media is dedicated to protecting elections (from Democrats.)
Shame On Texas And The U.S. Supreme Court
Make no mistake: These new voting restrictions are about race.
Voter ID Laws Make The Poll Tax Look Good
The intent of these laws couldn’t be clearer: Republicans want to stop minorities from voting.
Supreme Court To Decide If Texas Voter ID Law Can Take Effect
Texas’ restrictive voter suppression law has a date with the Supreme Court.
GOP-Backed Limits On Voting Lead To Spirited Backlash From Democrats
Could the Republican crackdown on voting rights backfire on the GOP in November?
Wisconsin, Texas Voter ID Laws Blocked By Courts
Learn more about this huge win for voting rights advocates.
U.S. Supreme Court Is Asked To Block Wisconsin’s Voter ID Law
Learn more about the case that could determine a huge midterm race.
U.S. Appeals Court Blocks Two Provisions Of North Carolina Elections Overhaul Bill
Learn more about this big victory for voting rights.
Early Voting Is Changing Election Day, Campaign Dynamics
Could this evolving trend save Democrats in November?
Party Of Lincoln Takes Aim At Black Voters
Since winning control of the governorship and both houses of the state Legislature in 2004, Georgia Republicans have passed a series of new laws restricting access to the polls. Their mission is clear: To suppress the African-American vote in the Peach State. Now, as the November elections draw near, Georgia’s restrictive ballot-access laws are about […]
The GOP’s Fear Of Higher Voter Turnout
It is rare for a politician to publicly deride efforts to boost voter turnout. It is seen as a taboo in a country that prides itself on its democratic ideals. Yet, New Jersey governor Chris Christie last week slammed efforts to simplify voter registration. Referring to Illinois joining other states — including many Republican-led ones […]
Texas Voter ID Law: Discriminatory Or Common Sense?
By Tim Eaton, Austin American-Statesman CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Lawyers from the U.S. Department of Justice, joining several civil rights groups, told a federal judge Tuesday in South Texas that the Texas voter identification law violates the Voting Rights Act by harming blacks’ and Latinos’ ability to participate in the electoral process. Countering, lawyers from Texas […]
Voting Still Matters When It Comes To Political Clout
More than a half-century after brave protesters marched and bled and died to demand the right to vote for black citizens, the ballot box remains a potent weapon for civic and political change — a radical undertaking that can shake up social systems and correct inequities and injustices. If there is any good news in […]
Republicans Finally Have A Poster Boy For Voter Fraud (But Scott Walker Won’t Like It)
For years, Wisconsin Republicans have warned that voter fraud is a scourge that threatens the very survival of democracy in their state. “I’ve always thought in this state, close elections, presidential elections, it means you probably have to win with at least 53 percent of the vote to account for fraud. One or two points, […]
Biden Takes On Voter Suppression: ‘We Have To Stand Up’
Vice President Joe Biden urged voters on Monday to stand up to Republican-led efforts to limit voting rights, in a video for the Democratic National Committee’s voter expansion project. “If someone had said to me 10 years ago I had to make a pitch for protecting voting rights today, I would have said ‘you got […]
Kansas, Arizona Win Proof-Of-Citizenship Requirement In Voting Suit
By Michael Muskal, Los Angeles Times A federal judge has ruled that Kansas and Arizona should be allowed to require voters to provide evidence of U.S. citizenship, in a case closely watched by both sides dealing with the question of voter eligibility. U.S. District Judge Eric Melgren in Wichita, Kansas, ruled that the U.S. Election Assistance […]
In 1991, Mitch McConnell Opposed Dark Money — While Openly Supporting Lower Voter Turnout
by Zaid Jilani, Republic Report. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is in the political fight of his life, as he faces a capable Democratic challenger in Alison Grimes and a primary opponent in Matt Bevin. In defending his incumbency, McConnell has gone outright elitist, telling the media that the establishment is going to “crush” Tea Party challengers […]
Pennsylvania Judge Strikes Down State’s Voter ID Law
by Karen Langley, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette HARRISBURG, Pa. _ A Pennsylvania judge has found the state’s voter ID law unconstitutional. According to the ruling from Commonwealth Court Judge Bernard McGinley, the requirement to present an acceptable form of identification when voting in person “unreasonably burdens the right to vote.” The requirement was challenged in court after Republican […]