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'Long Awaited and Long Overdue Victory for Democracy' as New York Approves Automatic Voter Registration

People vote at St. Frances de Chantal Church on November 3, 2020 in the Bronx borough of New York City. (Photo: David Dee Delgado/Getty Images)

Due to 'Credible Threats of Violence,' Michigan Capitol Shuttered as Electoral College Meets to Confirm Biden Victory

Kenny Stancil, staff writer

People gather at the Michigan state capitol for a so-called "Stop the Steal" rally in support of outgoing President Donald Trump on November 14, 2020, in Lansing, Michigan. (Photo: Jeff Kowalsky/AFP via Getty Images)

"It is a sad fact that the shameful actions by certain Republicans to smear our democratic institutions and deny the clear will of the voters has undeniably created this dangerous, hostile atmosphere."

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Civil Rights Groups Sound Alarm Over Planned Closure of More Than Half of Early Runoff Voting Sites in Key Georgia County

Brett Wilkins, staff writer

Long lines plagued many primary and general elections in 2020, as here in Atlanta, Georgia on June 9, 2020. (Photo: Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images)

The coronavirus pandemic "has had extremely harsh effects in Black and Latinx...

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Recently Pardoned Flynn Shares Call for Trump to Declare Martial Law and Make Military Oversee New Election

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

Michael Flynn, former national security adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump, walks out of the E. Barrett Prettyman Federal Courthouse after a status hearing July 10, 2018 in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

"Wow! Sounds a bit like a coup," responded one critic.

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Protesters outside the White House in Washington, D.C. on November 13, 2020 let President Donald Trump know what they think of him. (Photo: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images)

Yet Another Legal Loss for Trump as Pennsylvania Supreme Court Finds No Fault With Philly Observer Placement

Supporters of President Donald Trump at a "Stop the Steal" protest in Phoenix, Arizona on November 7, 2020. (Photo: Mario Tama/Getty Images)

No Evidence to Support Trump's Election Fraud Claims, New York Times Finds

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) walks on stage after a win during his election night party on November 3, 2020 in Columbia, South Carolina. (Photo: Sean Rayford/Getty Images)

Lindsey Graham Admits That Making Voting More Accessible Renders GOP Victories Impossible

Mail-in ballots in their envelopes await processing at the Los Angeles County Registrar Recorders' mail-in ballot processing center at the Pomona Fairplex in Pomona, California, on October 28, 2020. (Photo: Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images)

'Haul Louis DeJoy in Front of a Criminal Grand Jury': Outrage After USPS Misses Court-Ordered Election Day Deadline

Michael Duve places mail-in ballots into trays in the sorting room at the Orange County Supervisor of Elections office on October 26, 2020 in Orlando, Florida. (Photo: Paul Hennessy/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

'To Ensure That No Ballots Have Been Held Up,' Federal Judge Orders Sweeps of USPS Facilities, Rushed Delivery of Mail-In Votes

Supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump gathered in a Long Island parking lot before driving together as part of a caravan on October 18, 2020 in Seaford, New York. (Photo: Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images)

Election Security Experts Warn of Voter Intimidation as 'Trump Train' Caravans Plan to Pass Through Polling Sites

Greta Thunberg Tells US Voters on Election Day Their Choice 'Will Affect Countless Generations to Come'

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), former Vice President Joe Biden, and Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) participate in the Democratic presidential primary debate at the Charleston Gaillard Center on February 25, 2020 in Charleston, South Carolina. After dropping out of the race, both senators endorsed Biden, the party's nominee. (Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Sanders and Klobuchar Explain to Trump: 'In America, We Count the Votes to Determine Who Wins'

Protesters with the group Rise and Resist stage a demonstration outside Fox News headquarters in New York City on October 22, 2020. (Photo: Erik McGregor/LightRocket/Getty Images)

'Another Victory for Voters' as Pennsylvania Supreme Court Rules Mail-In Ballot Signatures Don't Need to Match Registration Rolls

People wait in line outside the Washington Park Library to cast their ballots on the first day of in-person early voting in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on October 20, 2020. (Photo: Kamil Krzaczynski/AFP via Getty Images)

Calling Trump a 'Clear Threat to Our Democracy,' Civil Rights Group Sues Admin. Over Voter Intimidation

Ocasio-Cortez Holds 'Biggest Get Out the Vote Rally of 2020' as Nearly Half a Million People Watch Gaming Stream

Vowing to 'Crush Trump' in Must-Watch Ad, Climate Campaigners Mobilize for Election Nationwide

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Women Engaged

Women Engaged: No Matter Who Wins the Georgia Runoff Election, the Struggle for Justice Continues

ACLU

ACLU Comment on Supreme Court Action on Kansas Voting Lawsuit

The Greenlining Institute

Greenlining Institute Joins Call to Count Every Vote

Community Change Action

Community Change Action Engages More than 13.14 Million Voters

Chicago Teachers Union

Unions' Joint Statement Demands That Every Vote Count, as Leaders Outline Steps to Protect Integrity of Election...

Climate Power 2020

New Analysis Shows Climate Change Is Making It Harder to Vote

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Fred Wertheimer

Republican State Officials Are Already Using Trump’s Big Lie as Cover To Pursue New Laws To Make It Harder To Vote

Alison Bodine

Venezuela Elections: A Key Victory for Anti Imperialist Movement in Latin America

Mary Fitzgerald

I Never Thought Democrats Could Win Georgia. Could It Happen Twice?

Sonia Gill

President-Elect Biden’s Voting Rights To-Do List

Mark Weisbrot

From Trump to Bolivia and Back: A Tale of Two Coups

Jesse Jackson

In Georgia It Will Be Voter Turnout vs. GOP Voter Suppression

Patrick Stephens

Let Everybody Vote, Even If They're Incarcerated

Leonardo Flores

Low Turnout, but Free, Elections in Venezuela Are a Blow to Regime Change

Olivia Paschal

Tracking the Continuing Election Fallout in Georgia

Ursula Wolfe-Rocca

The United States Is Not a Democracy. Stop Telling Students That It Is.