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'Momentum for Better Elections' as Maine Supreme Court Approves Ranked-Choice Voting for 2018 Elections

In Effort to 'Strengthen' Democracy, New Jersey Enacts Automatic Voter Registration

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

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"We are building an inclusive democracy from the ground up right here in New Jersey, despite the racist, xenophobic, and dangerous policies being promoted by national leaders, including President Donald Trump."

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Judge Hands 'Horrifying' Five-Year Prison Sentence to Woman for the Crime of...Voting

Julia Conley, staff writer

Crystal Mason, a mother of two, says she was never told by her probation...

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Maryland on Verge of Becoming 11th State to Win Automatic Voter Registration

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

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"A profound step forward in expanding access to the ballot"

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The Oscars Use a More Fair Voting System Than Most of America Does

Implications for 2020 and Beyond as Judge Strikes Down Florida's "Nonsensical" Felony Voter Law

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'Deeply Disturbing': Trump's Defunct Election Commission Wanted Hispanic Voter Data Flagged in Texas

Barber is on a 15-state public event tour to address issues of systemic racism, poverty, militarism and ecological devastation.

Rev. Barber: Systematic Racialized Voter Suppression is the "Election Hacking" the U.S. Must Address

"In the case of North Carolina, the court found that the legislature targeted African-American voters with 'almost surgical precision.' This is despicable," Schumer writes.

Schumer: GOP Disavowal of Racism Empty If 'Despicable' Assault on Voting Rights Continues

"States like Texas, Georgia, North Carolina, and others have relentlessly pursued voter suppression. We will continue to use the courts to fight!" declared Kristen Clarke, president and executive director of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law.

'Jim Crow-Era Tactics' Rejected as Texas GOP Racist Voter ID Law Smacked Down

'A Dark Moment': Voting Rights Groups Condemn Trump's Election Commission

Seriously? New GOP Budget Would Defund Election Security Agency

New Lawsuit Aims to Stop Trump's 'Sham Commission' Dead in its Tracks

New ACLU Suit Challenges Legality of Trump's Election Commission

#ToryManifesto Reveals Plan to Control Internet and Disenfranchise Voters

North Carolina's Voter ID Law Meets 'Its Much-Deserved Demise'

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Patriotic Millionaires

"Champions of Democracy"...

Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law

Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Files Motion Seeking Relief in the 2018 Midterm Election Cycle For Georgia Voters Impacted By Unlawful Gerrymandering

Common Cause

In PA Common Cause Wants Equitable, Fair, Transparent Maps

Common Cause

U.S. Supreme Court Denies Stay of Order to Redraw Pennsylvania Congressional Districts in Victory for Fair Maps

Common Cause

Common Cause Urges Supreme Court to Reject Stay Request for Order to Redraw North Carolina Congressional Districts

Common Cause

Common Cause Files Brief in Challenge to Outrageous Partisan Political Gerrymander of Pennsylvania Congressional Districts

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Wendy Weiser, Thomas Wolf

Why The Census Asking About Citizenship Is Such A Problem

Eliza Newlin Carney

How Long Will Gerrymandered GOP Congressional Maps Stand?

Jamila Michener

How Trump’s Medicaid Restrictions Will Stop People From Voting

John Atcheson

Democrats Can't Run and Win on the Fact That Trump's an Idiot

Adam Eichen, Diana Tomezsko

Voting Rights Still Need Your Protection

Brian Tashman

Trump Wants Homeland Security to Continue Dirty Work of Voter Suppression

Rebecca Seung-Bickley

Alabama’s Effort to Suppress Black Vote Couldn’t Prevent Huge Turnout

Rev. Dr. Emilie M. Townes

After Alabama: A Fierce, Strategic and Organized Hope Is the Only Way Forward

Sonali Kolhatkar

Is the Honduran Election Being Stolen Eight Years After U.S.-Backed Coup?

John Light

Trump’s Voter Suppression Team is Playing the Long Game

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