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'Chilling Harbinger' for November as Georgia Primary Plagued by Long Lines and Voting Machines Problems

People wait in line to vote in Georgia's Primary Election on June 9, 2020 in Atlanta. Georgia, West Virginia, South Carolina, North Dakota, and Nevada held primaries Tuesday amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Bolstering Case for Nationwide Vote-by-Mail, New Study Shows Wisconsin In-Person Election Exploded New Covid-19 Infections

Julia Conley, staff writer

While counties with the most in-person polling places on April 7 saw large case spikes in the following weeks, counties that used widespread absentee balloting saw the opposite effect.

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Rights Groups Work to Stop 'Unnecessary and Potentially Disenfranchising Purges' of Voter Rolls in Pennsylvania

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

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"We want to ensure eligible voters and election integrity are protected."

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Calls Mount for Congress to Provide 'Robust Relief' to USPS as Covid-19 Kills Mail Clerks and Carriers

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

A mailman wearing a mask and gloves loads a postal truck with packages at a United States Postal Service (USPS) post office location in Washington, D.C. on April 16, 2020.

As one union leader put it: "The Covid pandemic is having a huge, devastating,...

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A resident waits in line to vote at a polling place at Riverside University High School on April 7, 2020 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Growing Number of COVID-19 Cases in Wisconsin Fuels National Demands for Vote-by-Mail

An employee at the Utah County Election office puts mail in ballots into a container to register the vote in the midterm elections on November 6, 2018 in Provo, Utah.

'Time Is of the Essence': After Wisconsin Fiasco, 150+ Civil Rights Groups Urge Congress to Protect 2020 Elections

A resident waits in line to vote at a polling place at Riverside University High School on April 7, 2020 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

After 'Civic Catastrophe' in Wisconsin, Congress Urged to Fully Fund National Vote-by-Mail for November

An election official checks in a resident at a drive-up polling place set up outside of Roosevelt Elementary School on April 7, 2020 in Racine, Wisconsin.

'A Day That Will Live in Infamy': What It Looked Like When Wisconsin Forced In-Person Voting During a Pandemic

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Amid Pandemic, Wisconsin Mayors Demand Emergency Halt to 'Irresponsible' In-Person Voting Set for Tuesday

'Absolutely Unconscionable': Hourslong Lines to Vote in Texas on Super Tuesday 'Point to a Bigger Systemic Problem'

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In 'Huge Step Toward a More Inclusive, Representative Democracy,' NJ Governor Restores Voting Rights of People on Parole and Probation

Voting Rights Advocates Vow to 'Organize Harder Than GOP Can Suppress' After Judge Orders 200,000 Voters Purged From Rolls

To Save 'Democracy in Peril,' 150 Civil Rights Groups Release Visionary Blueprint to Restore and Protect Voting Rights

Despite Low Approval Rating and Impeachment Inquiry, Poll Shows Majority of Voters Believe Trump Could Win in 2020

Women Leaders Call On Candidates to Address the #MeTooVoter Ahead of Democratic Debate

Democratic presidential primary candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.)

Bernie Sanders and New Yorkers Praise Gov. Cuomo for Giving State's Voters More Time to Change Party Affiliation Before Primaries

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Campaign Legal Center

FEC Commissioner's Resignation Leaves Sole Agency Dedicated for Integrity of Elections Without Watchdog Authority...

The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights

Voting Rights Advocates to Host "Vote for Our Lives" Virtual Rally, Calling for Swift Action from Congress to Secure our Vote...

Equal Citizens

New Report Condemns Age Discrimination in Voting at Home Across Seven States as Unconstitutional

Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law

The Looming and Militarized Presence of Police and the National Guard Could Make Matters and Voting Worse on Election Day

ACLU

ACLU and Partners Challenge Michigan Absentee Ballot Deadline

Stand Up America

Stand Up America Condemns Trump’s Baseless Attacks On Mail-In Voting

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Jonathan Coopersmith

Racism at the Polls: It Takes a Long Time to Vote

Carl Gibson

Booker's Loss Was Devastating. But We Can't Lose Sight of Defeating McConnell

Anjana Samant

TikTok Teens and the Trump Campaign: How Social Media Amplifies Political Activism and Threatens Election Integrity

Greg Palast

Killer Lines, Killer Cops, and Trump's Vote-Heist Dress Rehearsal

Suzan DelBene, Earl Blumenauer

Voting By Mail Is Now a Necessity During COVID-19

Mimi Kennedy, Steven Rosenfeld, & Alan Minsky

2020 Voters' Calendar—The General Election Starts in August

Jeanne Mirer, Jerry Wallingford

Please Note: GOP Efforts Making It Harder to Vote Are Illegal

Bernie Horn

To Save Lives—and Democracy—We Need to Vote by Mail

Fred Silverman , Robert Barnett

They Did It Once, Would They Do It Again?

David Cole

Why We Need Postal Democracy