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Voting

In 'Historic Victory', Maine Voters Demand Ranked-Choice Voting in Statewide Elections...Again

'Setback for Voting Rights': Supreme Court Upholds Ohio's Voter-Purge Process

Andrea Germanos, staff writer

Protesters gather during a rally held by the group Common Cause in front of the U.S. Supreme Court January 10, 2018 in Washington, DC.

The ruling, Justice Sotomayor writes in dissent, "entirely ignores the history of voter suppression against which the NVRA was enacted."

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Aging Paperless Voting Machines in Hotly-Contested Districts Stoke Fears Ahead of Midterms

Julia Conley, staff writer

In addition to undermining voter confidence, warn officials, the lack of a...

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Young Voters Likely to Continue Post-Parkland Mobilization in Voting Booth, Registration Records Show

Julia Conley, staff writer

students

Young people represented a significantly large share of newly-registered voters...

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Upholding Texas Photo ID Law, Federal Court Deals Blow to Voting Rights

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

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

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

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

Oscar

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

2016 ballot

'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

Newswire

Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law

Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Issues Letter to LA County Clerk Following Massive 118k-person Voting Error

Common Cause

Senate Bill 22 Only a Half Measure to Fix Gerrymandering

Brennan Center for Justice

Appeals Court Greenlights New Texas Voter ID Law

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

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Views

Adam Eichen

The Electoral College Reform Movement Made Great Strides This Month, But Is It Enough?

Fran Korten

Rejection of Gerrymandering in Ohio Suggests the US Wants Fairer Elections

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

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