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Ranked choice voting

Despite Broad Popularity, GOP Moves to Ban Ranked-Choice Voting at Local Level

The Republican governors of Florida and Tennessee have both recently signed bills outlawing the system.

Julia Conley ·

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GOP Attacks on Voting Already Impacting 2022 Primaries

All possible resources must be marshaled in the cause of fair, safe, and secure elections.

Fred Wertheimer ·

Demonstrators hold signs during a protest in Nevada

Nevada Dems Sound Alarm Over 'Single Most Vicious Suppression Attempt' Yet by GOP

"It is with absolute outrage that we have discovered a shocking effort to assault the electoral process of Washoe County," said the chair of the Nevada Democratic Party.

Jake Johnson ·

Voting Rights

Analysis Finds 'Staggering' Rise in Voter Suppression After GOP Restrictions in Georgia

"This is why we are fighting this new law in court," said one voting rights advocate.

Brett Wilkins ·

Demonstrators rally for voting rights in Washington, D.C.

Report Spotlights Massive GOP Push to 'Hijack Elections in This Country'

"These coordinated efforts are based on the same lies about the 2020 election that led to a violent insurrection."

Jake Johnson ·

Protesters sound off against Manching filibuster reform opposition.

After Senate Proves 'Exceptions to Filibuster ARE Possible,' Progressives Say: Now Do All the Good Stuff

"We still need 60 votes to raise the minimum wage, end voter suppression, and save our democracy?" asked one critic. "Kinda like the filibuster is just there to protect the wealthy and powerful."

Kenny Stancil ·

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy

Americans Are Sleepwalking Into Completion of Trump's Unfinished Coup

As the former president continues to stoke his base with his big lie that the election was stolen, GOP lawmakers are adding fuel to the fire, pushing more Americans into Trump’s paranoid nightmare.

Robert Reich ·

PPC action

Hundreds Arrested in DC Demanding Voting Rights, End to Poverty, and Death of Filibuster

Clergy and low-wage workers with the Poor People's Campaign are also calling on Congress to treat the nation's immigrants with respect.

Jessica Corbett ·

U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about voting rights at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on July 13, 2021. (Photo: Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)

'One Speech... Isn't Enough': Progressives Call on Biden to Get Tough on Voting Rights

"He has to come out, explicitly, unequivocally, for overturning the filibuster in order to pass the For the People Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act."

Kenny Stancil ·

Rev. William Barber is arrested during a protest

'We're Not Going Away!' Nonviolent Protest Over Voting Rights Ends With Arrests in DC

"We're saying across this country, it's time for people... to march on these Senate offices," declared Rev. William Barber.

Jake Johnson ·

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