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Georgia Set To Remain A Battleground For Voting Rights Ahead Of 2020

November 21, 2018 Editor

From today’s NPR News: When Democrat Stacey Abrams ended her bid last week to become governor of Georgia and the first black woman ever elected governor of any state, she…

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GA election fight shows that southern tradition of voter suppression flourishes

October 29, 2018 Editor

From today’s PBS Newshour: Georgia’s Republican Secretary of State Brian Kemp has been sued for suppressing minority votes after an Associated Press investigation revealed a month before November’s midterm election…

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In Georgia, claims of voter suppression as GOP candidate abuses Voter ID law

October 15, 2018 Editor

From today’s Washington Post: Stacey Abrams, the Democrat vying for the governorship of Georgia, is ratcheting up her assertion that Republican rival Brian Kemp is effectively suppressing minority and women…

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How will federal appeals court rule on Florida felon voting rights case?

July 26, 2018 Editor

From today’s Miami Herald: Yraida Guanipa, a Miami consultant, stood outside the federal appeals court Wednesday morning in downtown Atlanta dressed in a bright orange scarf draped over a smart…

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Trump’s SCOTUS nominee favors corporations over working Americans

July 10, 2018 Editor

Today’s Press Release from the AFL-CIO: Working people expect the Supreme Court to be the most fair and independent branch of government in America, yet recent decisions have protected the…

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Two-thirds of voters support tougher gun control after FL shooting massacre

February 22, 2018 Editor

From CNBC News: American voters by a 2-to-1 margin favor tougher gun control rules following the massacre of 17 people at a Florida high school last week, according to a…

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SCOTUS conservatives set to strike down union fees on free-speech grounds

February 8, 2018 Editor

From today’s LA Times: Paying union dues and baking a wedding cake may not seem like classic examples of free speech—except perhaps at the Supreme Court. This year, the high…

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#VotingRights Update: Group Targets GOP States to Attack Gerrymandering

February 7, 2018 Editor

From today’s New York Times: A Democratic group backed by former President Barack Obama intends to pour millions of dollars into an eclectic array of elections in a dozen states,…

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Millions of ex-cons lost the right to vote. Now they might get it back.

January 30, 2018 Editor

From today’s NBC News: Dean Turner never voted before he went to prison. But his right to cast a ballot was the last barrier to rebuilding his life once he…

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In win for #VotingRights, Federal Court Rules NC Electoral Map Unconstitutional

January 10, 2018 Editor

From the New York Times: A panel of federal judges struck down North Carolina’s congressional map on Tuesday, condemning it as unconstitutional because Republicans had drawn the map seeking a…