Abrams: We Cannot Resign Ourselves to Dismay and Disenfranchisement
From today’s New York Times: In the mid-1960s, when my father was a teenager, he was arrested. His crime? Registering black voters in Mississippi. He and my mother had joined…
Federal court: Michigan political maps illegally rigged to ‘historical proportions’
From today’s Detroit News: Michigan must redraw legislative and congressional districts for the 2020 election because current maps drawn by Republicans represent a political gerrymander “of historical proportions,” a three-judge…
Interior nominee David Bernhardt’s ethics problems aren’t going away
From today’s Los Angeles Times: President Trump’s pick to the lead the Interior Department heads for a confirmation vote as early as Thursday, with his career as a lobbyist raising…
Amendment 4 restored voting rights to felons In FL–Now that’s back in doubt
From today’s NBC News Online: Desmond Meade thinks he may have talked to more Floridians about felon voting rights than anyone else. Since 2009, he has put thousands of miles…
Kavanaugh Seems Conflicted About Gerrymandering at SCOTUS Arguments
From today’s NPR News Online: The Supreme Court appeared sharply divided on the question of whether there’s any limit on what the courts can impose on partisan redistricting, also known…
FBI analyzed NC political operative in May, took no action to stop fraud
From today’s Washington Post: The FBI participated in a May surveillance operation of a GOP political operative at the center of an election fraud investigation in North Carolina, newly released…
Can Courts Strike Down Right-to-Work?
From The American Prospect: Last week, in a move that’s as likely to baffle union activists as it is to encourage them, a West Virginia judge struck down key portions…
McConnell maintains that Senate won’t take up election reform bill because GOP doesn’t want Americans to vote
From The Hill Online News: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) maintained Wednesday that the upper chamber wouldn’t take up a House election reform bill. McConnell reiterated his position when…
New election ordered in NC House district due to voter fraud in GOP candidate’s campaign
From today’s NBC News Online: The North Carolina Board of Elections on Thursday ordered a new election in the 9th Congressional District after allegations of illegal activity in the handling…
Texas is the Voter Suppression State
From today’s New York Times: For those of you keeping track of the “As Texas goes, so goes the nation” notion, I have either very good or very bad news.…