WI Disenfranchisement Laws Deny Voting Rights After Convicts Serve Time
From today’s Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Under the buzz of hair clippers, men sitting in Much Better barbershop didn’t ponder New Year’s Eve plans or talk shop on the Bucks or…
Georgia election workers sue far-right website over false fraud claims
From today’s Reuters Online: Two Georgia election workers targeted by former U.S. President Donald Trump in a vote-rigging conspiracy theory have sued a far-right website that trumpeted the false story,…
Gov. Lee Will Try to Put Right-To-Work Law in Tennessee Constitution
From today’s Tennessean: Gov. Bill Lee will chair the committee campaigning to enshrine Tennessee’s right-to-work law into the state constitution in November 2022, the governor announced Monday. The Yes on…
Senate Republicans Block John Lewis Voting Rights Bill in Key Vote
From today’s CNN Online: Senate Republicans blocked the John Lewis Voting Rights Act from advancing on Wednesday when the Senate took a procedural vote on whether to open debate on…
How Voting Rights Activists Navigate New Restrictions For 2022 elections
From today’s CNN Online: When activist Tammye Pettyjohn Jones knocks on voters’ doors in her rural corner of Georgia this month, she’ll have a new tool in hand: a portable…
Ohio is Part of a Shameful Trend to Erect Barriers to Voting in America
From today’s Columbus Dispatch: At the heart of our country’s political debates are questions about our values and perspectives on legislating our deeper beliefs about right and wrong, relationships and…
Texas Sues Biden Administration Over Transgender Worker Rights
From today’s Forbes Online: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration on Monday, seeking to block enforcement of guidance focused on transgender workers and employment…
Eighteen states have enacted new laws that make it harder to vote
From today’s CNN Online: Eighteen states have enacted 30 new laws that make it harder to vote, according to a new tally by the liberal-leaning Brennan Center for Justice that…
Texas Democrats Flee State to Highlight G.O.P. Voting Restrictions
From today’s New York Times: Texas Democrats fled the state on Monday in a last-ditch effort to prevent the passage of a restrictive new voting law in the Republican-controlled legislature,…
In 6-3 Split, Supreme Court Says Arizona Limits Do Not Violate Voting Rights Act
From today’s CNN Online: The Supreme Court on Thursday said two provisions of an Arizona voting law that restrict how ballots can be cast do not violate the historic Voting…