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…
Felon voting bill goes to Florida governor’s desk amid outcry
From today’s Associated Press News Wire: Florida felons will have to pay court-ordered financial obligations if they want their voting rights restored under a bill sent to Republican Gov. Ron…
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…
Rap Sheets Haunt Former Inmates. California May Change That.
From today’s New York Times: After spending more than seven years in prison for robbery and auto theft, Jay Jordan tried to get work selling insurance, real estate and used…
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…
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Corruption: Cohen’s Testimony Opens New Phase of Turbulence for Trump
From today’s New York Times: A small group of Republican strategists opposed to President Trump, branding themselves Defending Democracy Together, quietly conducted polling and focus groups last fall to gauge…