Upgrade voting systems, restore Voting Right Act, and end voter suppression
From today’s USA Today: In many ways, Election Day 2018 was a good one for American democracy. Millions of people turned out to vote. An unprecedented number of women are…
Kemp Resigns as GA Secretary of State, With Governor’s Race Still Disputed
From today’s New York Times: Brian Kemp, the Republican who has claimed victory in the Georgia governor’s race, said on Thursday that he was resigning as secretary of state, removing…
Election Day: Trump and health care key issues in race for control of the House
From today’s Washington Post: Voters who will decide control of the U.S. House said President Trump and health care were two of the most important factors as they chose their…
GA’s Kemp Accuses Dems Of Hacking; Opponent Abrams Labels It A Stunt
From today’s National Public Radio News: Just two days before facing Democrat Stacey Abrams in a closely watched race to be Georgia’s next governor, the state’s sitting Secretary of State…
Trump’s Secretary of Interior Ryan Zinke Faces Increased Ethics Scrutiny
From today’s New York Times: Ryan Zinke, the secretary of the Interior Department and a key figure in President Trump’s push to roll back environmental regulations and ramp up oil…
Native Americans fighting back against North Dakota voter ID law
From today’s NBC News: For more than a year, Tiffany Hunts Along has lived in a cherrywood mobile home high on a ridge in western North Dakota, where she knows…
GA election fight shows that southern tradition of voter suppression flourishes
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…
In Georgia, claims of voter suppression as GOP candidate abuses Voter ID law
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…
Now for Rent: Email and Phone Numbers of Millions of Trump Supporters
From today’s New York Times: Early in his presidential campaign, Donald J. Trump dismissed political data as an “overrated” tool. But after he won the Republican nomination, his team began…
North Dakota voter ID law upheld by Supreme Court could affect Senate race
From CBS News Online: The Supreme Court ruled this week to uphold a North Dakota voter identification law which requires that voters present an ID which includes a residential address…