What’s in Michigan’s Push to Expand Voting Rights
From today’s PBS News: When Kenia Flores goes to the polls, she listens to her ballot choices with headphones and uses an accessible machine to cast her ballot. This device…
New Voting Laws in Swing States Could Shape 2024 Election
From today’s Washington Post: Voting in Michigan will be easier for many people this fall than it was four years ago. There will be nine days of early voting. All…
MN Supreme Court Hears Arguments in Challenge to Felons’ Voting Rights
From today’s CBS News: The Minnesota Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Monday over a challenge to the state’s restoration of voting rights for felons. The law passed last year…
Flathead Leaders Rally Around Election Reform Initiatives in Montana
From today’s Flathead Beacon: A coalition of local officials in Flathead County is rallying around two statewide ballot initiatives that seek to reshape Montana’s election system. Led by former Kalispell…
Voting Rights Groups Ask Kansas Supreme Court To Block Law Impeding Voter Registration
From today’s NPR News: A Kansas law that makes it a crime to impersonate an election official unconstitutionally interferes with voter outreach efforts, voting rights groups told the state Supreme…
Gov. Evers Approves Wisconsin Election Map, Ending Republicans’ Grip On Power
From today’s Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Wisconsin Republicans lost their more than decade-long grip on control of the state Legislature Monday after Democratic Gov. Tony Evers signed into law new electoral…
How to Actually Guarantee the Right to Vote
From today’s The Atlantic: As election season begins and Americans head to the polls, many would be shocked to learn that the United States Constitution does not guarantee them the…
Ohio AG Thwarts Voting Rights Amendment
From today’s AP News: Republican Attorney General Dave Yost told the Ohio Supreme Court on Monday that rushing a lawsuit filed against him by a coalition of civil rights organizations…
8th Circuit Court Affirms Ruling That Weakens Voting Rights Act
From today’s NPR News: A federal appeals court has denied a request to revisit a ruling that could undermine a key tool for enforcing the Voting Rights Act’s protections against…
Tennessee Blocks Half a Million People From Voting in 2024 Election
From today’s Newsweek: Nearly 500,000 people in Tennessee will be barred from voting in the upcoming presidential election, with critics claiming new electoral rules will likely disproportionately affect Black and…