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…
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…
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…
Framers fail: Voting is a basic right but it’s not guaranteed in Constitution
From today’s USA Today: The Founders unwisely gave states control of the vote. The upshot is we’re headed for separate democracies: restrictive red ones, expansive blue ones. In 1835, William…
Clear and troubling picture of voter suppression: ‘One Person, No Vote’
From today’s Los Angeles Times: Near the end of “One Person, No Vote: How Voter Suppression Is Destroying Our Democracy,” Carol Anderson reminds us that “voting is neither an obstacle…
For Former Felons, Voting Rights Could Be a Click Away Thanks to New Website
From today’s Roll Call: Millions of new voters could register across the country, starting Tuesday, with the launch of an online tool meant to help former felons restore their right…
Under Trump Regime, Sweeping Shift on #VotingRights Undermines Democracy
From today’s New York Times: A new voter ID law could shut out many Native Americans from the polls in North Dakota. A strict rule on the collection of absentee…