States Target Ballot Drop Boxes in Fight over Restriction of Voting Rights
From today’s Idaho Capital Sun: Ballot drop boxes are so secure they’ve survived getting hit by an SUV and rolled by a school bus — yet much of the battle…
Supreme Court allows Alabama election map over black vote dilution claims
From today’s ABC News Online: The U.S. Supreme Court has reinstated Alabama’s new GOP-drawn congressional map over the objection of civil rights groups and decisions of two lower courts finding…
MI Supreme Court dismisses voting rights challenge of redistricting maps
From today’s The Detroit News: The Michigan Supreme Court on Thursday denied a request by the Detroit legislative caucus to redraw Michigan’s new voting maps, finding the caucus didn’t prove…
A ‘Master Class’ in Gerrymandering, This Time Led by New York Democrats
From today’s New York Times: Democrats across the nation have spent years railing against partisan gerrymandering, particularly in Republican states — most recently trying to pass federal voting rights legislation…
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In North Carolina, a Pitched Battle Over Gerrymandering and Justices
From today’s New York Times: It is the state that put the hyper in partisan politics, setting the blunt-force standard for battles over voting rights and gerrymanders that are now…
Sen. Kristen Sinema deals fatal blow to Democrats’ fight for voting rights law
From today’s CNN Online: Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona reiterated from the Senate floor Thursday that she is not backing off her position to uphold the filibuster, less than…
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…
Senate Dems may punt spending bill in favor of voting rights legislation
From today’s Business Insider: Senate Democrats’ chances to pass President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better economic agenda by Christmas were in renewed jeopardy on Wednesday, reflecting a brewing dispute between…
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,…
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…