Georgia Voters Defy Efforts to Suppress Them
From today’s New York Times: Tuesday afternoon, I waited over an hour and a half to vote in Atlanta in the Georgia Senate runoff between Democrat Raphael Warnock and Republican…
SCOTUS Hears Alabama Voting Rights Case
From today’s Reuters News: The U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative justices on Tuesday appeared sympathetic toward Alabama in the state’s defense of a Republican-drawn electoral map faulted by judges for diluting…
On National Voter Registration Day, We Must Fight Restrictions on Voting Rights
From today’s Scientific American: This week marks the 10th time that Americans have commemorated National Voter Registration Day, an occasion designed to encourage the one in four adult citizens who are…
Eighteen states have enacted new laws that make it harder to vote
From today’s CNN Online: Eighteen states have enacted 30 new laws that make it harder to vote, according to a new tally by the liberal-leaning Brennan Center for Justice that tracks state…
GOP leaders ask U.S. Supreme Court to halt Pennsylvania voting extension
From today’s Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: The two top Republicans in Pennsylvania’s Senate petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday to put a halt to the three-day extension for counties to receive…
Voters need an urgent update on mail-in ballots. The media should help.
From today’s Washington Post: For weeks, President Trump has lied about mail-in ballots. He has falsely claimed they are prone to widespread fraud despite mountains of evidence to the contrary. He has wrongly claimed…
Voting by Mail Is Popular. So Is the False Idea That It’s Ripe for Fraud.
From today’s New York Times: President Trump on Thursday railed against expanding access to mail-in voting, and even floated the idea that the election could be postponed, something he has no legal authority…
Florida fight over felon voting rights playing out at US Supreme Court
From the South Florida Sun-Sentiel: A battle over voting rights in Florida is playing out at the U.S. Supreme Court, with the ability of hundreds of thousands of felons to…
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The Supreme Court just handed down some truly awful news for voting rights
From today’s Vox News Online: The Supreme Court handed down two brief, unsigned orders on Friday concerning what restrictions states may place on absentee voting during the coronavirus pandemic. Though neither order is a…
Over 1 million former felons still face hurdles after being given right to vote
From today’s ABC News Online: It’s been more than 10 years since Gary Daughtry Sr., 66, had the right to vote and since he was released from prison. Previously in…