How Gov. Ron DeSantis Waged a Targeted Assault on Black Voters
From today’s The Guardian: Al Lawson felt the weight of his victory the night he was elected to Congress in 2016. He was born in Midway, a small town that’s…
GOP Face Setbacks in Restricting Voting Laws on College Campuses
From today’s Boston Globe: Alarmed over young people increasingly proving to be a force for Democrats at the ballot box, Republican lawmakers in a number of states have been trying…
GOP Justices on North Carolina’s Supreme Court Move to Overturn Democratic Rulings
From today’s New York Times: An extraordinary pair of orders by North Carolina’s Republican-controlled Supreme Court is highlighting how the partisan tug of war has pervaded the state’s courts and,…
Ohio Republicans Enact ‘Alarming’ New Voting Restrictions
From today’s The Guardian: Ohio Republicans quietly enacted a measure earlier this month that imposes sweeping new restrictions on voting access in the state, including more stringent voter ID requirements,…
Texas GOP Proposes Election Police Force in Voting Law Changes
From today’s NBC News: Texas Republicans are laying the groundwork to move quickly on a number of new changes to the state’s voting laws, including a proposal to create an…
Ruling in SCOTUS Case Heard Wednesday May Upend Electoral Politics
From today’s CNN News: The Supreme Court is taking on the future of federal elections Wednesday, discussing a case that could upend electoral politics and embolden state legislatures to act…
I’m the Governor of North Carolina. This Fringe Claim Before the Supreme Court Would Upend Democracy.
From today’s New York Times: Over the past six months, the United States Supreme Court has handed down one misguided ruling after another, stripping Americans of the constitutional right to…
Georgia’s Runoff Elections Have Segregationist Roots
From today’s PBS News: Georgia’s Dec. 6 runoff election pitting Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock against Republican Herschel Walker is historic for having two Black candidates representing major parties on that…
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…
Teens Win the Right to Vote, But Alameda County Disenfranchised Them
From today’s Washington Post: If all had gone as planned, thousands of high-schoolers in Oakland would have cast their ballots for the first time on Election Day. Many of them…