Civil Rights Groups Appeal Ruling Against Voting Rights Act Enforcement
From today’s NPR News: Civil rights organizations are asking the full 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to review a ruling by a three-judge panel that threatens to make it…
SCOTUS Rules Arizona GOP Legislators Must Testify About Voting Laws
From today’s New York Times: The Supreme Court ruled on Monday that two Arizona lawmakers must testify about their reasons for supporting state laws requiring proof of citizenship for voting…
Appeals Court Strikes Down Key Part of Voting Rights Act
From today’s CNN News: A federal appeals court on Monday ruled against a key tool used to enforce the Voting Rights Act – likely setting up another Supreme Court showdown…
Tennessee, the Worst State in the Country for Voting Rights, Just Got Even Worse
From today’s Slate Magazine: In Tennessee, Jim Crow is alive and well. The state’s felony disenfranchisement voter-suppression regime is living proof. Felony disenfranchisement has long been a stain on our…
Alabama’s Redistricting Brawl Rehashes Bitter Fight Over Voting Rights
From today’s Politico: A court ordered Alabama’s Legislature to redraw its congressional map to give Black voters more power. The Legislature’s response? Not unless we have to. “We are the…
Deep Partisanship On Display As Congress Releases Competing Voting Bills
From today’s AP News: Congress in the coming weeks will consider shoring up voting and election laws — efforts that will reflect the vast gulf between Democrats and Republicans on…
Alabama Voting Rights Advocates Organize Against New Voter Suppression Bill
From today’s Alabama Political Reporter: The Alabama Voting Rights Coalition is leading an effort by voting rights advocates to stop a bill that would create more challenges for voters who…
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…
Oregon Lawmakers Aim to Expand Voting Rights to Incarcerated Oregonians
From today’s Portland Mercury: In late 2019, State Senator Michael Dembrow and his colleagues on the Senate Judiciary Committee met with a group of incarcerated Oregonians presenting research on issues…
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,…