New York Passes Landmark Voting Rights Legislation
From today’s ABC News Online: New York’s governor signed a law Monday intended to prevent local officials from enacting rules that might suppress people’s voting rights because of their race.…
One Million Primary Ballots Were Mailed Late, Postal Service Watchdog Says
From today’s New York Times: More than one million mail-in ballots were sent late to voters during the 2020 primary elections, an internal Postal Service audit found, underscoring deep concerns…
Democrats must make voting reform nonnegotiable for the next stimulus bill
From today’s Vox News Online: The political climate in the US is tumultuous. The Covid-19 pandemic hangs over everything even as a dozen other issues — an oil crisis, a divided Democratic…
Battle over Georgia voting rights escalates in federal court
From today’s Atlanta Journal Constitution: A lawsuit alleging widespread voting problems in Georgia is pursuing an ambitious solution: restoration of the Voting Rights Act and federal oversight of elections. After…
New York legislature passes major overhaul of outdated voting laws
From today’s edition of The Hill: New York’s state legislature on Monday passed a package of election and voting reform measures aimed at overhauling one of the most restrictive regimes in…
The Plot to Subvert an Election: Unraveling the Russia Story So Far
From today’s New York Times: ON AN OCTOBER AFTERNOON BEFORE THE 2016 ELECTION, a huge banner was unfurled from the Manhattan Bridge in New York City: Vladimir V. Putin against a Russian-flag background,…
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Appeals court rules North Carolina’s electoral map unconstitutional, map may have to be redrawn before midterms
From today’s Washington Post: A panel of three federal judges held Monday that North Carolina’s congressional districts were unconstitutionally gerrymandered to favor Republicans over Democrats and said it may require new…
How will federal appeals court rule on Florida felon voting rights case?
From today’s Miami Herald: Yraida Guanipa, a Miami consultant, stood outside the federal appeals court Wednesday morning in downtown Atlanta dressed in a bright orange scarf draped over a smart dark…
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#VotingRights Update: Group Targets GOP States to Attack Gerrymandering
From today’s New York Times: A Democratic group backed by former President Barack Obama intends to pour millions of dollars into an eclectic array of elections in a dozen states, in…
Millions of ex-cons lost the right to vote. Now they might get it back.
From today’s NBC News: Dean Turner never voted before he went to prison. But his right to cast a ballot was the last barrier to rebuilding his life once he…