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Death, Taxes, and Chaos in Florida Elections

Confusion clouds restoration of Florida felons’ voting rights

Georgia Voters Lose Out on a Secretary of State Who Would Have Protected Their Voting Rights

Voting rights at stake in runoff for Georgia elections chief

  • By: Politically Georgia
  • 12/03/2018
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Dems vow quick action to bolster voting rights upon taking power

HOW THE BALLOT INITIATIVE CAN TRANSCEND POLITICAL POLARIZATION

Just Because an Election Is Legal Doesn’t Mean It’s Legitimate

The Fight For Voting in Florida Isn't Over

  • By: The Brennan Center
  • 11/20/2018
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Wisconsin no longer has democratic legislative elections thanks to the Supreme Court

Local ex-felon speaks out after voting rights restored

The United States Is Becoming a Two-Tiered Country With Separate and Unequal Voting Laws

Voting Rights Aren’t Just a Black Issue: They Affect Poor People of All Races

Justice Roberts, pay attention to what Brian Kemp did

The Georgia Governor’s Race Has Brought Voter Suppression Into Full View

It’s Time for a New Voting Rights Act

Before 2020: Upgrade voting systems, restore Voting Rights Act, end voter suppression

More than a million convicted felons in Florida won their voting rights back. Now what?

Three states pass sweeping voting rights expansions

Florida passes amendment to restore felons' voting rights

North Miami early-voting site runs out of ballots

DOJ’s Civil Rights Division has not filed a single Voting Rights Act case since Trump took office

North Dakota's Native American tribes scrambling to print new IDs ahead of midterm elections

Brian Kemp Just Engaged in a Last-Minute Act of Banana-Republic Level Voter Manipulation in GeorgiaBrian Kemp Just Engaged in a Last-Minute Act of Banana-Republic Level Voter Manipulation in Georgia

The Long-Term Solution to Voter Suppression

The 2018 Midterms Will Have Huge Consequences For Voting Rights

Suffolk suspends walk-ins for absentee ballots, citing surge in requests

Voter-Suppression Tactics in the Age of Trump

Black Students Sue Texas County Over Limited Early Voting Locations

How the Georgia governor’s race could reshape the voting rights debate

  • By: The Washington Post
  • 10/22/2018
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Georgia race is a microcosm of voting rights debate

We Need To Start Taking Voting Rights Seriously

Registration is a voter-suppression tool. Let’s finally end it.

WHAT STANDS IN THE WAY OF NATIVE AMERICAN VOTERS?

  • By: The Center for Public Integrity
  • 10/12/2018
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Voting rights become a flashpoint in Georgia governor's race

The Myth of the Lazy Non-Voter

This website will tell Georgia voters if they were purged… but they must reregister by Tuesday

Half Citizens: nearly 90,000 Nevadans cannot vote due to past felony convictions

  • By: Nevada Capital News
  • 10/03/2018
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One million Floridians can’t vote due to felony convictions. That must change, influencers say

John Legend to join Orlando rally by voting-rights restoration coalition

'Exceptional student' at Rutgers, on parole, wants his right to vote back. He's not alone

  • By: Ashbury Park Press
  • 10/01/2018
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After A Delay And Drama The Senate Judiciary Committee Has Voted In Favor Of Brett Kavanaugh's Nomination

A crisis for voting rights

5 things to know about the voting rights ballot initiative

Voting rights are always at stake

  • By: Montgomery Advertiser
  • 09/21/2018
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Vote for Amendment 4 and restore felons' voting rights

Congress should make protecting voting rights a priority

One Republican Official Challenged Thousands Of Voter Registrations In His County. It Could Happen Elsewhere.

Voters deserve a say. Clean Missouri ethics initiative belongs on the November ballot

  • By: The Kansas City Star
  • 09/18/2018
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What the man accused of being part of Kavanaugh’s alleged sexual assault had to say about women’s sexuality

  • By: The Washington Post
  • 09/18/2018
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TED CRUZ CAMPAIGN IS MAILING DONATION REQUESTS DISGUISED AS LEGAL SUMMONSES

Restore felons' voting rights, Florida. It's smart justice

Why Voting in New York Is So Horrifically Screwed Up

Civil Rights Commission Calls for Action on Voting Rights Fix

Islip residents say town's voting sytem hurts minorities

Amended Whitford Complaint Highlights Harm Caused by Wisconsin’s Partisan Gerrymander to 40 Plaintiffs Across 34 Districts

Guest columnist David Daley: With ranked choice voting, democracy wins

  • By: Daily Hampshire Gazette
  • 09/12/2018
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Ranked choice voting is easier than it sounds. Maybe it would cure our awful politics.

Advocates: As long as redistricting is in the legislature’s hands, partisan squabbling will be the result

Polling Places Remain A Target Ahead Of November Elections

COMMENTARY: Independent redistricting commission only way to avoid partisan gerrymandering

  • By: fredericksburg.com
  • 09/04/2018
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Georgia election officials reject plans to close polls in mostly black county ahead of midterms

Winooski Residents To Consider Voting Rights For Non-Citizens

Majority-Black Georgia County Rejects Plan To Close Nearly All Its Polling Places

0 ACLU sues Arizona over voting rights

Illinois Governor Blocks Bill To Tell People With Criminal Histories About Their Voting Rights

Maine’s ranked choice voting could lead the way to a healthier U.S. democracy

Florida lawsuit seeks Spanish translation of ballots, alleges voting rights violations affecting Puerto Ricans

  • By: The Washington Post
  • 08/17/2018
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POLITICSTECH & MEDIABUSINESSWORLDTHINKSPORTS SHARE THIS — LATINO Latino civil rights groups sue 32 Florida counties for not providing bilingual voting material

Lanzan una plataforma en EE.UU. para educar a exconvictos sobre su derecho al voto

Crean plataforma en EE.UU. para instruir a exreos sobre el sufragio

An assault on minority voting continues in North Carolina

How will gerrymandering impact the 2018 midterm elections?

Vacaville City Council to expand to 7 seats

To Fix Gerrymandering, Lawmakers Might Need To Give Up Some Control

For Former Felons, Voting Rights Could be a Click Away

City Council Holds off on Noncitizen Voting Rights Proposal

  • By: U.S. News & World Report
  • 08/14/2018
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Santa Monica is on trial over voting rights lawsuit

Judge to decide legality of Arizona law prohibiting collection of mail-in ballots

Kansas governor accuses Kobach of not counting all votes in governor race

It’s Not Just Kobach: Three Vote-Suppressing Secretaries of State Are Overseeing Their Own Elections

Wenatchee is first city to use new Voting Rights Act to ensure better representation

  • By: The City of Wenatchee Washingotn
  • 08/10/2018
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Iowa Supreme Court justices hear voting rights law challenge

Iowa Supreme Court vows fast ruling on voter ID law

  • By: Sioux City Journal
  • 08/10/2018
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A Fight Over Voter Rights in California

  • By: Wall Street Journal
  • 08/09/2018
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On voting rights, we have much more to lose with Brett Kavanaugh

How Trump's Supreme Court nominee could change voting rights

Alabama Voting Rights Project at Baldwin County Library Cooperative set for Aug. 14

Voting rights group says Nebraska should do more vote-by-mail

  • By: Lincoln Journal Star
  • 08/08/2018
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Portland school board says city’s voters should be asked to extend voting rights to non-citizens

  • By: Portland Press Herald
  • 08/08/2018
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Former NAACP president: Voting Rights Act is ‘under threat’

The unfinished work of the Voting Rights Act

  • By: Montgomery Advertiser
  • 08/07/2018
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March for Our Lives student leaders mark anniversary of Voting Rights Act with Baltimore event

A new Congress could restore the promise of the Voting Rights Act

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Despite Trump's rhetoric, this may be our Selma moment for voting rights

Test your knowledge of voting rights

Activists push to restore Voting Rights Act provision that could curb voter suppression

More than 20,000 people have used Illinois' automatic voter registration

  • By: Illinois News Network
  • 08/03/2018
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Hillary Clinton to bring female voting rights story to television

Kavanaugh’s record on voting rights is alarming

Automatic voter registration has bipartisan support in WI

26 Mich. Supreme Court: Redistricting plan goes on Nov. ballot

Michigan Redistricting Initiative Headed To November Ballot

Michigan Supreme Court Greenlights Redistricting Reform Initiative for November Ballot

On the Ballot in Some States Ahead of 2020: The Right to Vote

  • By: Wall Street Journal
  • 08/01/2018
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Voting rights restored, Memphis man aims to educate others about disenfranchisement

Secretary of state challenger focuses on voting rights

Local religious groups offer youth support, voting help

4 State lawmaker may discipline aide who admits tweeting about 'true racists' under legislator's name

  • By: Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel
  • 07/26/2018
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Iowa State Court Temporarily Enjoins Voting Restrictions and Rules as Violation of the State Constitution

Today’s Voter Suppression Tactics Have A 150 Year History

  • By: Talking Points Memo
  • 07/26/2018
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A Shadow Across Our Democracy

  • By: Harvard Law Review Blog
  • 07/24/2018
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Do-It-Yourself Legislative Redistricting

  • By: The New York Times
  • 07/23/2018
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Voting Rights Project events set in Andalusia this Saturday

  • By: The Andalusia Star News
  • 07/20/2018
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How the Midterm Elections May Be Compromised

States purged 16 million voters from the rolls before the 2016 election

Voter purge frenzy after federal protections lifted, new report says

Advocates Applaud San Francisco's Limited Voting Rights for Non-Citizens as City Addresses Fears of Federal Response

Maine Voices: History of voting rights guides debate on Portland’s noncitizens

  • By: Portland Press Herald
  • 07/20/2018
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Does Brett Kavanaugh Spell the End of Voting Rights?

Discussion to Focus on Native American Voting Rights

  • By: U.S. News & World Report
  • 07/16/2018
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California’s redistricting commission has some free advice for Michigan

Want to register to vote online? New Jersey is moving to make that happen

Voter ID on the N.C. ballot is about suppression, not fraud Read more here: https://www.newsobserver.com/opinion/op-ed/article214681510.html#storylink=cpy

  • By: The News & Observer
  • 07/12/2018
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Latinos Are Bringing A Growing Number Of Voting Rights Cases

Obama appears in new ad from Dem redistricting group

'Politicians Shouldn't Pick Their Voters.' Obama Appears in Anti-Gerrymandering Video

Kavanaugh’s Record Doesn’t Bode Well for Voting Rights

How Shelby County v. Holder Broke America

Boston Weighs Giving Legal Non-US Citizens Voting Rights

How Justice Kennedy's Successor Could Play A Role In Voting Rights

How Justice Kennedy's Successor Could Play A Role In Voting Rights

Florida felon voting rights: Citizens like Davion Hampton hopeful Amendment 4 restores voice

Federal judge sides with San Juan County, says it’s been ‘pretty vigorous’ in implementing new voter boundaries that benefit Navajo residents

  • By: The Salt Lake Tribune
  • 07/03/2018
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Automatic Voter Registration Implementation Process Begins

Tennessee County Accused of Voter Suppression by Limiting Black Voters’ Access to Polling Locations

  • By: Atlanta Black Star
  • 07/02/2018
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Prime examples of why ranked-choice voting is the better way to go

Prime examples of why ranked-choice voting is the better way to go

Faith Communities On Front Lines Of Defense Against Voter Suppression

Texas won its redistricting fight at the Supreme Court. Now it hopes to use that win to wrap up its voter ID suit.

NAACP Sues To Throw Out Connecticut Legislature’s Map Over Prison Gerrymandering

This Group Helps Felons In Alabama Reclaim Their Voting Rights

Cooper goes on veto binge, rejecting seven bills

How the Supreme Court is changing the rules on voting

Experts, Plaintiff Weigh In On US Supreme Court's Decision Not To Hear NC Gerrymandering Case

Kobach Lost. What’s That Mean For Voting In Kansas?

Texas: “Democratic runoff winner: Voter fraud lawsuit is ‘pound of revenge’ in race for Joe Barton’s seat”

Seven Ways Alabama Has Made It Harder to Vote

Supreme Court just wrote presumption of white racial innocence into the Constitution

Parties weigh in on effect of partisan-gerrymandering rulings on NC case

http://www.scotusblog.com/2018/06/parties-weigh-in-on-effect-of-partisan-gerrymandering-rulings-on-nc-case/

Kansas officials told to keep enforcing voter ID law that was ruled unconstitutional

A judge in Kansas just struck down one of the toughest voter ID laws in the country. Here's what you need to know

Sen. Sherrod Brown drafts bill to overturn Ohio voter roll purging upheld by Supreme Court

Michigan redistricting proposal on verge of approval, but Supreme Court looms

Will the Court Ever Address Partisan Gerrymandering?

  • By: The New York Times
  • 06/19/2018
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9-0 ruling masks deep division on gerrymandering at Supreme Court

Judge strikes down Kansas voter law, orders Kobach to take classes

Supreme Court Punts On Partisan Gerrymandering

Supreme Court sidesteps decision on partisan gerrymandering in rulings on Wisconsin, Maryland cases

  • By: The Washington Post
  • 06/18/2018
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Supreme Court Sidesteps Decision on Partisan Gerrymandering

North Carolina Republicans Are Back With a New Plan for Strict Voter Laws

  • By: The New York Times
  • 06/18/2018
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Update on Ranked-Choice Voting and the SF Mayoral Race

Divided over partisan election maps, Supreme Court could learn a lesson from divided college campuses

You have the right to vote. Use it or lose it, the Supreme Court says.

  • By: The Washington Post
  • 06/14/2018
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The Ohio Purge and the Future of Voting

  • By: The New York Times
  • 06/13/2018
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No Voters Will Be Removed From Rolls Before November Election In Spite Of Supreme Court Decision

  • By: Statehouse News Bureau
  • 06/13/2018
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Do we have a right not to vote? The Supreme Court suggests we don't

Roundup of Ohio Voter Purge case

The new voter photo ID bill is vague and leaves lots of questions

  • By: The News & Observer
  • 06/12/2018
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SCOTUS upholds Ohio’s practice of cleaning up its voter rolls

Ohio's voter purges were upheld by the Supreme Court. That doesn't make them defensible.

Sonia Sotomayor’s Dissent in the Big Voter Purge Case Points to How the Law Might Still Be Struck Down

Breaking: Supreme Court Upholds Ohio Voter Purge Law

Supreme Court upholds Ohio method of removing names from voter rolls

Ranked-Choice Voting and the Still Ongoing SF Contest for Mayor

Amendment would put voter ID in NC constitution

Post navigation? “Trump learns to love megadonors”Will the Pa. Supreme Court Order in the Partisan Gerrymandering Case Push Democrats Over the Top for Control of the House? ? Michigan Appeals Court Rejects Attempt to Keep Redistricting Commission Ballot Measure Off November Ballot

Will the Pa. Supreme Court Order in the Partisan Gerrymandering Case Push Democrats Over the Top for Control of the House?

Las Cruces City Council adopts ranked-choice voting

  • By: Las Cruces Sun News
  • 06/07/2018
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Ala. Secretary of State after Trump Twitter ruling: 'I’m not unblocking anybody'

  • By: Montgomery Advertiser
  • 06/07/2018
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Masterpiece’s Surprising Possible Implications for Partisan Gerrymandering Claims: Bad Intent and Silent Actors

Victory! Secretary of State of Arizona Agrees to Shed Burdensome Voting Requirement Following CLC Lawsui

  • By: The Campaign Legal Center
  • 06/04/2018
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SCOTUS Ends One Partisan Gerrymandering Battle; More Remain

Maine GOP must use ranked-choice voting in primary, judge rules

Voter ID lawsuit: Civil rights group, ISU student to sue Iowa secretary of state

  • By: Des Moines Register
  • 05/31/2018
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Inside the Pro-Trump Effort to Keep Black Voters From the Polls

Judge says suit against sheriff can go forward

  • By: The Journal Gazette
  • 05/24/2018
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Supreme Court Appeal In Territorial Voting Rights Case Gets Boost

Lawsuit seeks to toss out Ohio's congressional map in time for 2020 election

A Decision on Standing and Its Aftermath

Florida’s early voting ban on campus challenged in court

Appeals Court Bats Down Kobach Request To Overturn Contempt Finding

Pa. lawmakers advance redistricting reforms as June deadline looms

Bureau Says Redistricting Ballot Drive Has Enough Signatures

  • By: U.S. News & World Report
  • 05/22/2018
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Santa Clara Co. accidentally unregistered voter

Better Boundaries qualifies for the November ballot

Court Rules Santa Clara Violated the California Voting Rights Act

Citizens could also lose services if a citizenship question is added to the 2020 Census, lawsuit says

  • By: The Washington Post
  • 05/18/2018
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Former Trump Pick For Top Census Role Says Citizenship Question Was ‘Political’

Colorado lawmakers send redistricting reforms to ballot

York County commissioners join call for citizens redistricting commission

VIDEO: Pennsylvania's redistricting explained

Distance, language can still pose challenge to Native American voting

Va. election officials assigned 26 voters to the wrong district. It might’ve cost Democrats a pivotal race.

They Served Their Time. Now They’re Fighting for Other Ex-Felons to Vote.

California Is Disenfranchising Thousands of Voters Based on Their Handwriting

Independent redistricting proposal appears to have qualified for November's ballot

VIDEO: Here's how ranked choice voting works

San Francisco Mayoral Candidates team up in rank choice voting strategy

Vacaville City Council votes to create voting districts

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  • 05/11/2018
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ACLU asks Kobach to Change Voter Regisration Language

Do you know your voting rights?: ACLU Voting Rights Project Director talks equity and participation

Federal Judge Rejects Challenge to Ballot Collection Law

  • By: U.S. News & World Report
  • 05/10/2018
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Candidates for governor split on economy, pot, ranked voting

Ohio Passes Bipartisan Redistricting Ballot Initiative to Curb Gerrymandering

Ohio Voters Pass Gerrymandering Reform Measure

Oklahoma photo ID law gets backing of state Supreme Court

  • By: The Norman Transcript
  • 05/09/2018
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New Hampshire Students Ask Gov. Sununu For Poll Tax Bill Veto

Enbridge emerges as Michigan anti-gerrymandering proposal's latest foe

  • By: Detroit Metro Times
  • 05/08/2018
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If You Ask Americans, They Are Open to Better Ways to Vote

Iowa redistricting model efficiently reduces bias

Congressional Redistricting Reform Proposal -Issue 1- Has Been Decades in the Making

One York County polling place will be divided in the 2018 primary

Arkansas justices halt voter-ID ruling; ballot-casters must prove identities at polls this month

Maine Republican Party files federal lawsuit to stop ranked-choice voting in June primary

Early Voting Begins Friday for Nashville Mayoral election

  • By: News Channel 5 Network
  • 05/04/2018
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After Stunning Democratic Win, North Dakota Republicans Suppressed the Native American Vote

Redistricting In Ohio: A History

Louisiana receives three bids for new voting machines

Absentee voting underway in Va. for June primaries

Automatic voter registration in Massachusetts? Former Kentucky Secretary of State Trey Grayson lobbies state Republicans to say yes

Former AG Eric Holder Talks Redistricting, 2020 Plans

Path to restore felon voting rights hits roadblock

Secretary of state urges King County to postpone prepaid-postage plan for mail-in ballots

JUDGE: LIBEL CASE OVER DOUBLE-VOTING ACCUSATIONS TO CONTINUE

The Justice Department Deleted Language About Press Freedom And Racial Gerrymandering From Its Internal Manual

Texas running out redistricting clock

Texas running out redistricting clock

Whiting council endorses legislative redistricting reform

The Latest: Florida AG asks for more time on voting rights

State May Experiment With All-Mail Voting On Kauai

  • By: Honolulu Civil Beat
  • 04/25/2018
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In jail awaiting trial? You can vote by mail.

Texas Congressional Map Comes Under Supreme Court Scrutiny

White Judge Sentenced to Probation for Election Fraud in Same County Where Black Woman Received 5 Years

U.S. Supreme Court wades into Texas political district fight

  • By: Austin American-Statesman
  • 04/23/2018
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Gun control advocates push to make voter registration the legacy of Parkland shooting

14 states can't guarantee accurate election results

2 New voting method that involves ranking candidates gains favor across the nation

LDF Statement on New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s Plan to Restore Voting Rights to People with Felony Convictions

140,000 Maricopa County voters haven’t received registration cards

NNPA National Black Voter Registration Drive Begins in N.C.

  • By: The Chicago Crusader
  • 04/19/2018
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Kobach Held in Cotempt of Court for Voter Suppression Efforts

Illinois Lawmakers Urge Redistricting Re-Do Ahead of Midterm Election

  • By: St. Louis Public Radio
  • 04/19/2018
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Cuomo Plans to Restore Voting Rights to Paroled Felons

Argument preview: Texas redistricting battles return to the court

Republicans Admit Trump Won Wisconsin Due To Voter ID Law

Voters demand redistricting fix

New Jersey Becomes 13th State to Adopt Automatic Voter Registration

Lawsuit Filed Against Missouri Over State Motor Vehicle Agency’s Failure to Provide Federally-Mandated Voter Registration Services

Judges won’t halt N Carolina county’s legislative elections

Give a lower voting age a try

  • By: The Washington Post
  • 04/16/2018
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Ranked-choice voting could come into play in SF mayor’s race

New Jersey lawmakers pass automatic voter registration bil

The Cambridge Analytica Story Is About Black Voter Suppression

Pa. says counties must have new voting machines - with paper trails - for next presidential election

Attorney General Brad Schimel suggests Donald Trump won Wisconsin because of the state's voter ID law

Pennsylvania House committee opts to ‘gut and replace’ redistricting bill in dramatic hearing

  • By: Pennsylvania Watchdog
  • 04/12/2018
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Pennsylvania House GOP launches attack to upend nonpartisan redistricting

Member of Trump’s Voter Fraud Commission Sued for Voter Intimidation

Missing hyphens will make it hard for some people to vote in U.S. election

Alabama elections chief calls losing the right to vote a ‘minor disability’

It doesn't matter how Trump 'feels' about voter fraud. He's wrong.

  • By: The Washington Post
  • 04/10/2018
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Northam vetoes legislation, believes it threatens voter eligibility

Video explains Issue 1 redistricting proposal on May ballot

America’s State Courts Are Under Partisan Attack

Elections in small Alabama city are unfair to black voters, Legal Defense Fund letter says

There’s no good reason to stop felons from voting

  • By: The Washington Post
  • 04/09/2018
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Maryland bill that allows automatic voter registration becomes law without Gov. Hogan’s signature

  • By: The Washington Post
  • 04/09/2018
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Lawmakers kill voter ID ballot measure

U.S. Census Is Not About Citizenship

Don't Let Politicians Choose Their Voters

Gov. Scott appeals judge’s ruling on voting rights for felons

17 States, 7 Cities Sue To Remove Citizenship Question From 2020 Census

Federal judge: Texas is violating national voter registration law

S.C. representative introduces redistricting bills

It's time to end racism': Thousands expected at Martin Luther King rallies to mark 50 years since assassination

They're turning the census into a weapon of voter suppression

Census Bureau’s Own Expert Panel Rebukes Decision to Add Citizenship Question

Just how big of a hurdle is gerrymandering to Democrats’ taking back the House this November?

  • By: The Washington Post
  • 04/02/2018
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Maine law still requires Ranked Choice Voting in June primaries

The bitter lie behind the census’s citizenship question

  • By: The Washington Post
  • 03/30/2018
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Voter Fraud in New Hampshire: Rhetoric Versus Reality

Voter Fraud Is a Racist Lie

Maryland lawmakers approve automatic voter registration

Schwarzenegger encourages Supreme Court to 'make the right decision' on partisan gerrymandering

Supreme Court Seems Uncertain About Partisan Redistricting

Supreme Court Seems Uncertain About Partisan Redistricting

Frustrated Supreme Court Looks For A Solution To Partisan Gerrymandering

Wilbur Ross Overruled Career Officials at Census Bureau to Add Citizenship Question

Federal Lawsuit Argues for Equal Citizenship in U.S. Territories

Pa. governor calls on lawmakers to reform redistricting process

2020 Census Citizenship Question Is All About Voter Suppression

Trump Is Poisoning the Census With Bias

Facing unfriendly new map, Pennsylvania GOP congressman won’t seek reelection

ACLU: No ‘lawyer trick’ needed to spurn Kobach claims of voter fraud

  • By: The Topeka Capital-Journal
  • 03/26/2018
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ACLU: No ‘lawyer trick’ needed to spurn Kobach claims of voter fraud

  • By: Milwaukee Journal-Sentinnel
  • 03/26/2018
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Judge orders Gov. Scott Walker to hold special elections for open legislative seats

Equally American Argues Denial of Voting Rights Violates International Law

Thousands of Milwaukee Voters Could Be Required to Re-Register Due to Errors

ACLU Victory: Federal Court Rules Sumter County’s Public Education School Board Districts Violate the Voting Rights Act

Kansas voting trial over. One more court day, a contempt hearing, ahead for Kobach

  • By: The Kansas City Star
  • 03/20/2018
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Former AG Holder fights for fair redistricting in Wisconsin, nation

Georgia GOP pushes elimination of Sunday voting to suppress black turnout

Voters in survey approve of ranked-choice system

  • By: Albuquereque Journal
  • 03/19/2018
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Kris Kobach’s Voting Sham Gets Exposed in Court

  • By: The New York Times
  • 03/19/2018
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Proposed constitutional amendment would streamline voter registration

Undocumented Immigrants Can Vote in Some Elections. But ICE Could Keep Them Away.

Bill Would Restore Voting Rights to Parolees, Pre-Trial Detainees

  • By: Public News Service
  • 03/16/2018
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In Smithfield, voter-registration drive follows high-school walkout

  • By: Providence Journal
  • 03/15/2018
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The 'Voter Fraud' Myth Is Just Embarrassing at This Point

Michigan House Approves Updates to Absentee Ballot, Voter ID Rules

Students' 'March for Our Lives' could have far-reaching effects

Michiganders could register to vote online under Senate-passed bills

Emails: Chicago GOPer, Via DOJ Official, Sought Voter Fraud Probe By Trump Panel

Civil-rights, voter-law attorney Joaquin Avila, of Seattle, dies at 69

Md. bills would ward off federal voter suppression efforts

South Dakota News Independent Redistricting Initiative Falls Short of Ballot

  • By: U.S. World News and Report
  • 03/13/2018
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Bill to shorten Atlanta voting hours advances in Ga. House

  • By: Atlanta-Journal Constitution
  • 03/13/2018
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Arkansas judge opens hearing on new requirement for voter ID

Trump wants new authority over polling places. Top election officials say no

$114.5 million package for new Ohio voting machines considered

Did voter ID law confusion sway Tuesday's election outcome?

U.S. Court to Weigh Republican Challenge to Pennsylvania Voter Redistricting

Federal judges hear arguments in Pa. congressional map fight: Should they block new map?

  • By: The Philadephia Inquirer
  • 03/09/2018
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The Trump Appointee Behind the Move to Add a Citizenship Question to the Census

Kris Kobach Admits White House’s Idea For Identifying Voter Fraud Wasn’t A Good One

Judge Keeps Correcting Kobach Lawyers On Trial Procedure

Kansas Secretary of State seeks to deliver a devastating blow to voting rights

Lawmakers: Could Kansas Be Liable If Voter Fraud Database Leaks?

California voters with sloppy signatures must have a chance to correct them, court rules Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article203746944.html#storylink=cpy

  • By: The Sacramento Bee
  • 03/07/2018
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Elections and Thresholds in Gerrymandering Litigation

All the Ways Kris Kobach Has Already Lied to the Court That’s Overseeing His Kansas Voter Fraud Trial

With 2018 midterms approaching, our elections are not protected

Former Pa. Gov. Dick Thornburgh wants Supreme Court to block new congressional map. His son David, who runs Committee of 70, disagrees.

Maine’s Statewide Primaries to Use Ranked Choice Voting in June and Hold Referendum on System’s Future

More civil rights groups support appeal in voter ID lawsuit

VA Redistricting Reformers Push for End to Gerrymandering

  • By: Public News Service
  • 03/05/2018
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More civil rights groups support appeal in voter ID lawsuit

Washington Voting Rights Act passes Legislature

Louisiana appeals court hears felon voting rights challenge

Federal form gives incorrect info on felon voting rights in Nebraska

  • By: Omaha World-Herald
  • 02/26/2018
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Federal Court Holds Kern County, California Violated Voting Rights Act by Not Creating a Second Latino Opportunity District for Supervisorial Elections

Federal Court Dismisses Complaint Challenging Constitutionality of California Voting Rights Act on Standing Grounds

Voting rights lawsuits aim to foster judicial diversity across the South

New Pa. congressional district map could be challenged by Common Cause, NAACP on civil rights grounds

Breaking: Pennsylvania Republican Legislative Leaders Petition Justice Alito AGAIN to Block Pa Congressional Redistricting Plan Ordered by State Supreme Court

Voter ID opponents say measure would do more harm than good

  • By: Lincoln Journal Star
  • 02/09/2018
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Lawsuit Filed Over Arkansas' Revamped Voter ID Law

Eastern Iowans experience first elections with voter ID changes

Ohio to vote on redistricting reform

Did Donald Trump profit from his own presidential transition?

  • By: The Center for Public Integrity
  • 02/07/2018
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Breaking: Justice Alito Denies Emergency Stay in Pa. Congressional Districting Case

Movement in the Fight for Voting Rights Restoration

  • By: The American Prospect
  • 02/06/2018
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Justices Won’t Block Pennsylvania Gerrymandering Decision

The 'Slave Power' Behind Florida's Felon Disenfranchisement

Opponents of gerrymandering keep winning, but it might not affect 2018

  • By: The Washington Post
  • 02/05/2018
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5 Delaware changing voter registration forms amid legality concerns

Pennsylvania is about to enter a constitutional crisis over its redistricting law

Ohio redistricting reform talks continue: 4 things to know

Senate GOP leader says no to request for redistricting data

Kobach Advocates Citizenship Question on Census and Excluding Non-Citizens from Apportionment, Despite Contrary Language in the Constitution

Iowa's new Voter ID law goes into effect

Over 8000 inactive voters being dropped in Lowell

Pennsylvania Senate Leader Refuses to Turn Redistricting Data over to State Supreme Court to Remedy Gerrymandering Found to Violate the State Constitution, Calling Court Actions Unconstitutional

North Carolina's Voter Suppression Is a Lesson to the Rest of the Nation

Another View: New Hampshire: ‘Young people, keep out’

Millions of Voters Will Cast Ballots in November in Unconstitutionally Gerrymandered Districts

Welcome to Florida, Voters (Votantes, Bienvenidos a Florida)

The courts may address partisan gerrymandering. Virginia and Maryland, take note.

  • By: The Washington Post
  • 01/29/2018
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Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Files New Lawsuit Against Trump Administration For Concealing Its Actions to Engage DOJ and DHS in Work of Commission on Election Integrity

  • By: Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
  • 01/29/2018
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Letting people vote at home increases voter turnout. Here’s proof.

  • By: The Washington Post
  • 01/29/2018
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Floridians should scrap these retrograde, racist voting laws

  • By: The Washington Post
  • 01/29/2018
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Former Felon Sheds Tears Of Joy As Effort To Restore Voting Rights Advances In Florida

Potential citizenship question in 2020 Census could shift power to rural America

Common Cause Urges SCOTUS to Expedite Review of North Carolina’s Partisan Gerrymander to Protect Voters

The Courts Take Aim at Partisan Gerrymandering

Symposium: The right to vote in peace

Gerrymandering Decision 'A Resounding Victory for the People of Pennsylvania'

  • By: Campaign Legal Center
  • 01/22/2018
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Supreme Court Halts Redrawing of North Carolina's Voting Maps

Supreme Court Tells North Carolina To Hold Off On Redrawing Congressional Map

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Appears Open To Striking Down Gerrymandered Map

Don’t ‘reward gamesmanship and obstinacy,’ NC gerrymander challengers say

  • By: The News & Observer
  • 01/18/2018
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White racial resentment has been gaining political power for decades

Martin Luther King’s Call to ‘Give Us the Ballot’ Is As Relevant Today as It Was in 1957

Federal District Court Rejects Constitutional and Voting Rights Act Claims Against Alabama Voter ID Law

Trump Official On Russian Hacking: 'A National Security Issue'

Will the Court Kill the Gerrymander?

  • By: The New York Review of Books
  • 01/11/2018
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North Carolina Is Ordered to Redraw Its Congressional Map

Supreme Court Hears Challenge To Ohio's 'Use-It Or Lose-It' Voter System

Supreme Court clears way for ranked-choice voting in Santa Fe

  • By: Albuquereque Journal
  • 01/09/2018
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New Hampshire Republicans Are Close to Passing Their Trump-Inspired Poll Tax By Mark Joseph Stern Jan 03, 2018, 3:19 PM

How cities are bypassing states to explore registering hundreds of thousands to vote

For Native Americans, a ‘Historic Moment’ on the Path to Power at the Ballot Box

Trump’s Voter Fraud Commission Is Gone, But Scrutiny Will Continue

Florida’s 1.5 Million Missing Voters

Trump’s Pick to Run 2020 Census Has Defended Racial Gerrymandering and Voter Suppression Laws

Doug Jones to be sworn into Senate seat Wednesday on family Bible

Black Voters in Alabama Mattered Way Before Doug Jones Beat Roy Moore

Trump Justice Department Pushes for Citizenship Question on Census, Alarming Experts

Alabama Officials Find No Sign Of Voter Fraud

New complaint challenges latest North Dakota voter ID law

Black Voters in Alabama Mattered Way Before Doug Jones Beat Roy Moore

Alabama Conducting Voter Fraud Investigation Based On Man’s Off-The-Cuff Comment

Virginia court tosses one-vote victory that briefly ended GOP majority in House

  • By: The Washington Post
  • 12/20/2017
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In Virginia, a 11,608-to-11,607 Lesson in the Power of a Single Vote

Michigan redistricting initiative likely headed for ballot

Mayor De Blasio Signs Bill Expanding Online Voter Registration

The Price Black Voters Paid to Defeat Roy Moore

South Carolina political groups begin early preparations for another contentious redistricting fight

  • By: The Post & Courier
  • 12/19/2017
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Republicans keep on telling voter-fraud fairy tales

  • By: The Washington Post
  • 12/19/2017
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Michigan Gerrymandering Reform Hits A Major Milestone

Automatic Voter Registration: A Solution to Voter Suppression?

Judge orders Alabama not to destroy voting records in Tuesday's Senate election

Voters Are Left in the Dark By Alabama’s Election System