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Court Strikes Down Kansas and Arizona Proof of Citizenship Laws for Federal Races
Written by Andrea Miller
A federal appellate court ruled today that Kansas and Arizona may not force applicants using the federal voter registration form to show documents proving their citizenship when registering to vote in federal races.
Outside election spending grows, changes in North Carolina politics
Written by Alex Kotch | Facing South
Just like the high-profile U.S. Senate races in 2014, state-level elections in North Carolina attracted a lot of money from super PACs and other outside groups. And just like the U.S. Senate races, Big Money didn't always pick the winner.
'Electoral Integrity Project' Report Ranks U.S. 26th Amongst World Democracies
Written by Brad Friedman | The BradBlog
'World's Greatest Democracy' rated worst among Western nations; Ranked just below Micronesia, just above Mexico in overall list...
Texas GOP Photo ID Two-Step: Turnout Numbers Way Down, Provisional Ballot Numbers Way Up
Written by Brad Friedman | The BradBlog
Early data suggest new 'discriminatory', 'unconstitutional' Republican voting restriction seems to have worked well for them...
ACLU Files Lawsuit on Behalf of Iowa Mom Seeking to Regain Her Right to Vote
Written by ACLU Iowa
DES MOINES, Iowa - The American Civil Liberties Union today filed a lawsuit on behalf of Kelli Jo Griffin, an Iowa mom who is striving to regain her right to vote. Griffin lost her voting rights in 2008 following a nonviolent drug conviction. She completed her probation but is no longer allowed to vote due to that conviction.
How Much of a Difference Did New Voting Restrictions Make in Yesterday's Close Races?
Written by Wendy R. Weiser | Brennan Center for Justice
The Republican electoral sweep in yesterday’s elections has put an end to speculation over whether new laws making it harder to vote in 21 states would help determine control of the Senate this year. But while we can breathe a sigh of relief that the electoral outcomes won’t be mired in litigation, a quick look at the numbers shows that in several key races, the margin of victory came very close to the likely margin of disenfranchisement.
Where Did All the Black Voters Go on Election Day?
Written by Charles Ellison | The Root
With midterm hangover setting in, many will chatter and finger-point into next month about what happened, who did what and why. And at the center of it will be questions about the black vote. In crucial Senate and gubernatorial races where the black vote was needed most—Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, North Carolina—Democrats faced humiliating blows to the stomach.
NAACP President Cornell Brooks tells Akron crowd his top priority is restoring voting rights
Written by Marilyn Miller | Akron Beacon Journal
The new president of the NAACP told a group of about 300 people at Tangier on Sunday that the No. 1 item on his agenda is to fully restore the Voting Rights Act.
How Voter ID Laws Affect Women of Color
Written by Tracy Sturdivant | Common Dreams
Headlines are telling a bleak story this election season, particularly for women of color. Fast food and home care workers—the vast majority of them minority women who are living in poverty—have been striking for a living wage.
Grimes Sues McConnell Over 'Despicable' Voter Mailers
Written by Sahil Kapur | Talking Points Memo
The campaign of Kentucky Democrat Alison Lundergan Grimes has filed a lawsuit to stop Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell's campaign from distributing a mailer that it says amounts to illegal voter intimidation tactics.
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'Jim Crow All Over Again': In Advance of Election Day, Voting Restrictions Loom
Written by Deirdre Fulton | Common Dreams
'The real reason for the laws is to lower turnout, to hold onto power by keeping those who in opposition from exercising their solemn right.'
4 Simple Ways to Improve Voting
Written by DeNora Getachew | Brennan Center for Justice
Election Day is just a few days away and voters have begun to focus on what's at stake. But in New York and many states, if you have not registered to vote by now, it is already too late -- you will not be able to cast a ballot on Tuesday. What's more, in the Empire State and more than a dozen others there is no way to vote in person before Election Day.
Top 10 Epic Reasons Why Americans Should Give a Sh*t About Voting
Written by Victoria Collier and Ben-Zion Ptashnik, Truthout | News Analysis
Pop icon Russell Brand raised a ruckus last year when he exhorted, "Don't vote" to millions of his fans; a radical political directive under fire even by the likes of Sex Pistol Johnny Rotten.
Voter suppression: Ohio’s incredible tactics
Written by Zenitha Prince | Pittsburgh Courier
It was a sunny March morning when Ohio State Sen. Nina Turner (D) and her small band boarded the No. 4 bus, beginning their trek from the Walnut Hills neighborhood of Cincinnati to a proposed new county Board of Elections in Mount Airy.
The trip, she said, was meant to show how a decision to move early voting from downtown to the suburbs would make it extremely difficult for Hamilton County voters that didn’t have a vehicle.
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