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Maryland Restores Voting Rights to 40,000 Felons
Written by Pema Levy | Mother Jones
In a dramatic vote to override the governor's veto, the Maryland state Senate on Tuesday voted to restore voting rights to felons on probation or parole, giving approximately 40,000 felons the right to vote.
Will the GOP Strip and Flip the 2016 Election?
Written by Mimi Kennedy, Bob Fitrakis & Harvey Wasserman | Reader Supported News
It is 2016. The votes (80% of them electronic) have been cast all across the United States. Except in Hawaii, the voting stations are now closed.
I GOT THE HORSE RIGHT HERE! 2016 PRIMARY TRACK CONDITIONS
Written by Mimi Kennedy
If you know Guys & Dolls, you’re already singing the rest of this line: “His name is Paul Revere, and there’s a guy that says, when the weather’s clear, ‘Can do!’” - http://www.musictory.com/music/Guys+And+Dolls/Fugue+For+Tinhorns )
Hand Counting Paper Ballots Is Not Impossible
Written by Mimi Kennedy
Find out. Learn how. Empower your activism for democracy. Citizen jurors sustain our legal system. Any system is corruptible. But governments corrupt when citizens withdraw from the process. And we have withdrawn from – been kicked out of – our vote-count. First, we must return to paper ballots.
Nearly 900 absentee ballots in Summit County thrown out for lack of postmark; elections board to hold hearing to question postal officials about issue
Written by Stephanie Warsmith | Akron Beacon Journal
You filled out your absentee ballot and put it in the mail. You assumed it would be postmarked and arrive at the elections board in time to be counted.
For nearly 900 voters in Summit County, that assumption was wrong.
U.S. Justice Department threatens to sue Alabama over voting law
Written by Ryan Phillips | Birmingham Business Journal
The U.S. Department of Justice in September notified Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange that it would file a lawsuit against the state of Alabama for failure to enforce various sections of the National Voter Registration Act.
Amid voting rights criticism, Alabama partially backs off controversial plan to close driver license offices
Written by Vanessa Williams | The Washington Post
The governor of Alabama has partially reversed a decision to close more than 30 government offices that issue driver licenses and photo IDs, following weeks of criticism by civil rights advocates and Democratic lawmakers who say the action would make it harder for some black residents to get the identification needed to vote.
Caravan hits Black Belt region to protest AL satellite DMV office closings
Written by Michael Doudna | WFSA
The "No Closings Caravan" began it's journey Thursday across Alabama's poor Black Belt region to protest the closing of 31 satellite driver's license offices after state budget cuts. The journey started in Union Springs before moving on to Tuskegee and hitting three other Black Belt counties later in the afternoon.
Montgomery council grills election board head on voting site shifts
Written by Bill Turque | The Washington Post
Montgomery County Board of Elections President Jim Shalleck acknowledged Thursday that the Republican-controlled panel’s decision to move two early voting sites reduced the total number of registered voters living within five miles of an early balloting location.
Alabama Makes Photo IDs Mandatory for Voting, Then Shutters DMV Offices in Black Counties
Written by Andrea Germanos | Common Dreams
The 'decision to cut out ID services to almost all counties with a majority black population is discriminatory and wrong,' says ACLU of Alabama. "Every single county in which blacks make up more than 75 percent of registered voters will see their driver license office closed," writes columnist John Archibald.
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Virginia Finally Drops America’s ‘Worst Voting Machines’
Written by Kim Zetter | Wired
If you voted in a Virginia election any time between 2003 and April of this year, your vote was at serious risk of being compromised by hackers.
Sen. Jon Tester's Native American Voting Rights Act would help cut suppression of Indian vote
Written by Meteor Blades | Daily Kos
As I've noted on many previous occasions, ever since every American Indian was supposedly given citizenship and the right to vote in 1924, state and local authorities have sought to find ways to suppress that vote. Gerrymandering, at-large districts, fewer polling stations open for fewer hours and located too far from the populations that are supposed to use them, denying the use of tribal IDs for voting purposes and other methods have been successfully employed to reduce the Indian vote.
Voting rights to be restored for tens of thousands of felons in California
Written by Malaika Fraley | Contra Costa Times
Los Angeles County probation Chief Jerry Powers said he hasn't heard the question over allowing low-level felons to vote posed better than by his 12-year-old son: "Dad, what part of voting makes us less safe?"
Florida Supreme Court orders new congressional map with eight districts to be redrawn
Written by Mary Ellen Klas | Tampa Bay Times
On Thursday, the Florida Supreme Court struck down the state's GOP-drawn congressional map and ordered that eight seats need to be redrawn for the 2016 election.
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Trump administration's voter suppression attempts ahead of midterms are not only 'morally wrong,' they're illegal
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Democrats Just Won a Major Victory in Virginia
On a night of Democratic victories, one of the most significant wins came in Virginia, where the party held onto…
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'Jim Crow-Era Tactics' Rejected as Texas GOP Racist Voter ID Law Smacked Down
"It's time for Congress to finally act to restore the Voting Rights Act, and put an end to these kinds…
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Repealing the Jim Crow law that keeps 1.5 million Floridians from voting.
A seismic political battle that could send shockwaves all the way to the White House was launched last week in…
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Bid to restore felons’ voting rights draws broad support
A bill that seeks to restore voting rights for certain felons is drawing diverse support from groups including the Washoe…
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The System IS Rigged!—The Electoral College and the 2016 Election
Donald Trump was right: the system is rigged! But it is rigged for the Republicans, not the Democrats, for conservatives,…
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Clinton Campaign Joins Jill Stein’s Recount Of Votes In Wisconsin
Hillary Clinton’s campaign on Saturday announced they would participate in former Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein’s recount of the…
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Jill Stein’s Recount Effort Raises Millions In Just Hours
Green Party presidential nominee Jill Stein’s call to raise funds to support vote recounts in three key states was met…
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Indiana officials are trying to block almost 45,000 black citizens from voting
Police raided the largest voter registration drive in the state with the lowest voter turnout in the country.
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A 90-Year-Old Woman Who’s Voted Since 1948 Was Disenfranchised by Wisconsin’s Voter-ID Law
Voting-rights groups are asking a federal court to block the law before the November election.
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Protecting the Right to Vote in the 2016 Elections
The real measure of election integrity is that every eligible American can cast a vote that is counted. But this…
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Court Says Ohio's Voter Purge is Illegal, But Will Rolls Be Restored in Time for Election?
Ohio's policy is said to be the most aggressive in the nation with more than 2 million registered voters removed…
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Virginia Supreme Court slaps down Republicans’ attempt to block ex-felons from voting
The Virginia Supreme Court rejected a petition from Republican leaders on Thursday that sought to hold Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe…
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Norment proposes path to voting rights for nonviolent felons; McAuliffe calls it 'step backward'
Virginia Senate Majority Leader Thomas K. Norment Jr. announced Thursday that he’ll introduce a constitutional amendment to automatically restore voting…
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Virginia Republicans seek to block governor's voting rights restoration
Virginia Republican leaders said they will file a contempt motion on Wednesday against Democratic Governor Terry McAuliffe over his efforts…
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Trump administration's voter suppression attempts ahead of midterms are not only 'morally wrong,' they're illegal +
Imagine going to the polls on Election Day and discovering that your ballot could be collected and reviewed by the… Read More
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ACLU Blueprints Offer Vision to Cut US Incarceration Rate in Half by Prioritizing 'People Over Prisons' +
ACLU Blueprints Offer Vision to Cut US Incarceration Rate in Half by Prioritizing 'People Over Prisons' Read More
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As Florence Makes Landfall, Poorest Once More Likely to Suffer Most From Storm's Destruction +
"These disasters drag into the light exactly who is already being thrown away," notes Naomi Klein Read More
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How about some good news? Kansas Democratic Representative advances bill for Native Peoples. +
How about some good news? Kansas Democratic Representative advances bill for Native Peoples. Read More
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How One Dying Man Changed The Debate About The Tax Bill +
What mattered was that he showed up — that he put himself in front of the people whose opinions on… Read More
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Democrats Just Won a Major Victory in Virginia +
On a night of Democratic victories, one of the most significant wins came in Virginia, where the party held onto… Read More
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Repealing the Jim Crow law that keeps 1.5 million Floridians from voting. +
A seismic political battle that could send shockwaves all the way to the White House was launched last week in… Read More
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Nuclear Weapons: Who Pays, Who Profits? +
In an interview with Reuters conducted a month after he took office, Donald Trump asserted that the U.S. had “fallen… Read More
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Sessions issues sweeping new criminal charging policy +
Attorney General Jeff Sessions overturned the sweeping criminal charging policy of former attorney general Eric H. Holder Jr. and directed… Read More
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Featured Voting Rights/Election Integrity News
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Trump administration's voter suppression attempts ahead of midterms are not only 'morally wrong,' they're illegal +
Imagine going to the polls on Election Day and discovering that your ballot could be collected and reviewed by the… Read More
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Democrats Just Won a Major Victory in Virginia +
On a night of Democratic victories, one of the most significant wins came in Virginia, where the party held onto… Read More
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Repealing the Jim Crow law that keeps 1.5 million Floridians from voting. +
A seismic political battle that could send shockwaves all the way to the White House was launched last week in… Read More
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The System IS Rigged!—The Electoral College and the 2016 Election +
Donald Trump was right: the system is rigged! But it is rigged for the Republicans, not the Democrats, for conservatives,… Read More
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Clinton Campaign Joins Jill Stein’s Recount Of Votes In Wisconsin +
Hillary Clinton’s campaign on Saturday announced they would participate in former Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein’s recount of the… Read More
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Virginia Supreme Court slaps down Republicans’ attempt to block ex-felons from voting +
The Virginia Supreme Court rejected a petition from Republican leaders on Thursday that sought to hold Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe… Read More
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Keep Politics Out of Virginia Voting Rights Restoration +
On Tuesday the Virginia Supreme Court heard arguments in a suit challenging Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s (D) April order that restored… Read More
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Use it or lose it: Occasional Ohio voters may be shut out in November +
When Larry Harmon tried to vote on a marijuana initiative in November in his hometown of Kent, Ohio, the 59-year-old… Read More
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Virginia governor signs order restoring voting rights for felons +
Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe signed an order on Friday restoring the voting rights of more than 200,000 convicted felons who… Read More
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