Americans See Voting Rights As Essential To Their Personal Sense of Freedom
When asked by Pew which freedoms they consider essential, 92% of respondents said freedom of speech and 91 identified the right to vote. The post Americans See Voting Rights As Essential To Their...
View ArticleSessions Turns Previously Independent DOJ Into White House Surrogate
Several events, ranging from the House passage of several anti-immigration laws and Jeff Sessions’ partnership with Kris Kobach to suppressing the vote nationwide, mean the Sessions DOJ is just a White...
View ArticleUnder Kobach’s Watch Kansas Tossed 3 Times the Ballots As Other Like-Sized...
Under Trump election commission appointee Kris Kobach's watch, Kansas through out 3 times as many ballots as other similarly sized states. The post Under Kobach’s Watch Kansas Tossed 3 Times the...
View ArticleDesperate Kris Kobach Relies On Logical Leaps To Justify NH Voter Fraud Claim
The Trump Administration's Election Integrity Commission pounced on a report to falsely accuse New Hampshire voters of "mass voter fraud". The post Desperate Kris Kobach Relies On Logical Leaps To...
View ArticleTrump’s Election Commission Goes Off The Rails Looking At Mandatory...
Donald Trump?s election integrity commission held its second meeting on Tuesday, this time in New Hampshire. This was days after vice-chairman Kris Kobach accused New Hampshire voters of voter fraud in...
View ArticleIgnoring Facts SCOTUS Strikes Down Key Provisions in the VRA
This ruling gives us a lesson in political reality. Republican governors and Republican controlled state legislatures will suppress the vote. Voting Republican means endorsing vote suppression. The...
View ArticleNorth Carolina Senate Passes the Most Draconian Voter Suppression Bill Ever
Today, the North Carolina state senate passed the most extreme vote suppression bill ever after a very generous 2-hour debate. The post North Carolina Senate Passes the Most Draconian Voter Suppression...
View ArticleKiss Your Vote Goodbye: NC Senate Rubber Stamps Extreme Voter Suppression Law
North Carolina Republicans have rubber stamped a voter suppression law that some might say is more consistent with fascism than with a government of the people, for the people and by the people. The...
View ArticleThe Obama DOJ Challenges Texas’ Voter Suppression and Redistricting Law
The DOJ announced has announced that it will challenge Texas' voter ID law because the law violates the Voting Rights Act as well as the 14th and 15th amendments of the U.S. Constitution. The post The...
View ArticleJudge Denounces His Own Ruling on the Constitutionality of Voter ID Laws
Judge Richard Posner says he got it Voter ID ruling wrong, acknowledges that the result of it is vote suppression. The post Judge Denounces His Own Ruling on the Constitutionality of Voter ID Laws...
View ArticleTexas Voter ID Law Prevents Women from Voting while Married
If you're a woman in Texas, getting married or divorced could cost you your vote, especially if you drive too. The post Texas Voter ID Law Prevents Women from Voting while Married appeared first on...
View ArticleNC Republicans Fight Subpoena of Voter ID Emails Saying Accountability is a...
Republicans in North Carolina are trying to quash a subpoena for emails regarding the "rationale, purpose and implementation" of House Bill 589, aka the most egregious vote suppression law in the...
View ArticleFourth Circuit Restores Early Voting and Out of Precinct Voting in North...
In a 2-1 decision, the Federal Appeals Court for the Fourth Circuit granted a temporary injunction to restore same day registration and out of precinct voting in North Carolina. The post Fourth Circuit...
View ArticleRepublican Candidate for A-G of Arkansas Kicked Off Voter Rolls For...
As of Tuesday, the Republican candidate for Attorney-General in Arkansas is no longer a registered Arkansas voter. It turns out that Leslie Rutledge registered to vote in Arkansas, DC and possibly...
View ArticleVictory for Democracy as Wisconsin and Texas Voter ID Laws Come Tumbling Down
Democracy called checkmate against Scott Walker's attempt to rig Wisconsin's vote, while a Federal Court slapped down Greg Abbott's attempt to suppress votes in Texas. The post Victory for Democracy as...
View ArticleSupreme Court Allows Texas To Enforce The Most Draconian Voter ID Law in The...
By a vote of 6-3 The Supreme Court is allowing Texas' draconian voter ID law to be enforced for this year's election. The post Supreme Court Allows Texas To Enforce The Most Draconian Voter ID Law in...
View ArticleKansas Republicans Waste Taxpayer Money To Fly For Pleasure, Religion and...
While Republicans slash education, transportation, and social services, Republicans use a taxpayer-funded aircraft for personal pleasure. The post Kansas Republicans Waste Taxpayer Money To Fly For...
View ArticleAppeals Court Strikes Down North Carolina Vote Suppression Law
"North Carolina’s provisions deliberately target African Americans with...surgical precision...to depress Black turnout at the polls." The post Appeals Court Strikes Down North Carolina Vote...
View ArticleTargeted By Police For Being Black Registered Voters In a GOP State
"People just do not understand why a sheriff is coming to their house to bring them a subpoena if they haven’t committed any crime." The post Targeted By Police For Being Black Registered Voters In a...
View ArticleRepublican Election Officials Fight Trump’s “Dangerous” Rigged Election Rhetoric
“It’s going to create a disturbance and, played out in polling places across the country, it has the potential to destabilize the election which is very, very dangerous." The post Republican Election...
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