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“A Deeply Ironic Twist”: Conservative Media Ignore GOP Voter Registration Fraud
Republicans passed new voting restrictions in more than a dozen states since the 2010 election that were purportedly designed to stop voter fraud. Yet, in a deeply ironic twist, the most high-profile...
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“Shuffling To The Right”: While You Weren’t Looking, Michigan Turned Into Texas
The Michigan legislature’s lame duck session is only three weeks long, but the state house didn’t need more than 18 hours to move the state sharply to the right. During a marathon session Thursday and...
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“Arizona Versus The Right To Vote”: A Law Whose Sole Purpose Is To...
As part of a broader anti-immigration initiative in 2004, Arizona passed Proposition 200, a law requiring voters to provide proof of citizenship before registering to vote. One person affected by this...
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“Virginia Is The New Florida”: New Voter Suppression Efforts Prove The Voting...
In 2011 and 2012, 180 new voting restrictions were introduced in forty-one states. Ultimately, twenty-five laws and two executive actions were passed in nineteen states following the 2010 election to...
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“One Nail In The Coffin”: Wisconsin Voters Reaffirm Election Day Registration
Voters in Madison and Milwaukee have reaffirmed the state’s Election Day registration law, with an overwhelming majority supporting the practice in two advisory referendums on Tuesday’s ballot....
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“Like Thieves Covering Their Tracks”: North Carolina Republicans Push Extreme...
This week, the North Carolina legislature will almost certainly pass a strict new voter ID law that could disenfranchise 318,000 registered voters who don’t have the narrow forms of accepted...
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“You Expect Me To Read The Bill?: NC Governor Admits He “Doesn’t Know Enough”...
North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory (R) said Friday he would sign a bill passed by the North Carolina legislature that would become the most suppressive voting law in the nation. But when asked to speak...
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“Suppressing The Vote”: For The GOP, “Integrity Of The Ballot” Is A Deceptive...
Now that the U.S. Supreme Court’s hyper-conservative faction has neutered the Voting Rights Act, Republican officials around the country have re-energized their campaign to block citizens of color from...
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“Simply Breathtaking”: North Carolina Gov Pat McCrory Approves Sweeping...
That this outcome was inevitable doesn’t make it any less offensive. Gov. Pat McCrory Monday signed into law a bill requiring voters to produce a photo ID when they go to the polls, a measure that was...
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“The Republican Self-Preservation Act”: Texas Voter ID Law Discriminates...
Texas’s new voter ID law got off to a rocky start this week as early voting began for state constitutional amendments. The law was previously blocked as discriminatory by the federal courts under the...
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“We Have To Do Better”: We Can’t Just Play Defense On Voting Access, It’s...
When I think of the 2012 Obama campaign, I am proud of so many things we accomplished. But one thing I wasn’t totally satisfied with was voter turnout. It’s not that we didn’t meet our goals—we...
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“Ohio’s War On Voting Intensifies”: The Kind Of Moves Official’s Make When...
In advance of the 2012 elections, Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted (R) launched an aggressive campaign against early voting, most notably targeting Sunday voting, for reasons he struggled to explain....
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“Voter Outreach Is Hard, Voter Suppression Is Easy”: GOP Policies Putting New...
Every few years, Republican officials will say they need to do a better job reaching out to minorities, women, and younger voters. In each instance, GOP leaders will give every indication that they’re...
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“Three Feet Away”: Scott Walker’s Intimidation And Voter Harassment Program
There’s been a fair amount of attention lately on Gov. Scott Walker’s (R) newly imposed voting restrictions in Wisconsin, and for good reason. The governor’s latest measures appear to have only one...
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“Easy And Instant Voting”: A Great Idea Whose Time Has Come, Again
Forty years ago, at a point when Americans were profoundly concerned about declining voter participation, democracy advocates proposed a fix: “instant voting.” To remove barriers and increase...
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“We Need More Voting, Not Less”: Republicans Are Gaming The Electoral System...
For decades, we in America have lamented our voter turnout. There has been widespread concern about not only the 60 percent participation in presidential elections, but the drop-off to about 40 percent...
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“An Important Voting Rights Victory”: Ohio Early Voting Cuts Violate The...
Ohio keeps trying to cut early voting and the federal courts keep striking the cuts down. Last year, Ohio’s Republican-controlled legislature cut a week of early voting and eliminated the “Golden Week”...
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“A Serious And Accessible Right For All”: America Is A Democracy; So Why Do...
Since I first registered to vote on my 18th birthday, I haven’t missed voting in a single election that I can remember. My feat has been nothing short of a pain in the ass, given that I have moved 14...
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“Vote or… Just Vote”: We Are Missing Important Voices In Our Democratic Process
It is National Voter Registration Day on September 23, an entire 24 hours dedicated to getting unregistered voters to fill out that voter registration form and commit to voting in this upcoming midterm...
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“Judge Slams Voter Suppression Law”: ‘Why Does The State Of North Carolina...
Voting rights advocates in North Carolina caught a lucky break on Thursday, where it was revealed that the panel of three judges who would consider that state’s comprehensive voter suppression law...
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