Investigative reporter Brentin Mock covers attempts to limit the electoral power of people of color, while editor Aura Bogado leads our team of community journalists, acting as eyes and ears in key districts around the country.
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Voting’s Outcasts: Why One in Five Blacks in Kentucky Can’t Cast a Ballot
by Aura Bogado on September 18 2012, 9:56AM
One in every five African Americans in Kentucky are barred from voting—only due to their criminal record.
Topics: Voting Rights 2012, Politics
This Week’s Victories in Voting Rights
by Aura Bogado on September 14 2012, 11:29AM
The push back against voter suppression has resulted in some major victories this week.
Topics: Voting Rights 2012, Politics
The Racial Burdens Obscured by Voter ID Laws
by Brentin Mock on September 14 2012, 9:48AM
The burdens of voters of color in Pennsylvania continue to be overlooked by the state’s lawyers.
Topics: Voting Rights 2012, Politics
Philadelphia Groups Scramble to Help Residents Get Voter ID
by Aura Bogado on September 12 2012, 9:30AM
Pennsylvania’s voter ID law is already proving to be a burden to local agencies and non-profits.
Topics: Voting Rights 2012, Politics
Can a Super PAC of Black Fraternity Brothers Register a Million Voters for Obama?
by Aura Bogado, Frank Reynolds on September 7 2012, 10:12AM
1911 United aims to get a million voters in seven battleground states to re-elect President Obama.
Topics: Voting Rights 2012, Politics
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Undocubus: A Journey From Arizona to the DNC [Video]
by Aura Bogado on September 5 2012, 10:18AM
Colorlines.com’s Aura Bogado traveled with Undocubus and brings you her reporter’s notebook.
Topics: 2012 Election, Voting Rights 2012, Politics
The Racial Politics Behind the Right Wing’s Poll-Watching
by Brentin Mock on September 5 2012, 9:58AM
A new report from the Brennan Center for Justice spells out the hyper-partisan and racially charged impact of efforts to police the polls in November.
Topics: Voting Rights 2012, Politics
‘Undocumented and Unfraid:’ UndocuBus Riders Lead by Example
by Aura Bogado on August 31 2012, 7:17PM
In their final stop before arriving to Charlotte for the DNC, UndocuBus riders continue to inspire others to come out of the shadows in North Carolina.
Topics: Voting Rights 2012, Politics
On Its Way to the DNC, Undocubus Finds Struggle and Hope in Knoxville
by Aura Bogado on August 30 2012, 3:17PM
On their way to the Democratic National Convention, UndocuBus riders find community in Knoxville, Tennessee.
Topics: Voting Rights 2012, Politics
Republicans Boast About Voter Suppression in Tampa, but the Ground Is Shifting
by Brentin Mock on August 30 2012, 12:20PM
Republicans aren’t running from their record of voter suppression.
Topics: Voting Rights 2012, Politics
Ohio’s Jon Husted, the New Bad Boy on the Voting Rights Block
by Brentin Mock on August 29 2012, 9:36AM
In a state already plagued by voting problems, the secretary of state is working hard to close, rather than open access to the polls.
Topics: Voting Rights 2012, Politics
This is What Voter Participation Looks Like
by Aura Bogado on August 28 2012, 9:23AM
Nearly half of all California voters are new or occasional voters. In South LA, one group is empowering community members to realize the significance of their vote.
Topics: Voting Rights 2012, Politics
Voter ID Threatens to Storm Next Week’s GOP Convention
by Aura Bogado on August 24 2012, 1:36PM
As the RNC platform is amended to include support of voter ID legislation, we bring you the week’s voting rights updates
Topics: Voting Rights 2012, Politics
LIVE CHAT: Colorlines.com Reporters on the Threat to Voting Rights in 2012
by Kai Wright on August 23 2012, 10:12AM
Watch—and join—a conversation about the 2012 elections and the growing rightwing attack on the right to vote.
Topics: 2012 Election, Voting Rights 2012, Politics
How the Tea Party’s Building a ‘Poll Watcher’ Network for November
by Brentin Mock on August 23 2012, 9:43AM
True the Vote began as a small outfit in Houston three years ago. Now, its agenda for intimidating voters reaches all across the country.
Topics: 2012 Election, Voting Rights 2012, Politics
Infographic: True the Vote’s Spreading Campaign to Intimidate Voters in 2012
by Hatty Lee on August 23 2012, 9:37AM
An interactive map of how one Tea Party group is moving the voter fraud meme inside far right and Republican Party politics.
Topics: 2012 Election, Voting Rights 2012, Politics
Florida’s Menacing Moves to Restrict Voting
by Aura Bogado on August 22 2012, 4:00PM
Changes to Florida’s voting rules target people of color, and not those who have done anything wrong. Our newest community journalists reports what’s happening on-the-ground.
Topics: Voting Rights 2012, Politics
Court Cases Continue to Decide Future of Voting Rights
by Aura Bogado on August 17 2012, 2:02PM
This week’s updates on early voting, voter ID, and the power of marginalized voters.
Topics: Voting Rights 2012, Politics
What’s Ahead in the ‘Voting Wars’? Certainly Not Peace.
by Brentin Mock on August 17 2012, 10:00AM
A conversation with election law expert Richard Hasen on the true scope of voter fraud, the power of the ACORN myth and John Roberts’ scary interest in the Voting Rights Act.
Topics: Voting Rights 2012, Politics
Judge Allows Pennsylvania Voter ID Law to Move Forward
by Brentin Mock on August 15 2012, 11:09AM
Civil rights groups vow appeal, arguing that hundreds of thousands may be disenfranchised in November.
Topics: 2012 Election, Voting Rights 2012, /NOW Blog, Politics
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