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Voting Suppression Schemes and How They’re Being Challenged

by Aura Bogado on August 10 2012, 2:42PM

Voters are turned away because of confusion in Michigan, purges take hold in New Mexico and Iowa, and Voter ID is challenged in Pennsylvania and Tennessee

Topics: Voting Rights 2012, Politics

Undocumented Immigrants Ride Through South, Headed For a DNC Coming Out

by Aura Bogado on August 7 2012, 11:49AM

Why would a group of people who are ineligible to vote engage in electoral politics? We talk to a rider on the “UndocuBus” to find out.

Topics: Voting Rights 2012, Immigration, Politics

Voter Suppression in the Land of Enchantment

by Aura Bogado on August 3 2012, 11:26AM

George Lujan, the latest community journalist to join Voting Rights Watch, reports from New Mexico, where the state’s busy frustrating registration efforts and prepping a massive voter purge.

Topics: Voting Rights 2012, Politics

I Have Photo ID, Therefore I Am

by Brentin Mock on August 2 2012, 10:27AM

Ten Pennsylvania residents have spent the past week explaining in court that they do, in fact, exist and ought to be able to vote.

Topics: 2012 Election, Voting Rights 2012, Politics

What’s Happening With Voting Rights Near You? Here’s a National Look

by Aura Bogado on July 31 2012, 2:07PM

Some of the latest voting rights news from around the country.

Topics: Voting Rights 2012, Politics

Taking a ‘Freedom Ride’ Against Pennsylvania’s Voter ID [Photos]

by Aura Bogado on July 27 2012, 9:40AM

More than 1,000 people rallied against Pennsylvania’s voter ID law this week. James Cersonsky shares his images from a “Freedom Ride” bus to the capital.

Topics: Voting Rights 2012, Politics, Voting Rights Watch

Why the Voter ID Faceoff in Pennsylvania Is Crucial

by Brentin Mock on July 25 2012, 9:52AM

Ten voters will attempt to show in court that the law has clear and racially biased impact on Pennsylvanians’ right to vote.

Topics: Voting Rights 2012, Politics

Study Links ‘Racial Resentment’ and Voter ID Support

by Aura Bogado on July 20 2012, 9:49AM

Race and racism continue to determine your attitudes towards voter ID—and whether you can even get one.

Topics: Voting Rights 2012, Politics

Minnesota Voter ID Amendment Draws Youth Activists

by Aura Bogado on July 18 2012, 9:20AM

Minnesota’s voter ID is creating a new generation of activists fighting for social justice. Miracle Randle is one of them.

Topics: Voting Rights 2012, Politics, Voting Rights Watch

Who’s Got Their Eye on Your Right to Vote? [Reader Forum]

by Channing Kennedy on July 16 2012, 9:18AM

Readers discuss the dirt Brentin Mock and crew have dug up in their nationwide coverage of voting rights and voter suppression. Also, a note that our site comments will be offline for maintenance this week.

Topics: Voting Rights 2012

It’s Bigger Than Texas: Voting Rights News Roundup

by Aura Bogado on July 13 2012, 1:07PM

Voters stand up for themselves in Texas; purge-fest spreads beyond Florida; and ALEC’s exodus continues. This and more in our voting rights news roundup.

Topics: Voting Rights 2012, Politics

Texas’ Road To Victory in Its Decades Long Fight Against Voting Rights

by Brentin Mock on July 12 2012, 10:14AM

In 1944, a landmark Supreme Court decision over Texas’ Jim Crow laws changed the arc of voting history. This week, the case that’s expected to change things again began its trip to the Roberts court.

Topics: Voting Rights 2012, History, Politics

Texas vs. Voting Rights, 1944 to 2012 [Infographic]

by Hatty Lee on July 12 2012, 10:11AM

The state’s current challenge to the Voting Rights Act isn’t new. For decades, it’s put up the nation’s most aggressive fight against federal authority to protect voters of color.

Topics: Voting Rights 2012, History, Politics

Texas Wants to Say Adios to the Voting Rights Act’s Authority

by Aura Bogado on July 10 2012, 4:10PM

200,000 Latinos will turn 18 between now and Election Day. But if they’re in Texas, their right to vote is under threat.

Topics: Voting Rights 2012, Politics

How to Disenfranchise 18 Percent of Philadelphia’s Electorate

by Aura Bogado on July 6 2012, 2:45PM

Forty-four percent of Philly is African-American—and nearly 20 percent of voters there may lose their right to cast a ballot this fall.

Topics: Voting Rights 2012, Politics

A Case Study in How Kris Kobach’s Cabal Aims to Remake Election Law

by Brentin Mock on July 5 2012, 10:20AM

The battle unfolding in Michigan this week illustrates how a 15-state consortium of rightwing elections officials—who are willing to say anything to advance the voter fraud meme—plan to dismantle voting rights.

Topics: Voting Rights 2012, Politics

How Many Lawyers Does it Take to Screw an Election?

by Aura Bogado on July 2 2012, 9:58AM

Minnesota lawmakers claim ignorance over violating ethics in the voter ID suit that stands to discriminate against voters of color.

Topics: Voting Rights 2012, Politics

Florida to People of Color: Don’t Vote Here

by Brentin Mock on June 29 2012, 9:38AM

What a difference an election makes. Since the 2010 Tea Party wins in Florida, the voting rights landscape has changed dramatically. What was once a discussion of expanding the vote is now all about shutting it down.

Topics: 2012 Election, Voting Rights 2012, Early Voting, Politics

Eric Holder’s New Role as Right Wing Boogeyman

by Aura Bogado on June 26 2012, 4:36PM

What does Holder’s defense of voting rights have to do with a House committee move to hold him in contempt? Everything.

Topics: Voting Rights 2012, Politics

Voter ID Standoff Threatens New Hampshire’s Proud Turnout Record

by Aura Bogado on June 22 2012, 2:25PM

After a year of standing ground, the governor warms up to voter ID—but still vetoes bill that would have affected the voting rights of eligible students and African Americans.

Topics: Voting Rights 2012, Politics

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