North Carolina GOP Unleashes Hardcore Voter ID Package
by Brentin Mock on April 4 2013, 4:02PM
The state’s Republicans also want to sack early voting and institute felony disenfranchisement.
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Michelle Obama: Don’t Sleep on Voting Rights
by Brentin Mock on December 18 2012, 1:45PM
We hate to keep beating y’all in the head about the voting rights war not being over, but seriously, it’s not over.
Topics: Voting Rights 2012, /NOW Blog
Breaking News: Colorlines Believes in Racial Justice (Or, Why the Right’s Scared of Us)
by Kai Wright on December 5 2012, 9:59AM
Our voting rights coverage has prompted some right wing muckraking on our publisher. We’ll save them the effort: We’re proud to be part of a racial justice movement.
Topics: Kai Wright, Politics
Undeterred by the Long, Slow Line Toward Democracy
by Brentin Mock on November 7 2012, 10:54AM
Those long, snaking lines were about more than a vote. The people most battered and excluded from the nation’s politics and economy are refusing to be ignored.
Topics: Voting Rights 2012, Politics
Voters in Predominantly Black Ohio Suburb Forced to Cast Provisional Ballots
by Jorge Rivas on November 6 2012, 5:53PM
A number of residents in Forest Park, a predominantly black suburb outside Cincinnati, are reporting they’re being forced to cast provisional ballots because records incorrectly show they already submitted an absentee-ballot. The state Board of Election says the issue was…
Sheriff Deputies, Poll Worker Harass Latinos in Swing State Colorado
by Aura Bogado on November 6 2012, 1:59PM
Colorado’s Latino voters could well decide this election—but some will have to overcome harassment to cast their ballots.
Topics: Voting Rights 2012, Politics
Ready to Vote? Rampant Suppression Threatens Already Tight Race
by Aura Bogado on November 2 2012, 1:42AM
There are plenty more threats to the vote than there are days left to cast your ballot.
Topics: 2012 Election, Voting Rights 2012, Politics
Why Vote? Because You Can Shift Power in the United States
by Aura Bogado on November 1 2012, 12:18PM
For some people of color, voting may be a matter of life and death.
Topics: Voting Rights 2012, Politics, Why Vote?
Suppression Surges as Election Nears
by Aura Bogado on October 26 2012, 9:09AM
With a week-and-a-half left until Election Day, voter suppression schemes slam swing states.
Topics: Voting Rights 2012, Early Voting, Politics
Anonymous Funder Pulls ‘Voter Fraud’ Billboards Rather Than Reveal Itself
by Kai Wright on October 22 2012, 11:54AM
After widespread outrage, Clear Channel finally invoked its policy against anonymous political ads.
Topics: Voting Rights 2012, /NOW Blog, Politics
Pa. Voters Won’t Have to Show ID, but Poll Workers Can Still Ask For It
by Brentin Mock on October 2 2012, 10:52AM
The situation’s still complicated in Pennsylvania.
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Woman Acting for El Paso County, Co. Clerk’s Office Only Registering Republicans [Video]
by Jorge Rivas on September 24 2012, 4:36PM
The short video shows a young woman identifying herself as an El Paso County, Co. Clerk’s Office who is there only to hand out registration forms to likely Romney voters.
Watch Kerry Washington’s Powerful DNC Speech on Threats to Women’s Rights
by Jorge Rivas on September 7 2012, 12:38PM
Actress Kerry Washington’s speech at the DNC.
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
Federal Court Removes New Restrictions on Voter Registration Groups
by Jorge Rivas on August 29 2012, 2:09PM
On Wednesday, a federal judge in Florida issued an order to permanently remove a new restriction that would have made it harder for voter registration groups to register new voters.
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
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
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