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Local Election Officials Show Bias Against Latino Voters, Especially on Voter ID
by Brentin Mock on May 23 2013, 11:15AM
Local election officials were three-and-a-half to four-times more likely to respond to the emails that came from the non-Latino name, Greg Walsh, than the Latino name, Luis Rodriguez.
What’s the Scope of Voter Suppression in this Election?
by Jamilah King on November 6 2012, 7:31PM
After months of trying, are voter suppression tactics really working at the polls?
Topics: /NOW Blog
Minnesota Voters Raise Their Diverse Voices for Voting Rights
by Aura Bogado on October 2 2012, 11:29AM
Minnesota’s Communities of color are changing the narrative about the state’s voter ID amendment.
Topics: Voting Rights 2012, Politics
Citizenship and Voter I.D. Laws Could Keep 10 Million Latinos From Voting
by Jorge Rivas on September 24 2012, 11:53AM
New study finds that 23 states currently have legal barriers that disproportionately impact voter registration and participation by Latino citizens.
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.
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.
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
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
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
![Taking a 'Freedom Ride' Against Pennsylvania's Voter ID [Photos]](http://colorlines.com/assets_c/2012/07/CL_Leandra_lead-thumb-120x120-6501.jpg)
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
General Motors and Walgreens Leave ALEC, 30 Firms Have Left
by Jorge Rivas on July 26 2012, 2:23PM
Walgreens and General Motors are the 29th and 30th corporations to announce that they have dropped ALEC.
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
![Who's Got Their Eye on Your Right to Vote? [Reader Forum]](http://colorlines.com/assets_c/2012/05/comment_073010-thumb-640xauto-471-thumb-640xauto-1216-thumb-640xauto-1288-thumb-120x120-5978.jpeg)
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
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]](http://colorlines.com/assets_c/2012/07/voting_rights_leadinfo-thumb-120x120-6433.png)
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
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
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