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VideoNorth Carolina Election Board Drops 56 HBCU Students From Voter Rolls Under Dubious Cause
by Brentin Mock on May 3 2013, 3:38PM
Close to 60 students at the historically black Elizabeth City State University were targeted by a county Republican Party chair who challenged their voter status for questionable reasons
Topics: /NOW Blog
North Carolina Clergy Jailed While Praying for ’21st Century George Wallace’ Governor
by Brentin Mock on April 30 2013, 1:35PM
Seventeen arrests were made at a North Carolina protest.
Topics: Budget Cuts, /NOW Blog, Politics
The Familiar and False Argument That Gay Rights ‘Shut Out’ Other Civil Rights
by Brentin Mock on March 28 2013, 3:46PM
Once again, with gay rights in the news, a black commentator tries to talk a fake debate into existence.
Topics: Gender & Sexuality, Media, /NOW Blog
North Carolina: A Case for the Voting Rights Act’s Modern Relevance
by Brentin Mock on February 27 2013, 8:59AM
As the Supreme Court weighs whether the feds should maintain oversight in Southern election law, North Carolina proves why the answer is obviously yes.
Topics: Voting Rights 2012, Politics, Voting Rights Act
What Is Alabama’s Problem With the Voting Rights Act?
by Brentin Mock on February 26 2013, 8:46AM
The Supreme Court will hear arguments this week in a case that could deeply gut the historic law. To understand where this is going, it’s crucial to know how we got here.
Topics: Voting Rights 2012, History, Politics, Voting Rights Act
From Selma to the Roberts Court: Reflections on Voting Rights History
by Brentin Mock on February 21 2013, 9:36AM
Diane Nash, Dorie Ladner and others who led and joined the March 1965 demonstrations that created the Voting Rights Act speak with Colorlines about their work then—and now.
Topics: Voting Rights 2012, History, Voting Rights Act
Florida Gov. Rick Scott Joins the GOP Retreat on Voting Rights
by Brentin Mock on January 18 2013, 2:16PM
What a difference a hellish election can make. The governor who helped create Florida’s notoriously long voting lines now supports expanded early voting.
Topics: Voting Rights 2012, /NOW Blog, Politics
Why Were There Long Voting Lines in 2012? Virginia Holds Answers
by Brentin Mock on January 15 2013, 9:42AM
A congressional hearing seeks to find out what caused so much turmoil on Election Day.
Topics: Voting Rights 2012, Politics
True the Vote is Reloaded, Still Firing Blanks on Voter Fraud
by Brentin Mock on January 11 2013, 1:17PM
True the Vote appears to be expanding, but their impact is contracting.
Topics: Voting Rights 2012, /NOW Blog, Politics
Virginia Governor Says Restore Voting Rights for Nonviolent Felon Offenders
by Brentin Mock on January 10 2013, 11:38AM
Gov. Bob McDonnell throws support behind two GOP-sponsored bills to automatically restore some felons’ rights.
Topics: Voting Rights 2012, /NOW Blog, Politics
The Lesson of 2012? It Was Never About Obama, It Was About Us
by Gihan Perera, Manuel Pastor on December 20 2012, 10:06AM
Manuel Pastor and Gihan Perera consider a year in which the racial justice movement surged.
Topics: 2013, Politics, Second Term
Voting Rights Haven’t Gotten Such Attention Since 1965. What Did We Learn?
by Brentin Mock on November 16 2012, 7:33AM
From early voting to poll watching, felony disenfranchisement to redistricting, 10 lessons from an election season in which voting itself was hotly debated.
Topics: 2012 Election, Voting Rights 2012, 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
Voter ID Confusion and Tea Party Poll ‘Monitoring’ in Pennsylvania
by Kai Wright on November 6 2012, 3:04PM
Election Protection watchers are hearing lots of reports about conflict over voter ID requirements at Pennsylvania polling sites.
Topics: 2012 Election, Voting Rights 2012, /NOW Blog
AP: Strong Turnout in New York and New Jersey Despite Sandy’s Chaos
by Kai Wright on November 6 2012, 11:29AM
But some troubling reports emerging about access, particularly in Pennsylvania.
Topics: 2012 Election, /NOW Blog, Politics
In Virginia, 350K Would-Be Voters Wait for Democracy’s Slow Return
by Brentin Mock on October 24 2012, 9:28AM
Republican Gov. Bob McDonnell is restoring the voting rights of more formerly incarcerated residents than any previous administration. And it’s still a drop in the bucket.
Topics: 2012 Election, Voting Rights 2012, Criminal Justice, Politics
How Native Voters Are Routinely Disenfranchised in Arizona
by Aura Bogado on October 18 2012, 10:00AM
From voter ID laws to inaccessible polling stations, Native voters in Arizona face a cascading series of hurdles to participating in the November election.
Topics: 2012 Election, Voting Rights 2012, Politics
The 2012 Attack on Voting Rights Isn’t Racist—Just Ask Artur Davis
by Brentin Mock on October 4 2012, 10:13AM
The black former congressman has emerged as the tea party’s new best friend, because he insists his colleagues in the southern Black Belt are the real threat to voting rights.
Topics: 2012 Election, Voting Rights 2012, Politics
Florida’s Felonious Voting Trap
by Brentin Mock on September 27 2012, 10:28AM
When it comes to determining who can and cannot vote, misinformation reigns. The tea party movement is eager to exploit that fact.
Topics: 2012 Election, Voting Rights 2012, Politics
Meet Our Team of Voting Rights Community Journalists
by Aura Bogado on September 27 2012, 9:55AM
Voting rights are at risk all over the country, so we’ve recruited eyes and ears in key states to help us stay on top of rapidly unfolding events.
Topics: 2012 Election, Voting Rights 2012, Politics
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