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by Jenée Desmond-Harris onOctober 2, 2012
Voters won't have to produce government-issued photo ID to cast ballots in the upcoming election, but they can be asked for it. Voting-rights victory or "Band-Aid for the law's inherent problems"?
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by Jenée Desmond-Harris onSeptember 24, 2012
A Supreme Court appeal of the three-judge panel's decision is expected.
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by Cord Jefferson onSeptember 18, 2012
Cord Jefferson writes at BET News that we shouldn't turn a blind eye toward suppression efforts aimed at younger voters.
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by Jenée Desmond-Harris onJuly 10, 2012
The attorney general says that Texas' controversial voter-ID requirement, currently under review by a federal court, is a pretext for disenfranchisement.
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July 3, 2012
Journal-isms: Mainstream news outlets are underreporting how the issue affects people of color.
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by Jenée Desmond-Harris onJuly 2, 2012
ColorLines tells the story of activists trying to counteract that message in the face of laws that "frighten people from registering voters."
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by Marcus Bright onJune 16, 2012
Marcus Bright argues in a piece for the Huffington Post that "liberty and justice for all" means that ex-offenders should be able to cast their ballots in elections.
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by Brentin Mock onApril 14, 2012
The Nation writer Brentin Mock tackles voter-registration issues and how to ensure that the movement focuses on the right demographic.
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by Malik Yusef onApril 7, 2012
Malik Yusef puts the importance of voting in historical context in this piece for the Huffington Post.
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by Nsenga Burton onDecember 29, 2011
She won't be able to vote in Tennessee for the first time in decades.
