Dec 14SavePolitics12/14/20Politics12/14/20‘Credible Threats of Violence’ Resulted in Michigan Closing Its Legislative Offices Ahead of Electoral College VoteJoe Jurado7SaveBefore Michigan’s electors voted to certify President-Elect Joe Biden’s electoral win, the threat of violence…
Sep 24SavePolitics9/24/20Politics9/24/20Report Finds North Carolina Threw Out Black Voters’ Mail-In Ballots at Twice the Rate of White Voters in 2018Anne Branigin11SaveVoter suppression isn’t a new phenomenon. But as the country lurches toward a November election in which President…
Sep 2SavePolitics9/2/20Politics9/2/20Georgia Wrongfully Purged 200,000 Voters, Many in the Atlanta Metro Area, From Its Rolls, New Report FindsAnne Branigin38SaveA seven-year investigation of voter suppression in Georgia has found that the state likely removed 200,000 voters…
Jun 22SaveNews6/22/20News6/22/20Long Lines for Black Voters Anticipated as Kentucky Cuts More than 95 Percent of Polling Places Ahead of Its Democratic PrimaryAnne Branigin51SaveSince the coronavirus pandemic hit earlier this spring, voting rights advocates have voiced concern over the…
Jan 31SavePolitics1/31/20Politics1/31/20A Black Woman President by 2040? Stacey Abrams Says That's Her PlanAnne Branigin39SaveFor many news cycles now, Stacey Abrams has told us one thing: No, I don’t want the presidency, not now. But that…
Dec 16 2019SavePolitics12/16/19Politics12/16/19Hundreds of Thousands of Voters Purged From Rolls in Wisconsin; Issues Crop Up in Ohio and GeorgiaAnne Branigin7SaveA Wisconsin judge ordered the state’s Elections Commission to strike more than 200,000 voters from its rolls after…
Jun 27 2019SaveLegal6/27/19Legal6/27/19SCOTUS Blocks Census Citizenship Question, but Rules Political Gerrymandering ConstitutionalAnne Branigin9SaveOn the last day of its term, the nation’s highest court churned out two major rulings: One concerning the U.S.…
May 10 2019SavePolitics5/10/19Politics5/10/19Tease Me, Stacey: Abrams Says She'll 'Jump In' Presidential Race If Fighting Voter Suppression Isn't a Top PriorityAnne Branigin13SaveYes, former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams says she is still mulling over a run for the White House…