voting rights
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Court Rules in Favor of Ex-Felons Over Florida Voting Law
Republican attempts to suppress the voting rights of anyone who may be against them have become more and more prevalent in recent years. Luckily, courts have been stepping in to hit them with a “Nah.” The Hill reports that an 11th Circuit U.S Appeals Court has ruled in favor of an injunction filed on behalf…
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North Carolina's Latest Scheme to Suppress Black Votes Gets Shut Down in Court
Because it’s 2020 and racism is still alive and well, we have North Carolina, whose new voter identification law just hit a snag—and by snag, I mean it’s apparently sorta-kinda racist. From Reuters: A North Carolina appeals court on Tuesday blocked the state’s voter identification law from going into effect, finding it was a discriminatory…
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Fair Fight, Stacey Abrams' Voting Rights Group, Has Raised $20 Million Since Its Founding
Look, I’m sure at this point in the game you don’t need me to tell you that Stacey Abrams is nothing short of a force of nature. She ran for governor of Georgia in 2018 and, in doing so, became the first black woman ever to be nominated for governor by a major party. While…
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Illinois Cancels Voter Registrations for Almost 800 Former Inmates
Faith in the American voting process has grown shaky in recent years. With GOP-led states trying their damnedest to suppress the vote, the current president having no problem with Russia hacking our voting systems and the Iowa caucus just being a massive failure, it makes sense. Unfortunately, tonight’s news will probably not help. CBS News…
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Court Rules That Arizona Republicans Utilized Discriminatory Voting Laws
If there are two things the modern Republican party loves, it’s voter suppression and racism. Yes, yes I know the common refrain is “We’re just trying to protect against voter fraud!” but come on now. Luckily, a federal court has stepped in to prevent yet another egregious voter fraud law from continuing. The Guardian reports…
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Boxed Out of the Ballot: Florida Supreme Court Rules Formerly Incarcerated Must Pay Outstanding Fees Before Voting
In November 2018, Florida voters moved to restore voting rights to 1.4 million convicted felons following their release. Amendment 4 to the state constitution was seen as a major victory for civil liberties advocates, who have been fighting across the country to restore the political voices of the formerly incarcerated. But a Republican-controlled legislature quickly…
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Hundreds of Thousands of Voters Purged From Rolls in Wisconsin; Issues Crop Up in Ohio and Georgia
A Wisconsin judge ordered the state’s Elections Commission to strike more than 200,000 voters from its rolls after they did not respond to a mailer asking them to verify their address within 30 days. The decision may force the crucial swing state to throw out hundreds of thousands of registrations before the 2020 election (the…
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New Kentucky Governor Restores Voting Rights to More Than 100,000 Formerly Incarcerated
Fresh into his new job as governor of Kentucky, Democrat Andy Beshear signed an executive order Thursday to restore voting rights to more than 140,000 formerly incarcerated Kentuckians—a move that inordinately affects voting rights for African Americans in the Bluegrass State. As the Washington Post reports: On its face, Mr. Beshear’s executive order is race-blind.…
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Crystal Mason, Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison for Unknowingly Casting an Illegal Ballot, Speaks Out on Newfound Activism
Crystal Mason never intended to become an activist. But after being sentenced to five years in prison for unknowingly casting an illegal ballot in the 2016 election, Mason committed herself to advocate for voting rights: On the day she was released from prison, Mason writes in a new op-ed for the Washington Post, she held…