Voter suppression is ‘great’ says GOP senator who joked about lynching
Mississippi Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith was caught on video saying she wants to make it harder for liberals to vote.
By Dan Desai Martin - November 16, 2018Mississippi Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith was caught on video saying she wants to make it harder for liberals to vote.
By Dan Desai Martin - November 16, 2018Republicans seem adamantly opposed to the most basic principle in a functioning democracy: Count all the votes.
By Dan Desai Martin - November 14, 2018It’s time to get to work.
By Caroline Orr - November 11, 2018Georgia Democrats reported a serious election security problem — but instead of working to fix it, Georgia Secretary of State and gubernatorial candidate Brian Kemp is baselessly accusing the Georgia Democratic Party of cyber crimes.
By Emily Crockett - November 05, 2018Even many Kansas Republicans are terrified of what will happen if Kris Kobach becomes their governor.
By Eric Boehlert - October 29, 2018Rep. Mike Turzai (R-PA) admitted voter suppression efforts in Pennsylvania were intended to help Republicans win.
By Dan Desai Martin - October 25, 2018Stacey Abrams is looking out for the Georgia voters that Brian Kemp is trying to cheat.
By Tommy Christopher - October 14, 2018Republican Brian Kemp is trying to deny minority voters the right to vote. In Georgia. In 2018.
By Dan Desai Martin - October 12, 2018Former Republican Gov. Bill Graves endorsed Democrat Laura Kelly over Republican Kris Kobach in the Kansas race for governor.
By Dan Desai Martin - September 05, 2018Nine polling places in majority-black Randolph County were open for a recent GOP runoff election. But county officials may close seven of them in November just as Georgia is on the brink of electing the nation’s first black woman governor.
By Dan Desai Martin - August 17, 2018Trump loyalist Kris Kobach puts the GOP at risk in Kansas with his history of swindling, scandals, lies, and ties to white nationalists.
By Dan Desai Martin - August 15, 2018Kris Kobach’s primary race for Kansas governor is still too close to call — and because he’s still secretary of state, Kobach plans to defy ethical concerns and lead his own recount.
By Tommy Christopher - August 08, 2018Kris Kobach, who led Trump’s voter suppression efforts, bilked multiple small towns out of money while pursuing legally unsound immigration ordinances that cost them millions.
By Oliver Willis - August 01, 2018Trump said something so stupid even Fox News couldn’t help but laugh.
By Tommy Christopher - August 01, 2018Kris Kobach was held in contempt by a federal judge for misleading his state’s voters. He’s still misleading them.
By Matthew Chapman - May 11, 2018Kris Kobach once spearheaded the GOP’s plot to block the vote, with Trump’s support. Now, after a devastating court defeat, his own party has started to turn on him.
By Matthew Chapman - April 30, 2018A federal judge found Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach in contempt of court for ignoring her previous orders. And she ordered him to pay the ACLU’s legal fees stemming from the hearings.
By Alison R. Parker - April 18, 2018Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel suggested that blocking voters from the polls won the election for Republicans. And he’s proud that he helped.
By Matthew Chapman - April 16, 2018Republicans in Kentucky wanted to make it harder to vote. They failed.
By Matthew Chapman - March 13, 2018