Georgia lieutenant governor scolds fellow Republicans for voter suppression tactics
Georgia Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan said GOP voter suppression bills are ‘solutions in search of a problem.’
By Emily Singer - March 15, 2021Georgia Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan said GOP voter suppression bills are ‘solutions in search of a problem.’
By Emily Singer - March 15, 2021The bill filed on Thursday is the 11th introduced this year that would make it harder to vote in Texas.
By Emily Singer - March 12, 2021Rep. John Kavanagh says, ‘Everybody shouldn’t be voting.’
By Emily Singer - March 11, 2021Republicans are comparing H.R. 1 to ‘the devil himself’ as their effort to vilify voting rights legislation intensifies.
By Emily Singer - March 11, 2021It’s all being fueled by Donald Trump’s false claims of widespread voter fraud.
By Associated Press - March 11, 2021The bill awaiting Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds’ signature would shorten the early voting period, close polls earlier, and remove voters from rolls if they miss a single general election.
By Associated Press - March 08, 2021Buried in a bill passed in the Georgia House this week is a provision that makes it a crime to give out refreshments to voters waiting to cast ballots.
By Emily Singer - March 04, 2021H.R. 1 seeks to root out corruption in campaigns, but Republicans — many of whom expressed concerns about ‘election integrity’ — voted against it.
By Emily Singer - March 04, 2021In 2019, Jeff Van Drew said H.R. 1 would ‘restore our democracy.’ Two years later, he’s slamming it as ‘socialism … served on a platter.’
By Emily Singer - March 03, 2021The GOP opposition to the pro-democracy H.R. 1 bill is built on misinformation.
By Emily Singer - March 03, 2021Despite being threatened with public hanging by the pro-Trump mob at the Capitol, Mike Pence said he empathizes with their concerns about the 2020 election.
By Emily Singer - March 03, 2021Republican-controlled state legislatures continue to file voter suppression bills.
By Emily Singer - March 01, 2021As Republican-run states look to suppress the vote, Nevada proposes expanding voter access.
By Emily Singer - March 01, 2021Rep. Lauren Boebert is trying to water down the ‘For the People Act of 2021.’
By Emily Singer - February 26, 2021Republicans are using lies about voter fraud to justify suppressing the vote in future elections.
By Emily Singer - February 24, 2021Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel said the GOP will spend $2 million on Black ‘community centers’ to try to win more Black voters.
By Emily Singer - February 24, 2021Policy that impacts Americans’ lives is being introduced out of the spotlight of the national media.
By Emily Singer - February 24, 2021Former Sen. Kelly Loeffler says she’s looking at running again in 2022.
By Josh Israel - February 22, 2021One of CPAC’s panels on ‘protecting elections’ is titled ‘The Left Pulled the Strings, Covered It Up, and Even Admits It.’
By Emily Singer - February 22, 2021Nixing Sunday early voting targets ‘Souls to the Polls’ events organized by Black churches, which take parishioners to vote after services.
By Emily Singer - February 19, 2021Efforts to suppress the vote after Donald Trump’s loss are racing through GOP-run state legislatures.
By Emily Singer - February 17, 2021Rep. Claudia Tenney won the election in New York’s 22nd Congressional District by just 109 votes.
By Josh Israel - February 11, 2021The latest report from the Brennan Center for Justice found the number of voter suppression bills has skyrocketed since Donald Trump’s election loss.
By Emily Singer - February 09, 2021Election officials around the country are grappling with how to counter misinformation in the 2022 midterms and beyond.
By Associated Press - February 06, 2021Gov. Andy Beshear has filed suit against Kentucky House and Senate leadership to have their moves declared unconstitutional.
By Emily Singer - February 03, 2021GOP-controlled legislatures in several states introduced legislation this week to make voting harder.
By Emily Singer - January 22, 2021The Senate majority leader wants yet another commission to study voter fraud.
By Josh Israel - December 30, 2020Rep. Dan Newhouse now says the amicus declaring Biden’s wins ‘unconstitutional’ was not intended to change the results.
By Josh Israel - December 21, 2020It’s the latest effort of Georgia Republicans to suppress votes that might not go their way.
By Donna Provencher - December 18, 2020The only thing they think they did wrong was letting people vote.
By Josh Israel - December 17, 2020