Youngkin blocks Democratic bills dealing with elections
Vetoes affect ranked choice voting and voting rights lawsuits
By Graham Moomaw, Virginia Mercury - April 11, 2024Vetoes affect ranked choice voting and voting rights lawsuits
By Graham Moomaw, Virginia Mercury - April 11, 2024On Tuesday, Vice President Kamala Harris called on Georgia voting rights advocates and elected officials to continue to fight for expanded access to the ballot box as the election cycle gears up for this November’s presidential election.
By Stanley Dunlap, Georgia Recorder - January 10, 2024After Republicans pushed to reduce early voting options, the Republican National Committee is now encouraging supporters to 'bank your vote' before Election Day.
By Josh Israel - August 03, 2023'The map issue is really kind of easy, actually,' Justice Janet Protasiewicz said during a candidate debate. 'I don’t think anybody thinks those maps are fair. Anybody.'
By Associated Press - August 03, 2023The Supreme Court ordered Alabama to draw two majority-Black voting districts, but the Republican-controlled Legislature only drew one.
By Emily Singer - July 25, 2023Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin is now pushing Republicans to vote early in the November elections.
By Josh Israel - July 11, 2023The ACLU is suing the Virginia governor for automatically disqualifying people who complete felony prison sentences from voting.
By Emily Singer - June 28, 2023Kristina Karamo had sought to block Detroit residents from voting by mail in 2022.
By Emily Singer - June 14, 2023The Republican-run administration pulled out of the Electronic Registration Information Center, citing right-wing conspiracy theories.
By Josh Israel - May 15, 2023Virginia Republicans have pushed to make it harder to vote and to keep former felons from regaining their rights.
By Josh Israel - April 19, 2023Republicans in Wisconsin have tried to enact several voter suppression policies in recent years.
By Oliver Willis - February 16, 2023The fight for fair maps is about unlocking democracy for all Wisconsinites.
By TAI Contributor - February 14, 2023As information comes in about the 2022 midterms, beware of stories being shared online that seek to undermine the public’s confidence in American elections.
By Associated Press - November 08, 2022The arrests are part of a larger effort by Florida Republicans to disenfranchise Black voters, civil rights advocates say.
By Matt Cohen - October 20, 2022The Georgia Republican nominee opposes voting rights protections and amplified false conspiracies about the 2020 election.
By Josh Israel - October 12, 2022The Arizona Republican nominee has pushed false conspiracy theories about the last election while fighting to make it harder to participate in future ones.
By Josh Israel - October 07, 2022Part one of a three-part series on North Carolina’s state Supreme Court election in November.
By Matt Cohen - September 26, 2022The Wisconsin Republican once said he ‘wasn’t concerned’ by the mob that stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 — but would have been if there were ‘Black Lives Matter and Antifa protesters.’
By Josh Israel - September 21, 2022Wisconsin’s Republican senator has consistently fought against voting right protections and pro-democracy policies, in addition to supporting attempts to overturn the 2020 election.
By Josh Israel - September 13, 2022Republican Gov. Mike DeWine is a defendant in three lawsuits challenging Ohio’s district maps.
By Matt Cohen - August 29, 2022The Senate minority leader once scolded Democrats for not taking the nonexistent issue seriously enough.
By Josh Israel - August 23, 2022‘There’s no question that this is aimed to make disabled people, elderly voters, and absentee voters in general vote less,’ one voting rights advocate said.
By Nick Vachon - July 14, 2022The conservative-controlled court’s 4-3 ruling has critical implications for the 2024 presidential race.
By Associated Press - July 08, 2022‘This problem is on a scale that I don’t think we’ve seen before,’ one Michigan voting rights advocate said.
By Adrian Cole - June 16, 2022The bill, sponsored by Republican gubernatorial nominee Doug Mastriano, could lead to more voter intimidation.
By Nick Vachon - June 10, 2022Florida’s Republican governor has passed a flurry of bills this month attacking abortion rights, LGBTQ rights, and voting rights, making districts less representative, and creating a police force just for elections.
By Adrian Cole - April 28, 2022Republicans who say they’re worried about constitutionality continue to block federal voting rights legislation.
By Oliver Willis - March 30, 2022A proposal approved by the GOP-controlled Kansas Senate would cut the number of drop boxes statewide by more than 40% from the 2020 elections.
By Associated Press - March 27, 2022‘For far too long, members of tribal nations and Native communities have faced unnecessary burdens when they attempt to exercise their sacred right to vote,’ the White House said.
By Associated Press - March 26, 2022Conservative legislators in the state have proposed expensive legislation that aims to prevent nonexistent election fraud.
By Nick Vachon - March 10, 2022