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What Is Alabama’s Problem With the Voting Rights Act?

What Is Alabama’s Problem With the Voting Rights Act? What Is Alabama’s Problem With the Voting Rights Act?

The Supreme Court will hear arguments this week in a case that could gut the historic law. To understand where this is going, it’s crucial to know how we got here.

Feb 26, 2013 / Voting Rights Watch / Voting Rights Watch

Virginia Legislators Approve Voter ID Law, May Kill Chances for Federal Bailout Virginia Legislators Approve Voter ID Law, May Kill Chances for Federal Bailout

Will Virginia be the latest case for proving why the Voting Rights Act is still needed?

Feb 22, 2013 / Voting Rights Watch / Voting Rights Watch

Despite Longest Lines in the Nation, Florida State Secretary Calls Elections ‘Fair’

Despite Longest Lines in the Nation, Florida State Secretary Calls Elections ‘Fair’ Despite Longest Lines in the Nation, Florida State Secretary Calls Elections ‘Fair’

Florida blames all its elections problems on its counties, while missing major problems in its elections improvement report.

Feb 6, 2013 / Voting Rights Watch / Voting Rights Watch

Voter Registration Has an Ugly History, and Some Want to Revive It

Voter Registration Has an Ugly History, and Some Want to Revive It Voter Registration Has an Ugly History, and Some Want to Revive It

Right-wing machinations around voting haven’t stopped just because the election’s over. Now up: rebuilding the walls around registration.

Feb 4, 2013 / Voting Rights Watch / Voting Rights Watch and Brentin Mock

Virginia Republicans’ Bizarre Notion of ‘Fair’ Voting

Virginia Republicans’ Bizarre Notion of ‘Fair’ Voting Virginia Republicans’ Bizarre Notion of ‘Fair’ Voting

If the state GOP's effort to reconfigure electoral college tallying would have been law last year, hundreds of thousands of black voters would have waited hours in line for not...

Jan 30, 2013 / Voting Rights Watch / Brentin Mock

From Arizona to Montana, Native Voters Struggle for Democracy

From Arizona to Montana, Native Voters Struggle for Democracy From Arizona to Montana, Native Voters Struggle for Democracy

Natives have proven crucial to Democrats’ success across the West, but their struggle for democracy remains one of the least acknowledged, ugly realities of every election.

Jan 28, 2013 / Voting Rights Watch / Voting Rights Watch and Aura Bogado

Virginia Governor Says Restore Voting Rights for Nonviolent Felon Offenders

Virginia Governor Says Restore Voting Rights for Nonviolent Felon Offenders Virginia Governor Says Restore Voting Rights for Nonviolent Felon Offenders

Governor Bob McDonnell throws his support behind two GOP-sponsored bills to automatically restore some felons’ rights. 

Jan 10, 2013 / Voting Rights Watch / Voting Rights Watch

Senate Hearing Recounts the Many Election Season Mishaps of 2012

Senate Hearing Recounts the Many Election Season Mishaps of 2012 Senate Hearing Recounts the Many Election Season Mishaps of 2012

Elections administrators gathered for a hearing before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary to unpack some of the shenanigans from last month.

Dec 20, 2012 / Voting Rights Watch / Brentin Mock and Voting Rights Watch

Figuring Out Why 93 Million People Didn’t Vote Figuring Out Why 93 Million People Didn’t Vote

Forty percent of voters didn’t participate last month. A new report outlines who they are, and why they didn’t cast a ballot. 

Dec 19, 2012 / Voting Rights Watch / Aura Bogado and Voting Rights Watch

A Constitutional Case Against Felony Disenfranchisement Laws A Constitutional Case Against Felony Disenfranchisement Laws

Obama's recent court victory on early voting may have carved a legal path for fighting down felony disenfranchisement laws.

Dec 14, 2012 / Voting Rights Watch / Brentin Mock

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