Discriminatory South Carolina Voter ID Law Challenged in Federal Court – UPDATED Discriminatory South Carolina Voter ID Law Challenged in Federal Court – UPDATED
Past is present in South Carolina, where a new voter ID law could disenfranchise 80,000 minority voters.
Aug 27, 2012 / Blog / Ari Berman
Voter ID Threatens to Storm Next Week’s GOP Convention Voter ID Threatens to Storm Next Week’s GOP Convention
As the RNC adds support of voter ID legislation to its platform, the DOJ backs Virginia’s voter ID law and California lawmakers pass same-day voter regist...
Aug 24, 2012 / Voting Rights Watch / Aura Bogado and Voting Rights Watch
How the Right Is Building Its ‘Poll Watcher’ Network for November How the Right Is Building Its ‘Poll Watcher’ Network for November
Plugged into the framework of far right organizations, True the Vote has “empowered” a zealous group hellbent on intimidating would-be voters.
Aug 24, 2012 / Brentin Mock
Florida’s Menacing Moves to Restrict Voting Florida’s Menacing Moves to Restrict Voting
Changes to Florida’s voting rules target people of color, and not those who have done anything wrong. Our newest community journalists reports what’s happening on the g...
Aug 22, 2012 / Voting Rights Watch / Voting Rights Watch
Our Shrinking Democracy Our Shrinking Democracy
The powerful voices are few and the number of meaningful votes are dwindling, fast. How did we get here?
Aug 21, 2012 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Ari Berman: Why Have Republicans Flip-Flopped on Early Voting? Ari Berman: Why Have Republicans Flip-Flopped on Early Voting?
The GOP never railed against the cost of early voting until it was something Democrats were using.
Aug 20, 2012 / Nation in the News / Press Room
Ohio GOP Admits Early Voting Cutbacks Are Racially Motivated Ohio GOP Admits Early Voting Cutbacks Are Racially Motivated
Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted takes drastic action to limit early voting hours in Ohio.
Aug 20, 2012 / Blog / Ari Berman
What’s Ahead in the ‘Voting Wars’? Certainly Not Peace What’s Ahead in the ‘Voting Wars’? Certainly Not Peace
A conversation with election law expert Richard Hasen on the true scope of voter fraud, the power of the ACORN myth and John Roberts’s scary interest in the Voting Rights Act...
Aug 17, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Brentin Mock and Voting Rights Watch
Paul Ryan Doesn’t Follow Ayn Rand on Civil Liberties Paul Ryan Doesn’t Follow Ayn Rand on Civil Liberties
For all his talk of being guided by the libertarian philosopher, his record is weak on individual freedom.
Partisan Pennsylvania Voter ID Law Wrongly Upheld by Court Partisan Pennsylvania Voter ID Law Wrongly Upheld by Court
A Pennsylvania Republican judge refuses to block the state's unjust, unnecessary and discriminatory voter ID law.
Aug 15, 2012 / Blog / Ari Berman