Voting Rights Act

Election 2018 Nevada Voters

Take Action Now: Protect Voting Rights Take Action Now: Protect Voting Rights

Tell your representatives to reinstate key voter protections, and head to the polls on election day to help guard against assaults on voters’ rights.

Nov 12, 2019 / NationAction

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The LGBTQ Struggle Has Always Been Intertwined With the Fight for Voting Rights The LGBTQ Struggle Has Always Been Intertwined With the Fight for Voting Rights

Now, as the right wing intensifies its attacks on voting rights, LGBTQ allies are needed more than ever.

Jun 25, 2019 / Feature / Rashad Robinson

Voting

New York Has a Chance to Change Voting Forever New York Has a Chance to Change Voting Forever

In a state with massive registration gaps and abysmal turnout rates, automatic voter registration is the course correction we need.

May 6, 2019 / Sean McElwee

Elizabeth Warren We the People Summit

Why Democratic Contenders Now Call for Abolishing the Electoral College Why Democratic Contenders Now Call for Abolishing the Electoral College

After the 2000 election, when Al Gore won the popular vote, Democrats were slow to respond, seeming to lack a basic sense of what was at stake. Not anymore.

Apr 8, 2019 / John Nichols

Sherrod Brown

Sherrod Brown Is More Than Just a Midwestern Populist Sherrod Brown Is More Than Just a Midwestern Populist

He has a long history of championing voting rights—and of bluntly challenging the “despicable” voter-suppression schemes of Republicans.

Jan 31, 2019 / John Nichols

Polling Station Sign

Across the Country, Limited-English-Proficiency Voters Faced Obstacles Across the Country, Limited-English-Proficiency Voters Faced Obstacles

But in southern Brooklyn, they showed they can still swing an election.

Nov 12, 2018 / Richard Salame

Information Sign About Voting in Spanish

Vote Aquí? Limited-English-Proficiency Voters Could Help Determine Congress Vote Aquí? Limited-English-Proficiency Voters Could Help Determine Congress

A joint Investigative Fund–Nation exposé shows that language accommodation for voting (or the lack thereof) could swing 20 congressional elections.

Nov 5, 2018 / Richard Salame

Voting ballot box

Why the Supreme Court’s Voter-Purge Ruling Is So Damaging Why the Supreme Court’s Voter-Purge Ruling Is So Damaging

The Husted decision fuels the GOP voter-suppression campaign—but citizens have a chance to fight back in this fall’s midterms.

Jun 20, 2018 / John Nichols

Michael Cohen

Democrats’ New Midterm Approach: It’s the Corruption, Stupid Democrats’ New Midterm Approach: It’s the Corruption, Stupid

A new strategy attacks both Trump’s economic heists and the influence peddlers swarming the White House.

May 22, 2018 / David Dayen

North Dakota voter

After Stunning Democratic Win, North Dakota Republicans Suppressed the Native American Vote After Stunning Democratic Win, North Dakota Republicans Suppressed the Native American Vote

A district court ruled against the state’s voter-ID law in April—but with midterms looming, the fight for Native voting rights isn’t over yet.

May 2, 2018 / Roey Hadar

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