Voting Rights Act

Wisconsin voter ID

Scott Walker Says Wisconsin’s Voter-ID Law Is Working ‘Just Fine’—It’s Not Scott Walker Says Wisconsin’s Voter-ID Law Is Working ‘Just Fine’—It’s Not

The state claims there are no problems with the law, but voters keep getting turned away from the polls.

Oct 11, 2016 / Ari Berman

Texas’s Voter-Registration Laws Are Straight Out of the Jim Crow Playbook

Texas’s Voter-Registration Laws Are Straight Out of the Jim Crow Playbook Texas’s Voter-Registration Laws Are Straight Out of the Jim Crow Playbook

Compare them to Oregon’s, which make voting incredibly easy.

Oct 6, 2016 / Feature / Ari Berman

Christine Krucki

A 90-Year-Old Woman Who’s Voted Since 1948 Was Disenfranchised by Wisconsin’s Voter-ID Law A 90-Year-Old Woman Who’s Voted Since 1948 Was Disenfranchised by Wisconsin’s Voter-ID Law

Voting-rights groups are asking a federal court to block the law before the November election.

Oct 5, 2016 / Ari Berman

Wisconsin voting sign

A Federal Court Orders Wisconsin to Stop Suppressing the Vote A Federal Court Orders Wisconsin to Stop Suppressing the Vote

The state must investigate the DMV’s failure to issue voter IDs in time for the November election.

Sep 30, 2016 / Ari Berman

Wisconsin voteriders

Wisconsin Is Systematically Failing to Provide the Photo IDs Required to Vote in November Wisconsin Is Systematically Failing to Provide the Photo IDs Required to Vote in November

New recordings from the DMV show how the state is continuing to disenfranchise black voters.

Sep 29, 2016 / Ari Berman

Ohio early voting

Ohio Keeps Making It Harder to Vote Ohio Keeps Making It Harder to Vote

Black voters were five times more likely than whites to cast a ballot during the early voting days eliminated by Ohio Republicans.

Sep 13, 2016 / Ari Berman

North Carolina vote sign

The Country’s Worst Voting Restrictions Won’t Be In Effect This November The Country’s Worst Voting Restrictions Won’t Be In Effect This November

The Supreme Court has declined to reinstate North Carolina’s anti-voting laws.

Aug 31, 2016 / Ari Berman

State Elections Ohio

Voting Rights Is Not a Fringe Issue Voting Rights Is Not a Fringe Issue

The mainstream media, especially on TV, have largely ignored the attempts to rig elections by making it much harder for certain people to vote.

Aug 22, 2016 / Leslie Savan

Early Voting Ohio

Donald Trump Is Encouraging Intimidation and Racial Profiling at the Polls Donald Trump Is Encouraging Intimidation and Racial Profiling at the Polls

Courts blocked the GOP from intimidating minority voters. Now Trump is trying again.

Aug 15, 2016 / Ari Berman

Absentee Voting

6 Major GOP Voting Restrictions Have Been Blocked in 2 Weeks 6 Major GOP Voting Restrictions Have Been Blocked in 2 Weeks

The Republican war on voting rights is backfiring.

Aug 1, 2016 / Ari Berman

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