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
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
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
The Country’s Worst Anti-Voting Law Was Just Struck Down in North Carolina The Country’s Worst Anti-Voting Law Was Just Struck Down in North Carolina
The Fourth Circuit appeals court finds that Republicans “targeted African Americans with almost surgical precision.”
Jul 29, 2016 / Ari Berman
Tim Kaine Was Fighting for Civil Rights While Donald Trump Was Discriminating Against African Americans Tim Kaine Was Fighting for Civil Rights While Donald Trump Was Discriminating Against African Americans
Kaine won landmark housing discrimination cases while Trump refused to rent to black tenants.
Jul 25, 2016 / Ari Berman
The Country’s Worst Voter-ID Law Was Just Struck Down The Country’s Worst Voter-ID Law Was Just Struck Down
A huge victory for voting rights in Texas.
Jul 20, 2016 / Ari Berman
As the GOP Convention Begins, Ohio Is Purging Tens of Thousands of Democratic Voters As the GOP Convention Begins, Ohio Is Purging Tens of Thousands of Democratic Voters
Democrats are twice as likely as Republicans to be purged from the voter rolls in the state’s largest counties.
Jul 18, 2016 / Ari Berman
Democrats Have a Plan to Register 50 Million New Voters Democrats Have a Plan to Register 50 Million New Voters
If more people vote, Trump-Pence loses.
Jul 15, 2016 / Ari Berman
Democrats Unite on Voting Rights Democrats Unite on Voting Rights
The 2016 Democratic platform has the strongest language on voting rights in the party’s history.
Jul 11, 2016 / Ari Berman
An Iowa Court Blocks 20,000 Ex-Offenders From Voting An Iowa Court Blocks 20,000 Ex-Offenders From Voting
Nearly 6 million Americans can’t vote because of discriminatory felon-disenfranchisement laws.
Jun 30, 2016 / Ari Berman