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![Ziklag Exposed: Secretive Christian Nationalist Network Tries to Purge Voters in Battleground States](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/SEG2-ziklagarticle-400x300.jpg)
This Christian Nationalist Network Aims to Purge Voters in Battleground States
Ziklag is pouring money into AI software that makes it easier to challenge the eligibility of voters en masse.
![The Nebraska State Capitol is seen in Lincoln, Nebraska, on May 14, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/GettyImages-2157631214-400x300.jpg)
Nebraska May Strip Voting Rights From Thousands of People With Past Convictions
The state attorney general and secretary of state are refusing to recognize laws restoring voting rights to Nebraskans.
![A voter checks in before casting a primary ballot at a polling place in Atlanta, Georgia, on March 12, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/GettyImages-2071889607-400x300.jpg)
New Georgia Law Opens Door to Partisan Purging of Voter Rolls
The law allows challenges that will disenfranchise voters and prevent election workers from doing their jobs.
![A voter enters a polling place to cast their ballots in the state's primary on March 5, 2024, in Mountain Brook, Alabama.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/GettyImages-2054043467-400x300.jpg)
GOP Is Targeting Disabled Alabamians With Voting Restrictions
Under Alabama’s SB 1, people who assist voters with absentee ballot applications could face a 20-year prison sentence.
![A view from the voting area as voters cast their ballots at a polling location at the Oakridge Elementary school in Arlington, Virginia, on March 5, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/05/GettyImages-2053771743-400x300.jpg)
Disabled Voters Face Extra Obstacles to the Ballot Box
The vast majority of US polling locations are not fully accessible. Disabled activists are working to change that.
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Conservative SCOTUS Justices Give “OK” to Racial Gerrymander in South Carolina
Pundits noted the “disastrous” decision “gives politicians the greenlight to racially gerrymander” elsewhere in the US.
![Voter Registration in New York City](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/05/GettyImages-1276863896-400x300.jpg)
States Target Voter Registration Drives With “Unbelievable” Restrictions
New GOP-backed laws in several states add fines or criminal penalties for minor mistakes in voter registration work.
![A man sits at a desk near several voting kiosks](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/05/2024_0513-georgia-voting-400x300.jpg)
A New Georgia Law Makes It Easier to Challenge Voter Registration
Conservative organizations have been vocal about their plans to file many challenges to voter registrations this year.
![Marchers lead chants during a Black Voters Matter march](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/04/GettyImages-1383625749-400x300.jpg)
1964’s Freedom Summer Offers a Model for the Voting Rights Work We Need to Do
I was part of Freedom Summer in 1964. Sixty years later, with voting rights under attack, I see how we need another.
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Amid Threats to Workers and Voters, States Move to Restrict Guns at Voting Sites
At least 6 states have introduced laws this year to ban firearms at polling sites or expand existing restrictions.