News Analysis | Politics & Elections Georgia RICO Charge Against Trump Is Broader Than Federal January 6 Indictment Trump and/or his cronies are charged with 161 predicate acts in their criminal enterprise to overturn the election. By Marjorie Cohn , Truthout August 21, 2023 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections 10 States Purged Over 19 Million Voters Between 2020 and 2022 Electoral Cycles This amounts to 8.5 percent of the registered U.S. electorate being prevented from exercising their right to vote. By Brett Wilkins , CommonDreams August 10, 2023 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Key Figure in Trump’s 2020 Plot in Michigan Arraigned on Voting Machine Charges Matthew DePerno helped lead a plot to seize and tamper with voting machines, officials have said. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout August 2, 2023 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Trump Has Been Charged With Violating Law Enacted to Combat Ku Klux Klan The KKK Act was enacted as the U.S. was facing a slate of violence against Black communities by white supremacists. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout August 2, 2023 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Southern Lawmakers Devise Discriminatory Measures That Undermine Disabled Voters Advocates are challenging efforts to implement voting policies that make it harder for disabled people to cast a ballot. By Benjamin Barber , FacingSouth July 28, 2023 Truthout
Op-Ed | Politics & Elections Local Governments Are Blocking Ballot Initiatives at the Behest of Corporations We must see the government-corporate alliance for what it is and take bold action to put an end to the charade. By Kai Huschke , Truthout July 28, 2023 Truthout
Op-Ed | Politics & Elections North Carolina GOP’s Plan to Hijack Elections Should Concern Voters Everywhere North Carolina Republicans wrote the playbook for GOP-controlled legislatures. Now they’re planning a bigger power grab. By Melissa Price Kromm , Truthout July 24, 2023 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Republicans Unveil Sweeping Bill to Massively Suppress Voters Ahead of 2024 The bill is the product of years of Republican fearmongering over Trump’s election lies. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout July 11, 2023 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections A Jan. 6 “Moms” Group Funded by Big Lie Donors Is Stoking Voter Suppression The right-wing extremist group “Moms for America” has been flying under the radar as it works to undermine our rights. By Alyssa Bowen , Truthout July 9, 2023 Truthout
Op-Ed | Politics & Elections Ohio Republicans Are Trying to Take Power From Voters. We Won’t Let Them. We must be as dogged about protecting our democracy as authoritarian forces are about decimating it. By Prentiss Haney , Truthout July 3, 2023 Truthout