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Voter Suppression
Kentucky Bill Would Make It Harder for Formerly Incarcerated People to Vote
The bill would disproportionately affect the 140,000 people whose voting rights were recently restored.
Voter Suppression Exposes the Paradox of Black Citizenship in a Racist Society
Voting can secure incremental change, but liberation requires taking on racial capitalism and white supremacy.
Trump Adviser Says Republicans Will Ramp Up Voter Suppression in 2020
An audio recording of Trump re-election adviser Justin Clark revealed the Republican Party's strategy to win in 2020.
Georgia’s History of Voter Suppression Shows Other States What Not to Do
Georgia was the first state to hand management of its elections over to a partisan, private company.
Judge Orders More Than 200,000 Wisconsin Voters Purged From Rolls
Voting rights advocates are calling for a massive registration effort to get purged voters to the polls in 2020.
Kansas Kills Kris Kobach’s National Voter Purge System
Kobach’s Crosscheck name-matching algorithm “produced false positives more than 99 percent of the time.”
House Passes “Historic” Bill to Restore and Expand Voting Rights
Advocates argue that the bill includes important protections against racist voter suppression.
More Students Are Voting — But Republicans Are Trying to Get in Their Way
Republicans are erecting new voting barriers as young people begin to flex their electoral muscle.
Did the Contested Kentucky Election Reveal Republicans’ Strategy for 2020?
Legislatures could simply ignore voters and appoint presidential electors.
Mississippi Judge Allows Governor’s Race to Take Place Under Jim Crow-Era Rules
The gubernatorial election law was drafted in 1890 by southern Democrats intent on disenfranchising Black voters.