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Voter Suppression
Kochs’ Freedom Partners Spent $129 Million in 2014, Invested Massively in Voter Data Lists
Freedom Partners is also vastly expanding surveillance and intelligence gathering on the Kochs' perceived opponents.
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Voting Laws Roundup 2015
As the early stages of the 2016 presidential race begin, state legislatures are already considering hundreds of laws that could determine voters' access to the ballot.
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Texas Lawmakers Are Busy Making It Harder to Vote
Texans should demand better.
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Martin Luther King III: Don’t Idolize My Father, Embrace His Ideals of Freedom, Justice and Equality
“We are a better nation than the behavior that we are exhibiting.”
Voting Rights Remain Under Attack 50 Years After the Bloody Sunday March in Selma
The Voting Rights Act is under peril because of the Supreme Court's decision in the Shelby case two years ago.
The Worst Supreme Court for Civil Rights Since 1857: Alabama’s First Black Federal Judge Speaks Out
A dangerous trend has allowed states to enact new restrictions on the right to vote.
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Four Ways Republicans Are Trying to Take Us Back to the Jim Crow Era
Nearly 50 years after the events depicted in the film “Selma,” the right to vote is under threat once again.
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2015 Will Bring Many Challenges and a Few Opportunities for Voting Rights
There is little doubt that the 2015-2016 state legislative sessions will be an ongoing challenge for voting rights across the country, but once again the League of Women Voters …
The Results Were Skewed Toward Republicans: A Response to Nate Silver
How are pre-election polls so wrong once the election results are in?