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![The Minnesota Judicial center is pictured in St. Paul, Minnesota.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/08/2024_0809-minnesota-400x300.jpg)
MN High Court Upholds Law Restoring Voting Rights to People Released From Prison
The court's decision “is great news for voters,” Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon said.
![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.
![A voter wearing a beanie and a backpack stands at a booth in preparation to vote](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/05/2024_0529-college-vote-400x300.jpg)
Republicans Target College Campuses for Gerrymandering, New Voting Restrictions
Despite barriers, young people voted in record numbers in recent elections and continue to exert their political power.
![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.
![Prisoners vote in an open room with a US flag hanging from a far wall](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/04/2024_0415-prison-voting-400x300.jpg)
Gerrymandering Denies Incarcerated People Fair Democratic Representation
The US Census counts incarcerated people as residents of prisons, not their home towns — with undemocratic results.
![A VOTE HERE sign is displayed during Kentucky Primary Elections at Deer Park Baptist Church on May 16, 2023, in Louisville, Kentucky.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/04/2024_0404-vote-here-400x300.jpg)
Challenged Congressional Maps Will Remain in Place as Elections Loom
Elections in multiple districts will use maps that have been challenged as discriminatory to voters of color.
![A voter casts their ballot at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3103 polling location on November 8, 2022, in Fredericksburg, Virginia.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/03/2024_0319-voting-400x300.jpg)
Lawsuit Challenging Virginia’s Felony Disenfranchisement Laws Moves Forward
Virginia's expansion of felony disenfranchisement violates an 1870 federal statute, the lawsuit contends.