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Voting Rights
![A sign guides voters on Election Day at 514 Studios on November 6, 2018, in Minneapolis, Minnesota.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/12/2023_1225-vote-400x300.jpg)
2023 Saw a Growing Pro-Democracy Movement Win Voting Access Gains
State lawmakers have been pushed to make pro-democracy reforms in the absence of federal legislation to protect voters.
![Pins reading "Native Voter" are pictured at a display counter during a cultural meeting at the Comanche Nation fairgrounds in Lawton, Oklahoma, on September 30, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/12/GettyImages-1743393609-400x300.jpg)
Native Americans Are Fighting to Tear Down Barriers That Suppress Their Votes
As Native Americans have flexed their political power, some states have tried to erect obstacles to voting.
![People march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, holding signs bearing the late Sen. John Lewis's face and the words "PROTECT OUR VOTE"](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/12/2023_1201-selma-march-400x300.jpg)
The Supreme Court May Be Poised to Kill the Voting Rights Act Once and for All
A federal court said only the government, not civil rights groups or individuals, can enforce the Voting Rights Act.
![Voters leave the Park Tavern polling location after casting their ballots in the Georgia primary election on May 24, 2022, in Atlanta, Georgia.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/11/2023_1128-vote-400x300.jpg)
Could Restrictive New Voting Laws in Swing States Shift the Outcome in 2024?
More than 560 new rules governing elections have become law in states all across the country in the last three years.
![Voters fill out their ballots at a polling station on November 7, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/11/2023_1120-voters-400x300.jpg)
Federal Court Guts Enforcement of Voting Rights Act in “Catastrophic” Ruling
“This ruling is a travesty for democracy,” said ACLU lawyer Sophia Lin Lakin.
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UN Report Details Rampant US Human Rights Violations at Home and Abroad
Two-thirds of U.S. breaches of the civil and political rights covenant involve racial discrimination.
![Voters cast their ballots at Heritage Hall on November 8, 2022, in Topeka, Kansas.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/11/2023_1106-kansas-voting-400x300.jpg)
Transgender Kansans Can Vote Amid Ongoing Legal Challenge to Anti-Trans Law
Anti-trans legislation that was implemented in July has caused widespread confusion on how it should be interpreted.
![Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin addresses the Economic Club of Washington's luncheon event at the Marriott Marquis on September 26, 2023, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/10/2023_1005-glenn-youngkin-400x300.jpg)
Virginia Purges Eligible Voters Weeks Before Hotly Contested Election
“[The purge] already had a chilling effect on Virginians’ participation in early voting,” voting rights advocates say.
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Court Approves New Map Giving Black Alabama Voters More Representation
A special master team redrew congressional boundaries after the GOP-run state legislature twice refused to do so.
![The Supreme Court of the United States building is seen in Washington D.C. on September 24, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/09/2023_0926-scotus-400x300.jpg)
Supreme Court Denies Alabama’s Request to Use GOP-Drawn Congressional Map
“Today is a major win for voting rights,” the ACLU of Alabama said on social media.