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Calling Trump’s Rationale “Contrived,” Supreme Court Halts Citizenship Question
The court's opinion confronted the Trump administration’s false justification for adding the citizenship question.
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SCOTUS Hands GOP Gerrymandering Victory, Ensuring “Massive Election Rigging”
The Supreme Court decision is a GOP victory that allows extreme partisan gerrymandering to continue.
![Demonstrators rally at the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on April 23, 2019, to protest a proposal to add a citizenship question in the 2020 Census.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2019/06/GettyImages-1138923208-400x300.jpg)
Supreme Court Ruling on Census Could Deal Grave Blow to Democracy
The Census Department estimated that 6.5 million people could remain uncounted if the citizenship question were added.
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GOP Paid Millions to Operative Who Pushed Census Question Aimed to Help “Whites”
Thomas Hofeller, who devised the census citizenship question, was on the Republican Party payroll.
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How Voter Suppression and Gerrymandering Cleared the Path for Abortion Bans
The widespread attack on abortion rights across the country is tied directly to voter suppression.
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More Suing Over Gerrymandered Maps, But the Supreme Court Not Likely to Step In
A Supreme Court decision due in June will determine exactly how much autonomy states have to make election rules.
![A voter walks to the booth to fill in her ballot at a polling station in Staten Island, New York, November 6, 2018.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2019/05/2019_0521-new-york-voting-400x300.jpg)
New York City’s Early Voting Plan Will Favor White, Affluent Voters
Advocacy groups warn that the plan will impose a severe burden on many of the city's low-income voters.
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Racist Voter Suppression Made Alabama’s Abortion Ban Possible
It doesn’t matter if a majority of us support the right to an abortion if we cannot exercise our political power.
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18 Voting Officials Take Civil Rights Tour
A trip to Selma, Alabama, drew a number of officials from states with controversial voting requirements.
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New Suffragists Fight to Gain Ballot for Incarcerated People
Despite myths to the contrary, denying the vote to people behind bars has no benefit for public safety.