Truthout
Voting Rights
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.
Ranked Choice Voting Gains Traction for 2020
Proponents say the system allows for viable third-party candidacies by breaking the hold of the two-party system.
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.
Paper Genocide: The Barriers to an Accurate Count of Native People in 2020
Undercounting American Indians and Alaska Natives wreaks havoc on tribal communities today and for generations to come.
Southern States Take Up Fight for Bold Democracy Reforms
Voting rights advocates are proposing far-reaching, pro-democracy agendas in Southern states.
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.
Ranked-Choice Voting “Allows You to Vote for the Person You Really Like”
“CounterSpin” interviews FairVote’s Rob Richie on ranked-choice voting.
Did the Contested Kentucky Election Reveal Republicans’ Strategy for 2020?
Legislatures could simply ignore voters and appoint presidential electors.
The Long Fight to Use Student IDs to Vote in North Carolina
The state passed the U.S.'s most suppressive voter ID law, which excluded student IDs as a valid form of identification.