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The Voting Rights Act Dodged a Bullet — for Now
Five House seats may well shift to Democrats in the wake of “Allen v. Milligan.”
![An election sign placed outside the voting center at Riggs LaSalle Recreation Center in Washington, D.C., on November 8, 2022, during midterm election day.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/06/GettyImages-1244628451-400x300.jpg)
A 2023 Wave of “Election Subversion” Bills Threatens 2024 Results
Legislation in 38 states would set conditions for the kind of “chaos and delay” that Trump exploited in 2020.
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GOP Presidential Candidate Wants to Limit Voting Rights for Those 18-25
Right-wing calls to raise the voting age are a response to the GOP’s poor midterms performance among young people.
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Leonard Leo Arranged Secret Payments to Ginni Thomas Ahead of Voting Rights Case
The Supreme Court is looking less like a bench and more like an auction house, said Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
![Cleta Mitchell speaks about election integrity at the South Carolina Republican Party's inaugural "First in the South Republican Action Conference" in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, on August 27, 2022.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/04/GettyImages-1242767643-400x300.jpg)
Republican Lawyer to GOP Donors: Restricting Campus Voting Should Be Priority
The intensifying GOP campaign against youth voting comes after young people had a major impact on the 2022 midterms.
![Voters fill out their ballots as they vote at the Stephen P. Clark Government Center polling station on October 21, 2020, in Miami, Florida.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/04/2023_0406-florida-voters-400x300.jpg)
GOP Election Bill in Florida Aims to Make It Harder for Gen Z to Vote
The bill “came out of nowhere” and passed a committee vote within 24 hours of introduction, one Democratic lawmaker said.
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MN Governor Signs Law Giving Voting Rights Back to Formerly Incarcerated People
The law is “the largest expansion of voting rights in Minnesota in half a century,” the governor said.
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Voter Suppression Laws Are Targeting Youth — But They Are Fighting Back
Youth voting blocs are so powerful that most schools have enough students to easily tip an election in key states.
![Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene walks through the Statuary Hall of the U.S. Capitol prior to President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address at a joint meeting of Congress in the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol on February 7, 2023, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/02/2023_0222-mtg-400x300.jpg)
“It’s White Supremacy” — Critics Lambaste Greene’s Call for “National Divorce”
Greene's plan would increase states' powers while potentially limiting rights protected by the federal government.
![Sen. Bobby Joe Champion presides over the Minnesota State Senate in St. Paul, Minnesota on January 3, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/02/GettyImages-1454269985-400x300.jpg)
Minnesota Democrats Pass Expansive Voting Rights Bill in Committee
The Democracy for the People Act would also require disclosure of dark money contributions in state races.