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Voting Rights
Sixteen States Face New Voting Restrictions in Election Without Full Voting Rights Act
As 12 states head to the polls on Super Tuesday, voting rights could become a pivotal issue in the 2016 race.
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US Prisoners Deserve College Educations – and the Right to Vote
We need to not just let our prisoners vote, but encourage them to participate in politics.
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Alabama Toughens Rules for Voting While Black
When people can't vote, the oligarchs win.
Fifty Years Since Voting Rights Act Passed, Marchers From Selma to DC Demand Its Restoration
Marchers recently ended their nearly 1,000-mile “Journey for Justice” at the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.
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Voting Should Not Be a Wedge Issue
The last thing we need is to inject more partisanship into voting.
Jim Crow Returns: Interstate “Crosscheck” Program Could Strip Millions of the Right to Vote
Investigative journalist Greg Palast details how new voter ID laws risk disenfranchising millions, especially black, Hispanic and Asian-American voters.
Dark Day for Democracy: SCOTUS Allows Racially-Motivated Disenfranchisement of Texas Voters
Despite uncontested findings of purposeful discrimination in the GOP law, strict new Photo ID restrictions allowed to take effect.
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Early Voting
Eric Holder’s Complex Legacy: Voting Rights Advocate, Enemy of Press Freedom, Friend of Wall Street
Attorney General Eric Holder announced his plan to resign Thursday after nearly six years as head of the Justice Department.
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Congress Must Keep Its Voting Rights Promise
If we are to remain and grow as a democracy, we must continue to strengthen and expand the voting franchise.