Voting Rights

Attorney General Eric Holder announced his plan to resign Thursday after nearly six years as head of the Justice Department.

If we are to remain and grow as a democracy, we must continue to strengthen and expand the voting franchise.

In a week marking the 50th anniversary of Freedom Summer, Mississippi was in the news when African-American voters crossed party lines to help Republican Sen. Thad Cochran narrowly defeat …

Based on Brennan Center proposal, bill would restore voting rights to 4.4 million Americans.

To get the money out of politics, Ben Cohen and others are stamping all of their dollars with messages like “not to be used for buying elections.”

Outrage against the North Carolina legislature's racist, right-wing agenda mobilized tens of thousands to participate in Saturday's Moral March in Raleigh.

Legislation introduced yesterday represents the first attempt by a bipartisan group in Congress to reinstate the vital protections of the Voting Rights Act that the Supreme Court took away.

Unlike the US, Australia's system prevents the “buying” of elections and citizens are required to vote rather than being prevented from voting.

One of the world's largest ATM manufacturers and, formerly, one of the largest manufacturers of electronic voting systems, has been indicted by federal prosecutors for bribery and falsification of …