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![An image of President Donald Trump is displayed on a screen as the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol conducts its final hearing in the Cannon House Office Building on December 19, 2022, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/02/2023_0202-january-6-committee-400x300.jpg)
January 6 Report Obscured the Role of Racism in the “Stop the Steal” Movement
Donald Trump fired up white nationalists by naming individual Black election workers as spoilers of his alleged victory.
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Texas GOP Seeks to Override Local Prosecutors Who Oppose “Voter Fraud” Agenda
The GOP's true intent is to suppress the vote, particularly in marginalized communities, one attorney said.
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New Documentary Highlights Radical Voting Rights Struggle in 1960s Alabama
Lowndes County has remained a little-known part of civil rights history, in part due to its radical implications.
![Jessica Rohloff and Demetrius Fisher of League of Women Voters cheer on the crowd as demonstrators protest during a rally at the Supreme Court during oral arguments in Moore v. Harper on December 7, 2022, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/12/2022_1209-scotus-ll-400x300.jpg)
Supreme Court Appears Split on Whether to Allow Partisan Control of Elections
The case could cede control of elections to partisan state legislatures and end state court oversight of voting rules.
![Speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives Tim Moore talks to reporters outside the U.S. Supreme Court after he attended oral arguments in the Moore v. Harper case on December 7, 2022, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/12/2022_1208-tim-moore-400x300.jpg)
Right-Wing Groups Have Funneled $90M in Dark Money to “Moore v. Harper” Backers
Plaintiffs in the Supreme Court case seek to give politicians a pass to suppress voters and even overturn elections.
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Warnock’s Narrow Victory Underscores Ongoing Threat of Voter Suppression
“We’re still fighting voter suppression. We’re still fighting fascism,” says organizer LaTosha Brown.
![Ranked-Choice Voting Backed in Midterm Ballot Measures, May Help Crash Proof Democracy](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/11/seg2-voting-400x300.jpg)
Ranked-Choice Voting Backed in Midterm May Help “Crash-Proofing Our Democracy”
The election method allows voters to select multiple candidates in descending order of preference.
![Demonstrators take part in the Black Voters Matter's 57th Selma to Montgomery March on March 9, 2022, in Selma, Alabama.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/11/2022_1108-black-voters-matter-400x300.jpg)
Black Lives Matter — They Can’t Be Up for Debate Each Election Season
We can imagine a world in which every Black person is thriving, and we demand policies that will make that a reality.
![Indigenous Voters Helped Democrats Carry Arizona in 2020. Now Their Voting Rights Are Under Attack](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/11/SEG3-NativeVoters-1-400x300.jpg)
Arizona’s Rollback of Indigenous Voting Rights Could Swing the State for the GOP
Indigenous voters are navigating a 2021 Supreme Court ruling that banned a common method of ballot collection.
![People wait in line for early voting for the midterm elections at Joan P. Garner Library at Ponce De Leon on November 4, 2022 in Atlanta, Georgia.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/11/GettyImages-1439028342-400x300.jpg)
Trumpists Are Testing Out New Voter Suppression Tactics in the 2022 Election
Twenty-eight bills have already passed that would make law enforcement more involved in the voting process.