The Constitutionality of One of the Nation's Strictest Curbs on Felon Voting was Debated in a Federal Appeals Court Tuesday.
A coalition of Groups on both the Left and Right, from the ACLU… Read More
The House on Friday Passed Legislation to Restore a Provision of the Voting Rights Act struck down by the Supreme Court in 2013. The Bill would require Advance Approval of Voting Changes in… Read More
A Federal Judge Ruled in October that it is Unconstitutional for Florida to make Ex-Felons who have Completed their Sentences Pay Fines, Legal Fees, and Restitution before having their Votin… Read More
New Jersey Governor, Phil Murphy (D), Signed a Bill Restoring Voting Rights to more than 80,000 People who had been Barred from Voting because they are on Probation or Parole.
The Bill, A-5… Read More
More than 49,000 People on Parole in New York had their Voting rights Restored under a Conditional Pardon Order, Signed by Governor Andrew Cuomo, in the year-and-a-half since it’s been… Read More
Iowa Governor, Kim Reynolds (R), announced Tuesday that before the Iowa Caucuses in February, her Administration will Review the Complete Backlog of Felons who have Applied to have their Vot… Read More
Over the Martin Luther King Jr. Day weekend, New York State Sen. Zellnor Myrie (D-20th District) and his fellow Democrats have unveiled a Bill S7528, that they're calling a State-Level Versi… Read More
A day ahead of the New Hampshire Primary, College Kids are in the Center of Both the main Voting Rights Fight and concern about Confusion at the Polls.
The Issue is what Students from Out-o… Read More
Minnesota has Agreed to Abandon Two of its most Unusual and Harsh Election Rules, which have Restricted Help for People Casting Ballots, the freshest Victory in the barrage of Voting Rights… Read More
This was a Case backed by Ed Blum, the Conservative Crusader who brought us the Supreme Court’s Shelby County Case Gutting Section 5 of the Federal Voting Rights Act and the Fisher Cas… Read More
A Federal Judge Struck Down the Method New York's East Ramapo uses to Elect its School Board Tuesday, saying the Current Setup is Unfair to Black and Latino Voters.
U.S. District Court Judg… Read More
The Department of Justice (DOJ), Civil Rights Division Settles, Voting Rights Act, Section 2, Lawsuit, with South Dakota School District, Allegedly Violating Native American Rights. A Rare P… Read More
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds (R) said Tuesday she will Sign an Executive Order Automatically Restoring the Right-to-Vote for People with Felony Convictions.
Iowa is the sole remaining State that… Read More
The American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of Montana, and Native American Rights Fund, successfully sought the Preliminary Injunction halting the so-called Montana Ballot Interference Prevent… Read More
The Supreme Court, on Thursday, July, 16th, Blocked Several Hundred Thousand Florida Felons from Exercising their New Voting Rights in next month's Primary, unless they have Paid-Off their F… Read More
A Growing Chorus of Congressional Democrats are saying that Enacting a New Voting Rights Act, with a New Pre-Clearance Criteria, is the Best way for Congress to Honor John Lewis, the Civil R… Read More
Today, The House of Representatives Passed a Measure Renaming H.R. 4, a Key Voting Rights Bill, after the late Rep. John Lewis (D-GA, 5th District), Coinciding with a Ceremony to Honor him a… Read More
This November, San Francisco, California, Voters will Determine if 16-Year-Old Voters will have the Ability to Vote in Local Elections, which would be a First for a Major American City. A si… Read More
A Group working to Restore Voting Rights to Former Felons in the Battleground State of Florida is Racing to deliver Money to Court Clerks to help Pay-Off Court Fees and Fines as a Voter-Regi… Read More
A Voting Rights Group and others filed a Lawsuit against Trump and Administration Officials, on Wednesday Oct. 21st, alleging their Actions have amounted to Voter Intimidation.
The Lawsuit… Read More
In an Unanimous Vote by a 11th Circuit Panel, it Affirms a Voting Rights Act, Section 2 Violation, in Sumter County, Georgia.
The Case, Docket No. 1:14-cv-00042-WLS, IN THE UNITED STATES… Read More
Minnesota, which takes pride in posting the Biggest Turnout numbers year after year, is now the Newest home for the Debate over a more hot-button aspect of Elections: Voting Rights for Convi… Read More
Demos, a Liberal Think Tank fighting Racial Inequality on the Voting Rights and Economic Fronts, is Losing its President to the Biden Administration.
K. Sabeel Rahman, who has led Demos fo… Read More
Kentucky in Defiance of the Trend sweeping the Nation of Republican Legislators in a number of States advancing New Voting Restrictions in the wake of the 2020 Elections, Kentucky's heavily… Read More
VOTER SUPPRESSION
Arkansas: Republican State Legislators have Approved a Bill over Democratic Opposition that would make Arkansas' Voter ID Law Stricter, sending it to Gov. Asa Hutchinson (… Read More
REDISTRICTING:
Illinois: Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) has Signed a Bill that will End the Practice of "Prison Gerrymandering" at the Legislative Level by Counting Incarcerated People for Redistr… Read More
In his Final Words to our Country, John Lewis, the former House Member (D-GA, 5th District), 1987 to 2020, told us that together we can Redeem the Soul of our Nation.
He also Counseled tha… Read More
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam (D), said Tuesday, that he has Restored the Voting Rights of 69,000 People Convicted of Felonies under a Policy Change that Speeds-Up the Process, No longer Requi… Read More
Almost Eight years after the Supreme Court Struck Down Preclearance Provision of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, Virginia has become the First Southern State to Restore Protections for Minority… Read More
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee (D) signed a Bill, Wednesday, that will Automatically Restore the Voting Rights of People Convicted of a Felony once they are Released from Prison, even if they ar… Read More
The New York Democratic-led Assembly Voted on, a Measure Wednesday, following Passage in the Senate earlier this year, Granting Parolees Full Voting Rights. Supporters say the Measure Builds… Read More
A Nonprofit Group, Building Back Together founded by, Allies of President Joe Biden, is launching a Voting Rights Initiative, the Latest sign that the White House views the Issue as a Key Pa… Read More
Senate Democrats are making Changes to their Voting Rights, Campaign Finance, Redistricting, and Ethics Reform Package, hoping to better the Chances of Passing the Top-Priority Bill.
Senat… Read More
Upon Let New York Vote’s founding in 2017, they laid out an ambitious Legislative Agenda that would work towards Safe and Accessible Elections in New York.
They are beyond excited to… Read More
The Battle Lines have been drawn in the Voting Rights Wars as several Republican-led States consider ever Restrictive Laws and Democrats Fight a frantic Battle in Courts to Combat what Presi… Read More
As Voting Rights Legislation Stalls in Congress, New Virginia Voting Laws, aimed at, Expanding Access and Preventing Suppression are taking effect.
Meanwhile, Republicans at the state and… Read More
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds (R), signed an Executive Order 7, August 5, 2020, Restoring Voting Rights to, estimated 35,000 to 45,000, Iowans with Felony Convictions. One year later, most haven't… Read More
House Democrats, are looking to introduce their Revised Version of the Original John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, in the next few weeks.
Rep. G.K. Butterfield (D-NC, 1st District)… Read More
House Democrats introduced the Latest Version, of what’s been dubbed, The John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, on Tuesday, intent on Beefing-Up a Civil Rights-era Law, cut back by… Read More
The John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act (H.R. 4), responds to current conditions in Voting today, by Restoring the Full Protections of the Original, Bipartisan Voting Rights Act of 1965… Read More
The Authors of Mississippi’s 1890 Constitution, had Racist Intent when they Stripped Voting Rights from People Convicted of some Felonies, because they chose Crimes they thought were m… Read More
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and other Voter Rights Groups, filed a Lawsuit on Thursday, Challenging the newly drawn State Legislative Districts, enacted last week by a Republic… Read More
An Independent Redistricting Commission’s Draft Maps, Violate the Voting Rights Act, Michigan Civil Rights Department Executive Director, John Johnson Jr., said during a Wednesday Hear… Read More
Voting Rights Advocates are Suing Texas again, this time with Support from a former U.S. Attorney General, over the State’s Newly Redrawn Congressional District Maps that Favor the GOP… Read More
A Legal Case that affects the Voting Rights of more than 50,000 Minnesotans with Active Felony Records, awaits a Decision from the State Supreme Court, after a Hearing Tuesday, that left Jus… Read More
Voting Rights Advocates, are Pushing for the New York State Assembly, to Approve a Bill that would ensure Voters who Cast Affidavit Ballots, at a Wrong Polling Place, don’t have their… Read More
President Biden says he Supports, making an Exception to the Senate Filibuster Rules, in order to Pass Voting Rights Legislation.
If the only thing standing between getting voting rights l… Read More
President Biden says he Supports making an Exception to the Senate Filibuster Rules in order to pass Voting Rights Legislation. "If the only thing standing between getting voting rights legi… Read More
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) is proposing a Statewide Voting Rights Act.
The Governor would establish a State Voting Rights Act, that will:
- Enhance Protections against Voter Suppress… Read More
A New York City Bill allowing Noncitizen Residents to Vote in New York City Elections, has become Law.
The City Council approved the “Our City, Our Vote” Bill in December, and… Read More
Changes to Felon/Parolee Voting Rights
Chapter 103 of the Laws of 2021 Removes the Prohibition that a Person Convicted of a Felony that is Discharged from Incarceration but on Parole, canno… Read More
A retiring Republican State Senator in Texas, admitted in a Sworn Declaration, that he believes his Party Violated Federal Voting Laws, when it drew New Boundaries for the State's Senate Dis… Read More
Alabama, in Its Stay Application Before the Supreme Court, Asks the Court to Cut Back the Scope of Voting Rights Act in Redistricting Cases, With Potentially Major Voting Rights Implications… Read More
Iowa's Republican Legislators, facing Subpoenas seeking their Emails and other Documents, will get the chance to make the case to the Iowa Supreme Court, that their Communications should be… Read More
One of the most prominent Voting Rights Cases in years is going to trial Monday, testing Allegations that Georgia’s Election Policies, Illegally Obstructed Voters from casting their Ba… Read More
Several Voting Rights and Civil Rights organizations, as well as a Democratic-aligned Redistricting group on Friday, Sued over Florida’s New Congressional Map, that hands significant G… Read More
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