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October 16, 2024
Paige Oamek
Nebraska Supreme Court Issues Ruling That Could Change Entire Election
The Nebraska Supreme Court has made sure a new voter bloc has time to register this election.
August 6, 2024
Edith Olmsted
Trump’s Latest Attack on Kamala’s V.P. Pick Hilariously Backfires
Did Donald Trump just say he shouldn’t be allowed to vote?
May 30, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Convicted Felon Trump Forced to Beg Most Embarrassing Ally for Help
The former president will have to ask Florida Governor Ron DeSantis for the right to vote.
August 10, 2020
Melissa Gira Grant
The Unfinished Business of Women’s Suffrage
The women who remain locked out of the right to vote are the fractured legacy of a fractured movement.
November 7, 2018
Matt Ford
American democracy is just a little bit healthier after Tuesday’s midterms.
November 7, 2018
Matt Ford
1.5 million Floridians with prior felony convictions can now vote in 2020.
October 12, 2018
Matt Ford
American Democracy Is on the Ballot in November
It's not just because of Trump. Millions of voters' rights are at stake, too.
March 30, 2018
Matt Ford
Texas’s voter-fraud crusade sends a mother of two to prison for five years.
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