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November 13, 2018
MagazineJanell Ross
It’s Time for a New Voting Rights Act
Republicans have made voter suppression a key tactic for winning elections. What can Democrats do about it?
November 9, 2018
Matt Ford
The 2020 Election Could Come Down to Voter Suppression
What if Trump wins re-election by razor-thin margins in states where Republicans have made it harder to cast a ballot?
November 7, 2018
Matt Ford
American democracy is just a little bit healthier after Tuesday’s midterms.
November 7, 2018
Matt Ford
Republicans’ racist campaigns in Florida and Georgia paid off.
November 7, 2018
Matt Ford
1.5 million Floridians with prior felony convictions can now vote in 2020.
October 24, 2018
Lawrence Goldstone
America’s Relentless Suppression of Black Voters
Republican attempts to exclude African Americans from the polls echoes efforts by Southern whites that enabled the Jim Crow era.
September 13, 2018
Sarah Jones
Why does New York make it so hard to vote?
July 24, 2018
Sophie Kasakove
More voters are being purged from the rolls than at any time in the past decade.
June 14, 2018
Matt Ford
Supreme Court paves the way for “Make America Great Again” gear in the voting booth.
June 11, 2018
Matt Ford
Losing the Right Not to Vote
The Supreme Court on Monday upheld Ohio's aggressive effort to purge voters from its electoral rolls.
January 10, 2018
Suzanne Monyak
A federal court has delivered a big blow to partisan gerrymandering.
September 6, 2017
Brian Beutler
Republicans Won’t Play Fair Unless Democrats Make Them
The GOP's inconsistency on disaster relief is just the latest evidence of the party's procedural hypocrisy.
May 15, 2017
Graham Vyse
The Supreme Court just delivered a blow to Republicans’ racist voter ID strategy.
May 11, 2017
Moira Donegan
Trump’s “voter fraud” commission is being led by the GOP’s self-deportation architect.
Kris Kobach of Kansas is set to lead the new "Election Integrity" commission. That should terrify everyone.
December 2, 2016
Barry Yeoman
The North Carolina GOP Has a New Suppression Tactic: Voter Defamation
As they challenge the results of a governor’s race, the state's Republicans lay the groundwork for a Trump-era assault on voting rights.
October 13, 2016
Pippa Norris
It’s Time to Fix the Voting Process
July 29, 2016
Saif Alnuweiri
An appeals court ruled that North Carolina’s voter ID provisions “target African Americans with almost surgical precision.”
June 8, 2016
Brian Beutler
Question for Donald Trump.
April 22, 2016
Adam Peck
Virginia is about to become the next battleground for felon voter rights.
March 15, 2016
Steven Cohen
North Carolina’s voter ID law is working just like it’s supposed to.

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