The Country’s Worst Voting Restrictions Won’t Be In Effect This November The Country’s Worst Voting Restrictions Won’t Be In Effect This November
The Supreme Court has declined to reinstate North Carolina’s anti-voting laws.
Aug 31, 2016 / Ari Berman
North Carolina Won’t Stop Suppressing the Vote North Carolina Won’t Stop Suppressing the Vote
After courts restored a week of early voting, Republicans are now brazenly cutting early-voting hours.
Aug 16, 2016 / Ari Berman
Donald Trump Is Encouraging Intimidation and Racial Profiling at the Polls Donald Trump Is Encouraging Intimidation and Racial Profiling at the Polls
Courts blocked the GOP from intimidating minority voters. Now Trump is trying again.
Aug 15, 2016 / Ari Berman
6 Major GOP Voting Restrictions Have Been Blocked in 2 Weeks 6 Major GOP Voting Restrictions Have Been Blocked in 2 Weeks
The Republican war on voting rights is backfiring.
Aug 1, 2016 / Ari Berman
The Country’s Worst Anti-Voting Law Was Just Struck Down in North Carolina The Country’s Worst Anti-Voting Law Was Just Struck Down in North Carolina
The Fourth Circuit appeals court finds that Republicans “targeted African Americans with almost surgical precision.”
Jul 29, 2016 / Ari Berman
Tim Kaine Was Fighting for Civil Rights While Donald Trump Was Discriminating Against African Americans Tim Kaine Was Fighting for Civil Rights While Donald Trump Was Discriminating Against African Americans
Kaine won landmark housing discrimination cases while Trump refused to rent to black tenants.
Jul 25, 2016 / Ari Berman
The Country’s Worst Voter-ID Law Was Just Struck Down The Country’s Worst Voter-ID Law Was Just Struck Down
A huge victory for voting rights in Texas.
Jul 20, 2016 / Ari Berman
9 Percent of the Wisconsin Electorate Just Got Their Right to Vote Back 9 Percent of the Wisconsin Electorate Just Got Their Right to Vote Back
A federal court ruled that those without voter ID can vote by signing an affidavit.
Jul 19, 2016 / Ari Berman
An Iowa Court Blocks 20,000 Ex-Offenders From Voting An Iowa Court Blocks 20,000 Ex-Offenders From Voting
Nearly 6 million Americans can’t vote because of discriminatory felon-disenfranchisement laws.
Jun 30, 2016 / Ari Berman
The Supreme Court’s Dramatic Left Turn The Supreme Court’s Dramatic Left Turn
Scalia’s death and Kennedy’s willingness to change his mind had enormous consequences.
Jun 29, 2016 / David Cole