Voting Rights

Donald Trump Second Debate

The First Question at Tonight’s Debate Should Be: Will You Accept the Results of the Election? The First Question at Tonight’s Debate Should Be: Will You Accept the Results of the Election?

Chris Wallace should test Trump’s bogus claims right away.

Oct 19, 2016 / John Nichols

Maricopa County elections sign

This Election Is Being Rigged—but Not by Democrats This Election Is Being Rigged—but Not by Democrats

The GOP’s voter-suppression efforts are the real voter fraud.

Oct 17, 2016 / Ari Berman

Ohio Early Voting

GOP States Keep Ignoring Court Orders to Restore Voting Rights GOP States Keep Ignoring Court Orders to Restore Voting Rights

Wisconsin, Ohio, Texas, and North Carolina won’t stop suppressing the vote.

Oct 14, 2016 / Ari Berman

Wisconsin voter ID

Scott Walker Says Wisconsin’s Voter-ID Law Is Working ‘Just Fine’—It’s Not Scott Walker Says Wisconsin’s Voter-ID Law Is Working ‘Just Fine’—It’s Not

The state claims there are no problems with the law, but voters keep getting turned away from the polls.

Oct 11, 2016 / Ari Berman

Texas’s Voter-Registration Laws Are Straight Out of the Jim Crow Playbook

Texas’s Voter-Registration Laws Are Straight Out of the Jim Crow Playbook Texas’s Voter-Registration Laws Are Straight Out of the Jim Crow Playbook

Compare them to Oregon’s, which make voting incredibly easy.

Oct 6, 2016 / Feature / Ari Berman

Christine Krucki

A 90-Year-Old Woman Who’s Voted Since 1948 Was Disenfranchised by Wisconsin’s Voter-ID Law A 90-Year-Old Woman Who’s Voted Since 1948 Was Disenfranchised by Wisconsin’s Voter-ID Law

Voting-rights groups are asking a federal court to block the law before the November election.

Oct 5, 2016 / Ari Berman

Wisconsin voting sign

A Federal Court Orders Wisconsin to Stop Suppressing the Vote A Federal Court Orders Wisconsin to Stop Suppressing the Vote

The state must investigate the DMV’s failure to issue voter IDs in time for the November election.

Sep 30, 2016 / Ari Berman

Wisconsin voteriders

Wisconsin Is Systematically Failing to Provide the Photo IDs Required to Vote in November Wisconsin Is Systematically Failing to Provide the Photo IDs Required to Vote in November

New recordings from the DMV show how the state is continuing to disenfranchise black voters.

Sep 29, 2016 / Ari Berman

Clinton Trump debate

After Clinton’s Strong Debate Showing, Trump’s Lies on Election Rigging Are Even More at Odds with Reality After Clinton’s Strong Debate Showing, Trump’s Lies on Election Rigging Are Even More at Odds with Reality

It is voter suppression—not fantasies of fraud—that could actually undermine the will of the people.

Sep 27, 2016 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Exclusive: Zach Galifianakis Wants You to Know How Bad Gerrymandering Has Gotten

Exclusive: Zach Galifianakis Wants You to Know How Bad Gerrymandering Has Gotten Exclusive: Zach Galifianakis Wants You to Know How Bad Gerrymandering Has Gotten

The new documentary series America Divided shines a light on voter restrictions, the housing crisis, and other symptoms of our unequal society.

Sep 20, 2016 / The Nation

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