Judge BLOCKS Pennsylvania Voter ID Law
A judge has blocked Pennsylvania's controversial voter ID law from going into effect on Election Day. Under this ruling, the law can go into full effect next year, but will not impact this year's...
View ArticleIntimidating Voter Fraud Billboards To Be Taken Down
Activists and community members were outraged when more than 140 billboards warning of criminal consequences for voter fraud were put up in low-income neighborhoods in Ohio and Wisconsin. After much...
View ArticleSupreme Court Strikes Down Key Provision of Voting Rights Act
A key provision of the 1965 Voting Rights Act has been struck down by the Supreme Court in a 5-4 decision. The justices have invalidated the requirement that certain states get federal approval before...
View ArticleJudge to decide on Wisconsin voter ID law next year
Two lawsuits currently challenging Wisconsin’s voter ID law will have to wait until next year for a ruling. John Ulin, with the support of a wave of black and Hispanic legislators in the state argued...
View ArticleNAACP, John Legend join fight to restore Voting Rights Act
Grammy-award winning artist and activist John Legend has partnered with the NAACP to promote voting rights efforts across the country. The partnership was formed in hopes of restoring the Voting Rights...
View ArticleStudy: North Carolina voting law proves to disenfranchise black voters
According to a Dartmouth University study, North Carolina’s recent changes to the state’s voting laws will disproportionately affect black voters. North Carolina was once included in the Voting Rights...
View ArticleArkansas Supreme Court strikes down ruling against voter ID laws
Members of Arkansas’ Supreme Court tossed out a judge’s ruling to strike down the state’s voter ID law on Wednesday. In a 5-2 ruling, justices vacated the Pulaski County judge’s decision that the law...
View ArticleReport: Voter ID laws may negatively impact trangender Americans
Courtrooms around the country are battling over whether or not states can impose voter ID laws, but they have focused primarily on issues of access when opposing the legislation. But a new study shows...
View ArticleReport: black students 4 four times more likely to attend high-poverty schools
African American children are more likely to attend high-poverty schools than their white counterparts, according to a study released by the Urban Institute. The study also found that blacks of all...
View ArticleVideo: Harvard students attempt to take 1964 literacy test and fail
A video that shows Harvard University students taking the literacy test some voters were forced to pass to cast a ballot in 1964 shows us just how difficult the test was. Despite the students’ Ivy...
View ArticleTrinity United’s Rev. Otis Moss III: Voter ID Laws Are A ‘Postmodern Poll Tax’
The recent spate of unjust voter ID laws has spurred a surge in activism and advocacy across the country. Chicago’s Trinity United Church of Christ has stepped up the plate, leading the fight against...
View ArticleAfter shady elections process, a new comprehensive lawsuit seeks to change...
According to Vox, less than a week after Stacey Abrams announced that she was ceasing her campaign against Brian Kemp for governor of Georgia, a lawsuit is being brought against the Georgia elections...
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