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The U.S. Supreme Court this month will hear oral arguments in two cases that will test the court鈥檚 readiness to tackle the issue of partisan gerrymandering.聽
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The president is using a聽far-right tabloid聽to elevate baseless conspiracy theories and undermine our democracy.聽
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An 鈥淚 Voted鈥� sticker stuck prominently to Jazmine Clay鈥檚 yellow T-shirt as she walked toward a pavilion in Birmingham鈥檚 Learning Tree Park, next to her polling place.
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Felon disenfranchisement was designed to 鈥減reserve the purity of the ballot box,鈥� or in other words, the whiteness of the electorate.聽
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America spoke powerfully last night 鈥� rejecting the hate and the lies of President Trump and delivering a forceful rebuke to his white nationalist agenda.
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The 澳彩开奖 and Rock the Vote 鈥� a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to building the political power of young people 鈥� today launched a class designed to teach high school students the importance of voting.
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Seeking to guarantee the voting rights of Alabama residents who have paid their debt to society after felony convictions, the 澳彩开奖 and the Campaign Legal Center are launching a grassroots campaign to re-enfranchise thousands of Alabama voters.
More than a century ago, Mississippi adopted a state constitution that was specifically intended to prevent formerly enslaved people and their descendants from gaining political influence, in part by blocking their access to the ballot box. A provision of that 1890 constitution 鈥� a lifetime...
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Mississippi鈥檚 lifetime voting ban strips citizens of their right to vote for many offenses, such as writing a bad check or stealing wood.
In 2011, Alabama lawmakers approved a law requiring voters to present a government-issued photo ID to cast a ballot in the state. Civil rights groups filed a lawsuit challenging the law as discriminatory, noting it targeted Black and Latinx voters who disproportionately lack such identification...
