Iowa Restores Voting Rights To Thousands With Felony Convictions
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signed an executive order on Wednesday restoring the right to vote to many state residents with…
LeBron James Helping Florida Ex-Felons Pay Fees So They Can Vote
A voting rights group founded by NBA superstar LeBron James is raising funds to help people in Florida with felony…
Kentucky And New York Hold Primaries Amid Concerns About Polling Site Closures
The coronavirus pandemic has given way to a host of rationalizations for limiting access to polling sites across the country,…
Iowa Governor Will Restore Voting Rights To Felons
Iowa’s Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds said Tuesday that she plans to sign an executive order this summer restoring voting rights…
Court: Proof of citizenship for voter registration unlawful
A federal appeals court panel has ruled that a Kansas law requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote is…
Civil rights leader, MLK aide Joseph Lowery dies at 98
ATLANTA — The Rev. Joseph E. Lowery, a veteran civil rights leader who helped the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.…
Texas Officials Have Already Rigged The 2020 Election. Super Tuesday Is Proof.
On Super Tuesday, long lines at a number of Texas polling stations cast a pall over the Democratic primary, sowing…
Bloomberg On Ex-Felon Voting Rights In 2018: ‘They’re Not Going To Vote Anyway’
Democratic presidential hopeful Michael Bloomberg released a plan last month to restore voting rights to convicted felons who have served…
Judge Orders Wisconsin To Purge Nearly 234,000 Voters From The Voter Rolls
A Wisconsin judge ordered the removal of nearly 234,000 people from the state’s voter rolls on Friday because they may…
Court Seems Skeptical Of Overturning Crystal Mason’s Prison Sentence For Illegal Voting
FORT WORTH, Texas ― A Texas appeals court appeared hesitant on Tuesday to overturn the criminal conviction of Crystal Mason,…
Crystal Mason, Sentenced To Prison For Illegally Voting, Asks For New Trial
RENDON, Texas ― If Crystal Mason’s mom doesn’t cook for their big family on Sundays, Mason stops at a tiny…
Stacey Abrams Is Tackling Voter Suppression In Battleground States In 2020
Stacey Abrams, the former Democratic candidate for Georgia governor, is not running for president in 2020 ― instead, she’ll be…
Florida Governor Signs Bill Requiring Felons To Pay Off Fines Before They Can Vote
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) signed legislation that will require people with felony convictions to pay all of their outstanding…
GOP Lied About Using Racial Data To Gerrymander, Lawyers Say
North Carolina Republicans lied to a federal court in 2017 when they claimed that they didn’t use racial data about…
Civil Rights Groups Will Help Crystal Mason Appeal 5-Year Prison Sentence For Voting
The American Civil Liberties Union and the Texas Civil Rights Project announced Friday they will help represent Crystal Mason, a…
Cory Booker Sidesteps Debate Over Letting Prisoners Vote, Calls It ‘Frustrating’
Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) said Monday that he was frustrated by the conversation around whether people convicted of felonies should…
2020 Democrats Agree On Expanding Voting Rights, But Not Necessarily To Prisoners
All of the Democrats running for president favor reforms to expand the right to vote, but the candidates are divided…
Tennessee Lawmakers Consider Fines And Criminal Penalties For Voter Registration Drives
Tennessee lawmakers are considering a bill that would impose new restrictions on groups conducting voter registrations and subject them to…
Andrew Gillum Launches Massive Voter Registration Campaign To Turn Florida Blue
Former Florida gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum said Wednesday he will not run for president and is instead launching a huge…
Rep. Ayanna Pressley Wants To Lower The Voting Age To 16
Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) wants younger people to have a say in federal elections. On Wednesday, Pressley introduced an amendment…
Florida Just Enfranchised Over 1 Million People. They Still Face Big Obstacles To Voting.
Florida voters made history on Tuesday, amending their state constitution to automatically restore voting rights to people with felony convictions…
Georgia Voters Face Hours-Long Waits As State Scrambles To Accommodate Turnout
Poll workers in Georgia appear to have been unprepared for the waves of voters who turned out on Tuesday. Officials…
Judge Orders Georgia’s Brian Kemp To Give Thousands More People A Shot At Voting
A federal judge in Georgia on Friday ordered state Secretary of State Brian Kemp to establish additional procedures to guarantee…
Trouble Voting? We Want To Hear From You.
HuffPost is partnering with ProPublica’s Electionland project as part of a reporting collaboration to write about access to the ballot…
This Is What It’s Like When Oprah Knocks On Your Door To Get Out The Vote
To her credit, Denise appeared amazingly poised after being ambushed by Lady O, and even told the media mogul she…
Tennessee Black Voter Registration Group Fights For Access To Flagged Applications
A group focused on registering black voters in Tennessee reached a tentative agreement in a simmering dispute with local election…
Georgia County Under Fire For Rejecting Large Number Of Absentee Ballots
Amid escalating tensions over voting rights in Georgia, a county in the state is facing scrutiny for rejecting an unusually…
Civil Rights Groups Sue Georgia Over Discriminatory Voter Maintenance Practice
Civil rights groups sued Georgia in federal court on Thursday over a process it uses to verify new voter registrations,…
Georgia County Can’t Back Up Its Excuse For Plan To Disenfranchise Black Voters
Officials in a majority-black Georgia county accused of trying to close almost all polling places to make it harder for…
Michelle Obama Will Hit The Road For Voter Registration Drive This Fall
Former first lady Michelle Obama will tour the country in September for a week of events encouraging people to vote…
Navajo Coal & Ukraine’s War on Fake News: VICE News Tonight Full Episode (HBO)
This is the May 2, 2017, FULL EPISODE of VICE News Tonight on HBO. The closure of a Navajo coal…
Federal Court Says Florida Can Hold Off On New System For Restoring Voting Rights
A federal appeals court ruled on Wednesday that Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R) and other top state officials do not…
Eleventh State Adopts A Simple Reform To Get More People Registered To Vote
Maryland became the latest state to adopt a small but powerful change in the way it registers voters, a move…