Category: Voter Intimidation and Suppression

Project Vote Urges Attorney General Abbott to Protect the Rights of Texas Voters

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Statement from Michael Slater on Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Monitors in Texas and Attorney General Abbott’s response:... Read more

Ohio Voter Fraud Billboards Targeting Black Voters Will Stay, Says Clear Channel

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UPDATE on Oct. 21, 2012: Clear Channel Outdoor has agreed to remove the offending billboards. Read more. Clear Channel was... Read more

It is Harder to Vote in America than it was in 2008

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Voting has become more difficult in the last four years, says a new report from the nonprofit voting rights organization... Read more

Michigan voters confused by unlawful citizenship checkbox on primary ballot

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Voting rights supporters applauded Michigan Governor Rick Snyder for vetoing three voter suppression bills the Legislature passed in June. Unfortunately,... Read more

Republican Officials Acknowledge Voter Suppression Motives

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Voting rights advocates have long asserted that restrictive voting laws are only implemented for one reason: suppressing the votes of... Read more

UPDATE: Briefing on Enforcing Federal Election Law, Combatting Barriers to the Ballot

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Today, Project Vote, Demos, and the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law went to Capitol Hill to hold two... Read more

TPM: No One is Trying to Register Dogs to Vote

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In what has been called “part of a blatant and ongoing partisan effort to keep people from voting,” Republican operatives... Read more

US Senator Decries Voter Intimidation Tactics at Hearing

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“We thought the days of disenfranchising minority voters were over but they’re not,” testified Senator Ben Cardin before the Senate... Read more

Strict Voter ID Laws May Disenfranchise 25,000 Transgender Voters, Study Finds

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Requiring photo ID to vote has become a contentious issue across the nation as more states—entrenched in partisan battles—pass these... Read more

An Attack on Voting Rights is an Attack on the Country, Says Craigslist Founder

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Think you have the right to vote? Not so much. Check out these great graphics at craigconnects that tell a... Read more