New Documents Undercut Commerce Secretary’s Claims About Origins of Census Citizenship Question
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross testifies on Capitol Hill, June 20, 2018. Jacquelyn Martin/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In March, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, who oversees the Census Bureau, approved a controversial question about US citizenship on the 2020 census, claiming that the Justice Department needed it for “more effective…
Voting Problems in Thursday’s Primaries Expose New York’s Broken Election System
New York State primary voting at the West Side High School in Manhattan on Thursday.Michael Brochstein/Sipa USA/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. A number of New Yorkers, including the son of the New York City mayor, showed up to vote in today’s statewide primaries and were told they were not…
Jason Kander Says Only One Party “Wants to Let Black People Vote”
Ed Ritger/The Commonwealth Club Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Jason Kander keeps busy. He’s a combat veteran, a former Missouri secretary of state, the founder of voting rights advocacy group Let America Vote, a podcast host, and a candidate for Kansas City mayor. Now he’s written a memoir, Outside the Wire, which…
Civil Rights Groups Target Majority-Black Georgia County Seeking to Shutter Most Polling Places
A Georgia voter waits in a long line during early voting in October 2008.Erik Lesser/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Civil rights groups are mobilizing to block a majority-black Georgia county from shuttering seven of its nine polling locations for the November elections, alleging that the plan by the county…
When Sarah Sanders and the ACLU Teamed Up for Voting Rights
White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders conducts a briefing on August 15.Ron Sachs/CNP/ZUMA Wire Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by ProPublica. As the midterm elections approach, Republican state officials and lawmakers have stepped up efforts to block students from voting in their college towns. Republicans…
The GOP Candidates for Kansas Governor Can’t Even Agree on Whose Votes Should Be Counted
Kris Kobach addresses a fundraiser at the local senior citizens center in Emporia, Kansas, last year. Mark Reinstein via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Nearly a week later, last Tuesday’s Republican gubernatorial primary in Kansas is no closer to resolution. Just 110 votes separate Secretary of State Kris Kobach and incumbent…