Georgia’s Republican Candidate for Governor Is Blocking 53,000 Voter Registrations
Secretary of State Brian Kemp declares victory in the Republican primary for governor in July 2018 in Athens, Georgia.Jessica McGowan/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Tens of thousands of would-be voters in Georgia have had their voter registrations put on hold, threatening their ability to cast a ballot in…
Supreme Court Makes It Harder for Tribal North Dakotans to Vote
Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.) faces a tougher road to reelection after Tuesday’s ruling.Jay Mallin/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a lower-court order requiring voters in North Dakota to present certain forms of identification and proof of their residential address in order to cast a ballot in…
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…