Five Local and State Races to Watch on Election Day
The election year after a presidential election is typically a low profile, unexciting affair that typically has lower than…
The Indypendent
Brentin Mock
Supreme Court Guts Voting Rights Act
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act, which determines what states and…
What Is Alabama’s Problem With the Voting Rights Act?
History will repeat itself in the chambers of the Supreme Court this week. The very state where the fight…
The Racial Burdens Obscured by Voter ID Laws
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court hearing on Applewhite v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, over the state’s voter ID law, was serious…
How the Right’s Building a ‘Poll Watcher’ Network for November
Bill Ouren, True the Vote’s national elections coordinator, is presenting before a group of about 50 recruits in Boca…
Why the Voter ID Faceoff in Pennsylvania Is Crucial
Pennsylvania Secretary of State Carol Aichele had a message for the hundreds of people gathered at the State Capitol…
How Kris Kobach’s Cabal Aims to Remake Election Law
A Case Study
Florida to People of Color: Don’t Vote Here
LaVon Bracy, 63, understands the stakes in Florida’s current voting rights battle all too well. Her father, the Rev.…
A View From Inside the Tea Party’s Voter Suppression Confab
Just two weeks ago a Rasmussen poll showed 64 percent of Americans believe voter fraud exists. This poll was…
Voting rights “evangelist” Faye Anderson says advocates who’ve been protesting new state photo voter ID laws have it all…