The SAVE America Act, which imposes strict ID limits among other provisions, has been called “Jim Crow 2.0” by critics.
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Trump Black History Message Pushes Bill Critics Say Disenfranchises Black Voters Read Post »
Back in February 2010, the radio show State of the Re:Union, created by Al Letson, produced an award-winning episode looking at civil rights activist Bayard Rustin. The episode was called “Who Is This Man?” because while Rustin was not well known, his work supported the likes of Martin Luther King Jr. Rustin was a man […]
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The Man Who Taught Nonviolence to Martin Luther King Jr. Read Post »
The FBI raid of Fulton County’s election hub is just one facet of a worrying pattern of election interference.
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I’ve Witnessed Trump Weaponize Georgia Ballots for Years. Then He Stole Mine. Read Post »
Experts and watchdog groups slammed the bill, which would also require states to share voter information with DHS.
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Texas Democrat Henry Cuellar Joins House GOP to Pass Voter Suppression Bill Read Post »
The Republican-controlled US House is set to pass a new version of the SAVE Act, a sweeping voter restriction bill that would require people to show citizenship documents to register to vote and strict forms of photo ID to cast a ballot, potentially disenfranchising tens of millions of Americans. The House consideration of the new […]
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On Monday, in a dramatic escalation of his administration’s attempt to interfere in the midterm elections, President Trump called on Republicans “to take over the voting in at least 15 places.” Trump’s efforts “to nationalize the voting,” as he put it, will be difficult to pull off, since states have control over the administration of […]
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Trump’s FBI Raid Could Lead to a Takeover of Elections in Georgia’s Largest County Read Post »
Days after the FBI seized 700 boxes of ballots and voting records from the 2020 election in Fulton County, Georgia, President Trump called on Republicans “to take over the voting in at least 15 places” in advance of the next election, raising new fears that his administration plans to interfere in the midterms and beyond. […]
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Trump Goes Public With Plan to “Take Over” Elections Read Post »
Trump’s Department of Justice is suing over 20 states in a bid to open voter rolls to purges via federal challenges.
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Trump DOJ Sues to Force States to Share Confidential Voter Data Read Post »
While the country was still reeling on Wednesday from the killing of two Americans by federal immigration officers in Minneapolis, the Trump administration undertook one of its most blatantly authoritarian actions yet, deploying the FBI to seize ballots and voting records from the 2020 election in Fulton County, Georgia, a heavily blue area in metro […]
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Critics said the action in Fulton County had triggered fears of federal interference in this year’s midterm elections.
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Experts Sound the Alarm Over FBI’s Search of Georgia Election Center Read Post »
On Saturday, the same day that a federal immigration officer killed Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, US Attorney General Pam Bondi sent a pointed letter to Minnesota Governor Tim Walz stating that if he wanted to “bring an end to the chaos in Minnesota,” he should comply with some “common sense solutions.” Those “solutions,” according to […]
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DOJ’s “Ransom” Letter to Minnesota Reveals How Trump Plans to Rig the Midterms Read Post »
In a big win for Democrats, a federal court panel on Wednesday upheld a new voter-approved congressional map in California that was designed to give Democrats five new seats in the U.S. House, offsetting the mid-decade gerrymander passed by Texas Republicans over the summer. Republicans challenged the map after voters overwhelmingly approved it last November, […]
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