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These Far-Right Conspiracists Are Pushing Trump to Take Control of Voting

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On Monday afternoon, as war raged with Iran, President Trump was seemingly preoccupied with more trivial matters. “FREE TINA PETERS!” he wrote on Truth Social, referring to the former Colorado election clerk who’s serving a nine-year sentence for giving election conspiracists access to sensitive voting equipment. While it might seem odd for Trump to be […]

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Justice Alito’s Latest Opinion Is a Very, Very Bad Sign for Voting Rights

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The Supreme Court on Monday evening overturned a New York state court ruling that found that the Staten Island-based district of Republican US House Rep. Nicole Malliotakis discriminated against Black and Latino voters and needed to be redrawn. The Supreme Court’s intervention preserves a GOP-led seat that would have been likely to shift to Democrats […]

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New England Cherishes Its Local Elections. Many Disabled Voters Are Locked Out.

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Kate Larose will not be able to participate in Vermont’s Town Meeting Day. Vermont is home to one of the oldest and most cherished forms of local election in the country: town meetings, a day-long form of deliberative democracy that reads as the antidote to authoritarianism. It’s the kind of American tradition the White House […]

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As the Status Quo Shatters, Afrofuturists’ Visions Offer a Way Forward

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Afrofuturism takes us to strange futures. In its kaleidoscope lens, the future is a canvas to imagine free Black life.

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Trump Black History Message Pushes Bill Critics Say Disenfranchises Black Voters

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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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The Man Who Taught Nonviolence to Martin Luther King Jr.

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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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I’ve Witnessed Trump Weaponize Georgia Ballots for Years. Then He Stole Mine.  

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The FBI raid of Fulton County’s election hub is just one facet of a worrying pattern of election interference.

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Texas Democrat Henry Cuellar Joins House GOP to Pass Voter Suppression Bill

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Experts and watchdog groups slammed the bill, which would also require states to share voter information with DHS.

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The GOP’s “Show Us Your Papers” Bill Is the Latest Effort to Help Trump Take Over Elections

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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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Trump’s FBI Raid Could Lead to a Takeover of Elections in Georgia’s Largest County

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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 Goes Public With Plan to “Take Over” Elections

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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 DOJ Sues to Force States to Share Confidential Voter Data

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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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