Congress needs to update the Voting Rights Act to prevent states from suppressing votes.
Voting Rights
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Virginia Elections Feature Competitive Races Where There Have Been None for Years
When Virginians vote next week, they’ll have a chance to overthrow a Republican regime that governed through gerrymandering.
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The Voter Suppression Chronicles
When the Roberts Court all but nullified the Voting Rights Act, it said the pre-1965 practices were long gone. New hearings by the House make clear: They’re back.
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Texas Tried to Mess with Voting. It Failed.
Grassroots organizers and civil rights groups banded together to stop Texas officials from denying the franchise to voters of color.
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Voter Registration Is Surging—So Republicans Want to Criminalize It
Turnout by voters of color went up by double digits in Tennessee and other states last year, prompting a spate of GOP bills designed to shut down voter registration drives.
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Voting Rights Aren’t a ‘Power Grab,’ They’re Critical to a Functioning Democracy
This isn’t about partisanship: It’s about systemic racism.
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Republicans Who Slap Voters in the Face May Be in for a Nasty Surprise
Republican power grabs in the Midwest could cost the GOP dearly in 2020.
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Republicans Undertake Last-Minute Wave of Voter Suppression
If they can’t win, they try to rig the game.
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Q&A: The Quiet Fire That Burns Democracy
Carol Anderson on voter suppression and Jim Crow 2.0
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Democracy Is on the Ballot
Voters will consider close to two dozen ballot initiatives to fix the broken political process and open up democracy this fall, but GOP legislators are moving to rig the system still further.
