Voter Suppression

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November 14, 2018
It’s been a hard-fought battle for Stacey Abrams to get every vote counted. While the GOP refuses to address Abrams concerns, Dems…
Stacey Abrams thegrio.com
November 11, 2018
It's been five days since Georgia residents hit the polls to elect Stacey Abrams, Brian Kemp, or Ted Metz as…
Stacey Abrams thegrio.com
November 5, 2018
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia's online voter database morphed into a last-minute curveball in one of the nation's hottest governor's races,…
Stacey Abrams Barack Obama thegrio.com
November 3, 2018
On Friday, U.S. District Court Judge Eleanor Ross issued a blow to the GOP when she ruled that Georgia must…
Stacey Abrams thegrio.com AP
October 29, 2018
Former President Jimmy Carter, a Georgia resident, wrote on his official letterhead to his state's Republican nominee for governor, Brian…
early voting georgia thegrio.com
October 26, 2018
Nov. 6th is almost here and Amy DuBois Barnett is asking us all to do everything in our power to…
Prairie View
October 25, 2018
Fearing their votes will be taken away by red tape and inept local bureaucracy a group of students at Prairie…
Stacey Abrams and Brian Kemp Georgia thegrio.com
October 24, 2018
Democrat gubernatorial nominee Stacey Abrams’ first debate against the Trump-endorsed Brian Kemp was a showdown between the old South and a…
Amendment 4 thegrio.com
October 23, 2018
In 2013, the Supreme Court’s ruling in the Shelby County v. Holder case weakened key provisions of the 1965 Voting…
October 21, 2018
GOP Secretary of State Brian Kemp oversaw the removal immediately after he declared himself a candidate for governor, reports say.
August 18, 2018
The proposed move could have an effect on the race involving Democrat Stacey Abrams, the first Black woman gubernatorial nominee,…
January 23, 2018
A proposed constitutional amendment has reached the 766,200 petition signatures needed to go on the ballot come November. The initiative…
December 5, 2016
Expect to lose your right to vote under a Trump administration, if you are not ready and willing to fight…
November 30, 2016
Steve Bannon had allegedly once expressed his belief that limiting the voting rights of African-American is "not such a bad…
November 29, 2016
Voting rights activists are concerned after Donald Trump took to Twitter to claim widespread voter fraud in three states without…
November 1, 2016
Behold, the real face of voter fraud in America—a white woman from Iowa who wants Trump to win so badly…
September 21, 2016
U.S. Rep. John Lewis is calling for federal observers to be placed at polling stations on election day in states…
April 3, 2014
OPINION - If you care about democracy and voting rights, especially for poor people, you should be concerned...
October 8, 2013
OPINION - Maybe Florida Governor Rick Perry should have listened to everyone who warned that voter purging is highly flawed...
August 8, 2013
SOPCHOPPY, Fla. (AP) — A small Florida Panhandle town best known for its annual Worm Grunting Festival is at the…