Voter Suppression

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August 6, 2013
OPINION - During these last few years we have witnessed an unprecedented assault on the right to vote...
June 27, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court has thrown out lower court rulings that blocked a Texas voter identification law and…
June 26, 2013
COLUMBIANA, Ala. (AP) - Much has changed in Shelby County since Congress passed the 1965 Voting Rights Act to protect…
June 25, 2013
OPINION - The Supreme Court’s decision on Tuesday in Shelby County, Alabama v. Holder, is devastating, but not definitive...
November 11, 2012
OPINION - Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted made a name for himself in the 2012 presidential election, but not…
November 9, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Here are five of the excuses conservatives of the Republican Party are giving for their loss election…
November 8, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - While the potentially disenfranchising effect of voter ID laws remains problematic, the actual reduction of black voter…
November 6, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - In an interview today with the Huffington Post, documentary filmmaker Michael Moore shared his thoughts on how…
November 6, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - If you see or experience voter intimidation, problems at the polls, or issues involving Voter ID, theGrio…
November 5, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - The time has come: there are less than 24 hours until Americans cast their votes for the…
November 5, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Many pundits and pollster predict that President Barack Obama is poised to win re-election on November 6th,…
November 2, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - More than 780 federal observers and Justice Department employees will be dispatched to 51 voting jurisdictions in…
October 29, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - An obscure family foundation has confirmed that it paid for a billboard advertising campaign warning of the…
October 29, 2012
VIDEO - Joanna Jenkins has never voted before and doesn't have an official state ID, but she didn't let that…
October 29, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - A joint investigation by One Wisconsin Now and theGrio revealed the name of the family foundation that…
October 28, 2012
VIDEO - TheGrio's Joy Reid sat down with State Senator Nina Turner to discuss efforts to get out the vote…
October 25, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - It might be too early to know for sure whether African-American turnout will trump 2008 numbers, but…
October 25, 2012
OPINION - Looking at the polls, this presidential election season is poised to give birth to the most racially polarized…
October 16, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Reports from election officials and voter protection organizations say some African-American, Spanish-speaking and elderly voters have been…
September 29, 2012
Voter and election fraud do exist -- unfortunately for the GOP, the documented cases have been among their own.