Voting Laws

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December 31, 2022
State lawmakers introduced thousands of bills to change voting laws after the 2020 presidential election.
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March 20, 2022
A series of new laws that made voting more difficult in Arkansas were deemed unconstitutional and struck down on Friday…
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December 11, 2021
NYC lawmakers on Thursday approved a measure permitting legal immigrants to vote in local elections as early as Jan. 9,…
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October 19, 2021
Florida's Senate Bill 7066 (SB-7066) requires former felons to pay all legal financial obligations before they can vote.
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August 24, 2021
North Carolina judges rule to grant voting access to over 50,000 convicted felons including ones currently on probation
August 8, 2021
As Democratic lawmakers attempt to snuff out restrictive voting legislation in Texas, there are signs the stalemate may be thawing.
July 17, 2021
Biden said he often reflects on the last conversation he and his wife, Jill, had with Lewis, days before the…
July 11, 2021
The group gathered at Metropolitan State University of Denver to demand that Congress enact legislation to expand voter access.
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June 25, 2021
Attorney General Merrick Garland and DOJ Civil Rights Division's Assistant Attorney Kristen Clarke announced the Georgia lawsuit on Friday.
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May 31, 2021
A restrictive voting bill in Texas failed to pass Sunday night after Democrats walked out of the House chamber before…
May 11, 2021
Jon Osshoff's proposal may be incorporated into the For The People Act, the election reform bill currently pending in the…
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April 25, 2021
Reid Hoffman shared his thoughts about how businesses should respond to the politicians attempting to pass new laws to restrict…
April 12, 2021
In response to Georgia's new voting restrictions, Will Smith and Antoine Fuqua announced they will move production on “Emancipation."
April 3, 2021
The two separate bills aim to tighten restrictions on absentee ballots and prevent people from lingering near polling places.
April 3, 2021
Activists stepped up calls for companies to denounce GOP efforts to tighten state voting laws, a growing partisan fight over…
August 5, 2020
Iowans with felony convictions who have served their sentences can now participate in the upcoming presidential election.
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October 26, 2018
Nov. 6th is almost here and Amy DuBois Barnett is asking us all to do everything in our power to…
November 7, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - A video showing Harvard students trying to pass a 1964 Louisiana Literacy test was released on Monday…
June 25, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - The Supreme Court's conservatives struck down a key plank in the Voting Rights Act, but still left…
May 31, 2013
OPINION - It’s should come as no surprise that Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell is taking steps to rid the states…