Voting Rights

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February 22, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama says it will become harder to help people who believe their voting rights have…
January 29, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Ohio, one of the biggest battleground states during this past presidential election, may be getting an update…
December 12, 2012
POLITICS NATION - Attorney General Eric Holder said America’s election system needs to be made 'stronger and more accessible,' and…
November 19, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Civil rights activist and law professor Sherrilyn Ifill has been named the President and Director-Counsel of the…
November 16, 2012
POLITICS -- The 2012 election may be over, but Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted continues to face criticism, and…
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
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court says it will consider eliminating the government's chief weapon against racial discrimination at polling…
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 - Fox News' Sean Hannity, host of The Sean Hannity Show, joined the ranks of a number of…
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 3, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Voting rights advocates are asking a federal court to step in and stop what they call an…
November 2, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - More than 780 federal observers and Justice Department employees will be dispatched to 51 voting jurisdictions in…
October 31, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - A Think Progress investigation has exposed parts of a misleading training manual being distributed to Mitt Romney…
October 30, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - Three years ago, the Supreme Court warned there could be constitutional problems with a landmark civil rights…
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 25, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Rapper and ex-felon 2 Chainz has teamed up with the Respect My Vote! campaign to help educated…
October 23, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Reports are circulating there are “dubious links” between the voting machines in some counties [Hamilton and William]…
October 22, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - The former chairman of the Republican Party of Florida is currently awaiting trial for allegedly paying himself…