Voting Rights

All Articles

August 28, 2022
The coalition itself is comprised of wealthy public figures, businesspeople and community leaders including Emmy-winning actor Ben Stiller.
August 25, 2022
A lawsuit that sought to automatically reinstate voting rights for people convicted of certain felonies in Mississippi was struck down…
2020 election thegrio.com
August 20, 2022
The 74-page order, issued Thursday, means that the provision will remain in effect for the closely watched November general election.
Vote sign, theGrio.com
July 27, 2022
People with felony convictions but who are not behind bars can now cast ballots following an appeals court ruling.
July 19, 2022
Voting rights groups asked a judge on Monday to block a provision of a new Georgia law banning handing out food…
Kristen Clarke thegrio.com
July 6, 2022
The Department of Justice sued Arizona over a law requiring people who register to vote to provide additional proof of…
July 5, 2022
The activity — asking residents to sign affidavits verifying the identities of voters living at home — is taking place…
La. Gov. John Bel Edwards, theGrio.com
June 17, 2022
Judge Shelly Dick noted that approving a new congressional map in six days has been done by the Louisiana Legislature…
June 14, 2022
Michelle Obama delivered an impassioned speech during the inaugural Culture of Democracy Summit, hosted by When We All Vote.
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards, theGrio.com
June 13, 2022
The ruling by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals means a special session may start on Wednesday for a…
VigilCandles thegrio.com
June 4, 2022
McGee, as a member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, organized young people to use nonviolent protests against segregation.
May 12, 2022
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ruled Wednesday that the case of Crystal Mason be reconsidered by a lower appeals…
Pamela Moses
April 23, 2022
Charges against Black Lives Matter activist Pamela Moses are dismissed. She will no longer face a second trial for registering…
April 11, 2022
Georgia Democrats and leaders tell theGrio they’re not giving up the fight to protect the sacred right to vote in…
April 9, 2022
As Stacey Abrams makes another run at the governor’s mansion, a lawsuit stemming from the 2018 election is going to trial.
April 4, 2022
The Shelby County Election Commission has been hit with a lawsuit by the NAACP Memphis Branch, voting rights group, and…
April 1, 2022
TheGrio chatted with Sen. Klobuchar and D.C. Mayor Bowser about how Biden's budget could address issues important to Black communities.
Signs indicating where to vote
April 1, 2022
A judge struck down portions of a Florida election law, saying that the GOP-led government was using subtle tactics to…
March 29, 2022
North Carolina's felon voting ban, which cost some 70,000 people their voting rights, was overturned Monday by a state judges…
March 25, 2022
A third lawsuit has been filed by the Biden administration regarding Texas redistricting maps which have been deemed discriminatory.