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October 2, 2012
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - A judge postponed Pennsylvania's controversial voter identification requirement on Tuesday, ordering the state not to enforce…
October 1, 2012
VIDEO - Rap icon Nas is the latest star to release a video for OurTime.org, encouraging young Americans to vote...
September 28, 2012
OPINION - In 2008, a greater share (63.9 percent) of black citizens under 30 overcame the unnecessary hurdles of registration…
September 27, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - The Republican Party of Florida has decided to fire a firm it has given more than a…
September 26, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - New voting laws in key states could force a lot more voters to cast provisional ballots this…
September 25, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Today is National Voter Registration Day, but it's also Election Day in more than two dozen states...
September 25, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Voting on Election Day sometimes has complications, particularly long lines. So in key battleground states, Team Obama…
September 24, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Usher, like many celebrities and public figures, is lending his voice to OurTime.org by encouraging young people…
September 24, 2012
First Lady Michelle Obama calls voting rights the "sit ins of our time" during her speech to the 42nd Congressional…
September 21, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Congressional Black Caucus chairman Emanuel Cleaver said yesterday that blacks who decide not to vote 'ought to…
September 20, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - In four days over 1100 organizations will come together in a national wide call for voter registration...
September 19, 2012
Lupe Fiasco is taking on a new adversary in D.L. Hughley. The rapper was criticized by the comedian after expressing…
September 13, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - An Indianapolis pastor says he hopes a graphic and disturbing image of an infamous lynching in the…
August 28, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - At the start of the NAACP convention, the NAACP says the GOP is attacking the voting rights…
August 24, 2012
BAY AREA -Berkeley students launch Politify, an app that helps you decide who to vote for...
August 10, 2012
VIDEO - Ohio has made voting harder for Democrats, and easier for Republicans...
July 26, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - A new report commissioned by the ACLU finds that many Pennsylvania residents who would not have the…
July 20, 2012
Recent studies are revealing that support for voter ID laws may be linked to resentment towards African-Americans...
July 19, 2012
Eric Holder's remarks last week that voter ID laws are a modern-day version of a poll tax are receiving criticism…
July 8, 2012
(AP) - When Edward and Mary Weidenbener went to vote in Indiana's primary in May, they didn't realize that state…