News & Commentary about Voting Rights

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Jul 6, 2023

Supreme Court Term in Review: Reconciling Our Losses and Wins

Supreme Court Term in Review: Reconciling Our Losses and Wins

Jun 23, 2023

How We Are Protecting the Right to Vote on the Anniversary of Shelby v. Holder

The Capitol Police arrest and escort a demonstrator during the Voters Rights protest on Capitol Hill.
How We Are Protecting the Right to Vote on the Anniversary of Shelby v. Holder

May 22, 2023

Honoring the Past, Paving the Future: Enhancing Voter Registration

In the foreground, posted on a telephone pole reads a sign "REGISTER TO VOTE", while a woman holds a sign saying "CHECK YOUR REGISTRATION NOW!" is in the background.
Honoring the Past, Paving the Future: Enhancing Voter Registration

May 19, 2023

Here's How Georgia's New Voting Law Harms Voters With Disabilities

A sandwich board with directions posted on signs showing the way to vote outside a Cobb County voting building in Marietta, Ga.
Here's How Georgia's New Voting Law Harms Voters With Disabilities

May 12, 2023

Here's How Connecticut Could Implement a Historic New Voting Law

An Afrian-American woman drops a ballot into a State of Connecticut Official Ballot Drop Box outside Hartford City Hall.
Here's How Connecticut Could Implement a Historic New Voting Law

Apr 13, 2023

What Happens In Tennessee Won't Stay in Tennessee

What Happens In Tennessee Won't Stay in Tennessee

Apr 6, 2023

Minnesota Just Restored Voting Rights for 55,000 People

Minnesota Just Restored Voting Rights for 55,000 People

Mar 30, 2023

Here's How New Mexico is Leading the Way for Voting Rights

The floor of the rotunda in New Mexico's Capitol building.
Here's How New Mexico is Leading the Way for Voting Rights

Mar 21, 2023

My Conviction Meant 40 Years Without A Vote. Not Anymore.

Watching Gov. Tim Walz sign House File 28 into law at the Minnesota Department of Revenue in March 2023.
My Conviction Meant 40 Years Without A Vote. Not Anymore.

Mar 7, 2023

Biden Can Expand Voting Access Through His Executive Order

President Joe Biden speaks near the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala., Sunday, March 5, 2023, to commemorate the 58th anniversary of Bloody Sunday.
Biden Can Expand Voting Access Through His Executive Order