Tag: voter suppression

Fleeing the state to break quorum, Texas Democrats are fighting what they call a racist, Trump-backed effort to rig congressional maps ahead of 2026—sparking a broader national confrontation over voting rights.

Vote.org registers over 100,000 new voters as GOP legislators introduce stringent voting laws.

Facing a historic legal challenge, the Voting Rights Act's future hangs in balance.

"Systemic racism and injustice": UN slams U.S. for widespread human rights breaches.

Will the proposed Freedom to Vote Act, John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act or any other version of voting-rights legislation currently stalled in Congress and the Senate solve these problems?

The lesson to be learned here? When you are faced with a massive obstacle, aka, the Republicans in U.S. Senate blocking your way, then you must either go around it, over it, under it, or right through it.

According to the Voting Rights Lab, 18 states have enacted more than 30 laws to restrict voting since the November election.

Congress is now considering legislation to address many of these problems.

Make no mistake, this bill is about silencing voters of color and chipping away at our political power.

Oregon was the first state in the country to institute voting by mail and to establish automatic voter registration in an effort to “ensure access to this very fundamental right.”