Tag: voters rights

Voting rights advocates say hand-counting ballots is more time-consuming and could also introduce errors compared to the use of standard voting machines.

“We’re talking now about basic access to the ballot box. The Post Office is the most trusted federal agency.”

Led by the grassroots group SC for Ed, teachers from across the traditionally deep red state took personal days to stage the walkout.

And several other reasons that the midterm elections are testing how far some states can go in disenfranchising certain voters.

Even if a person is eligible, their names could be on the voter purge list after research from the Brennan Center for Justice in New York confirmed an upward trend of voter roll purges as the midterm elections are fast approaching.

Building power at the state level matters now more than ever.

Experts are hoping that the group "most motivated" to vote above all others will "form the battle lines for this fall’s midterm elections."

Crystal Mason cast a provisional ballot in the 2016 presidential election despite having a past felony conviction for tax fraud that prevented her from voting.

The teachers handed Republican state Sen. Robert Karnes his defeat as many participated in the GOP primary.