Tag: voting rights

“We believe that this interaction, this interference from local authorities, has obstructed our marchers from not only lifting up our First Amendment rights to protest, to speak out, but also our rights to vote.”

There’s no telling what we’ll be able to accomplish when we win the battle for voting rights.

“For too long, people of color have been told when, how and how loud we should use our voices.”

The study concluded that "when we break these figures down by race and ethnicity, it is clear that disparities in the criminal justice system are linked to disparities in political representation."

“It is disappointing that the Court has sided with political forces seeking to limit voter access this November.”

"We need to have climate justice."

A federal judge slammed the policies as a "politically motivated attack" on the U.S. Postal Service that—if allowed to stand—would disenfranchise voters in November.

“That kind of closed-door session, where a head of the Civil Rights Division is secretly speaking about enforcement with partisan state officials, is unprecedented."

Under federal law, nursing homes have a duty to facilitate residents’ rights, including voting. But even before the pandemic, compliance was spotty.

Tennessee signs bill increasing penalties related to political protests to felonies, which could revoke right to vote