Georgia’s New Voting Law: Mostly A Step Backward
2022-05-03T10:25:08-05:00Competing partisan-driven narratives are causing broad confusion over a new voting law in Georgia that poses legitimate threats to the integrity of the electoral process.
Competing partisan-driven narratives are causing broad confusion over a new voting law in Georgia that poses legitimate threats to the integrity of the electoral process.
Fair Fight, New Georgia Project, Black Voters Matter, and others worked overtime to increase access for marginalized voters in the 2020 general election.
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The US Court of Appeals has temporarily allowed the State of Florida to resume enforcement of a law that inhibits ex-felons from registering to vote.
The US Postal Service is needed more than ever as states expand options for voting by mail during the coronavirus pandemic; Texas is one of several states trying to change laws governing who can vote by mail.
A push to prioritize voting rights in response to the COVID-19 pandemic has expanded options for voting by mail in Maryland, Virginia, and Kentucky.
Businesses large (Walmart) and small (Asheville Botanicals) have joined Time to Vote, a national movement within the business community that pledges to give employees time off to vote in elections.
Passage of a voter ID bill in Kentucky was a step backward in a state that, five months earlier, had restored voting rights to ex-felons who had served their sentences for non-violent crimes.
Appeals court rules in favor of restoring voting rights to ex-felons, stating that new legislation is a form of wealth discrimination.