One way to increase the number of voices in our local democracy is to adopt automatic voter registration
Voter Access articles on Democracy Chronicles
This section of DC focuses on voter access: a vitally important aspect of democracy concerned with ease of voting and the various barriers in the way. Voter ID, Compulsory Voting and Felon Voting are just some of the hot button issues highlighted here. Also see our sections on American democracy and Money Politics.
Push is on to reform antiquated New York State voting laws
New York State has not been part of the national campaign to suppress the vote. It already suppresses the vote.
Florida’s felon voting ban dates back to Jim Crow era
The breadth and depth of Florida’s disenfranchisement of its residents represent a radical departure from the norm
On Martin Luther King’s birthday, focus on voting rights
It is incredibly important to remember his role as one of history’s most important proponents of voting rights and democracy
In Ohio voter purge case, law is just politics by other means
The betting money is still that the Ohio purge plan will be allowed by the Supreme Court, probably 5-4
Supreme Court examines state moves to purge voter lists
Failure to show up at the polls comes at a dire price in Ohio, where state authorities can take away the right to vote from those who don’t exercise it. The US Supreme Court on Wednesday examines the practice in the Republican-ruled state, which deprived hundreds of thousands of people of the right to choose […]
Indiana dead people’s votes would count under senator’s bill
The following excerpt is from an article written by Fatima Hussein and Tony Cook from the IndyStar. Take a look at the article titled, Dead people’s votes would count under Indiana senator’s bill: At the top of the Indiana Senate Elections Committee agenda is a measure that would allow the votes of certain dead people […]
Fraud Behind Trump’s Election Integrity Commission Continues
President Donald Trump’s slapdash commission on election integrity, which he disbanded earlier this week, exists now only in the dustbin of history. But we should not assume that his administration’s attacks on voters of color are over. Beginning during his campaign, Trump has consistently peddled the odious narrative that voters of color are cheaters. During […]
Supreme Court To Decide On Ohio Voter Purge Case
Trump-backed Ohio voting rights policy that has disenfranchised thousands of American voters by using lists to purge names
White House Disbands Trump’s Voter Fraud Commission
President Donald Trump’s “very distinguished voter fraud panel” is out of business. Besieged by lawsuits and resistance from elections officials across the country, the White House announced Wednesday that it is disbanding the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity. “Despite substantial evidence of voter fraud, many states have refused to provide the [commission] with basic […]