The state of Texas has managed to really piss off a federal judge by violating a court order involving voting rights and photo ID laws. The judge has ordered the state to redo its training and materials immediately to accurately reflect the substance of that order. … [Read more...]
Root’s Horrifying Ideas on Voting Rights
August 31, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Trump bootlicker Wayne Allyn Root's views seem to grow more vile by the minute. He went on a radio show and said that anyone who receives any kind of public benefits, including free contraception, should not be allowed to vote. But only poor people, of course. … [Read more...]
Rios Makes Bizarre Claim About Voting Machine Protection
August 30, 2016 by Leave a Comment
There have been many reports about voting machines being vulnerable to being hacked and the Department of Homeland Security recently said that it may step up cyber-protections for them against attack. Sandy Rios of the American Family Association sees dark conspiracies afoot. … [Read more...]
Appeals Court Strikes Down NC Racist Gerrymandering
August 12, 2016 by Leave a Comment
First an appeals court struck down North Carolina's attempts at suppressing the votes of black people, now another 4th Circuit panel has overturned that state's clearly racist gerrymandering that was designed to pack black voters into a minority of districts to prevent them from getting power in the legislature. … [Read more...]
Trump Already Making Excuses for Losing
August 4, 2016 by Leave a Comment
If there's one thing we know about Donald Trump, it's this: He never loses. And if he does, it can only be because of some dark conspiracy against him. Thus we have him already claiming that the election is being "rigged" in Hillary Clinton's favor. … [Read more...]
Kasich Vetoes Terrible Voting Rights Attack
June 19, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Color me shocked. Ohio Gov. John Kasich has vetoed a bill that would require anyone asking a court to extend regular voting hours on election days to post a bond worth tens of thousands of dollars to cover state costs for doing so. … [Read more...]
White Supremacist Explains Why Women Shouldn’t Have the Vote
June 12, 2016 by Leave a Comment
And we once again have a clear nexus between white supremacists and MRA misogynists as the man behind the Daily Stormer website explains why women shouldn't have the right to vote and if you think they do, you obviously want them to be raped. Yes, that is actually his argument. … [Read more...]
Ohio Wants to Make People Pay to Keep Polls Open
May 27, 2016 by Leave a Comment
In a stunningly craven move, the Republican-controlled Ohio state legislature passed a bill that would require anyone asking a court to keep the polls open later in order to allow everyone in line to cast a vote to put up a cash bond first. … [Read more...]
The NRA’s Incoherent Positions on Ex-Felons
May 23, 2016 by Leave a Comment
ThinkProgress points out a rather obvious inconsistency from the NRA. On the one hand, they rail against the idea that ex-felons should get their voting rights restored after paying their debt to society. On the other, they think it's an absolute outrage that those same people can't own guns in some states. … [Read more...]
Breaking News: Trump Wrong About Something. Film at 11.
May 10, 2016 by Leave a Comment
In a shocking development, presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said something completely false during an interview. In related news, it's a day ending in Y. This time he claimed that same-day voter registration allows non-citizens to vote in elections. Nope. … [Read more...]
WI GOP Staffer Quit Over Republican Voter Suppression
April 11, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Todd Allbaugh was a lifelong Republican staffer in Wisconsin, but he quit the party and quit working in politics completely after witnessing Republican senators in that state "giddy" over the passage of several bills that would help the GOP win elections by suppressing the votes of minorities and college students. He wrote on Facebook: … [Read more...]
Supreme Court Affirms Full Representation in Congressional Districts
April 5, 2016 by Leave a Comment
In an important ruling that was surprisingly unanimous (though two of the justices concurred in the result while rejecting the rationale for it), the Supreme Court ruled on Monday that states must use the total number of people to determine congressional representation, not just the number of voters. Ian Millhiser explains why this matters: … [Read more...]
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