1. Georgia’s Brian Kemp has a stunningly bad record on voting rights Georgia Secretary of State and would-be Governor Brian Kemp has not only embraced Donald Trump’s political agenda, but also his open hostility to voting rights. As the highest elections...
1. Crystal Mason, sentenced to five years in jail for “voter fraud,” loses appeal for a new trial In April, the state of Texas sentenced Crystal Mason five years in prison for attempting to vote in the 2016 presidential election. She was ineligible to vote...
1. Michigan is a gerrymandered mess. But maybe not for long. When it comes to discussing heavily gerrymandered states, I’ve often pointed to Wisconsin, Ohio, Pennsylvania, or North Carolina. But Michigan sucks, too. Until I dug into the numbers this week, I...
The Supreme Court is not coming to the rescue on voting rights It’s been three bad weeks in a row if you care about protecting the right to vote. In three straight weeks, the Supreme Court has ruled against efforts to defend the vote against efforts to suppress...
Supreme Court punts on Wisconsin, Maryland gerrymandering cases In two rulings today, Gill v. Whitford and Benisek v. Lamone, the Supreme Court effectively hit the snooze button on making a meaningful decision on partisan gerrymandering....
Make it easier for everyone to vote? 39% say no. A recent Pew Reseach Center survey showed that while 59% of Americans polled support the idea that “everything possible should be done to make it easy for every citizen to vote,” 39%...
Time served, but still not free When an American has been convicted of a felony, goes to jail, serves his or her time, then is released, the general principle is that they’ve paid their debt to society and have a new chance at a better life. A criminal record...
The biggest threat to the vote in 2018 might be the machines ProPublica posted a story last week about how the biggest threat to the vote in 2018 may not be hacking or voter suppression, but the failing technology in most polling places in America. Check out...
What we learned in Pennsylvania on Tuesday Democrat Conor Lamb defeated Republican Rick Saccone in Pennsylvania’s 18th Congressional District election by 627 votes on Tuesday. That’s 627 out of 228,378 total votes cast. Aside from edging out Saccone by...
