Voter suppression

A woman stands with smartphone in a shop with organizers

Jewish and Arab women unite to defy Bedouin voter suppression in Israeli election

Elections

On Tuesday, scores of women volunteers crisscrossed the dusty roads of Israel’s southern Negev desert to bring hundreds of Bedouin women from remote villages to their polling stations.

Angel Sanchez spent 12 years in a Florida state prison. Today, he is a law student at The University of Miami and an advocate for voting rights for formerly incarcerated individuals.

‘I lost my right to vote before I ever had the right to vote’

Conflict & Justice
an "I voted" sticker

Citizenship through the eyes of those who have lost the right to vote

Commentary
US Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) addresses a rally ahead of arguments in a key voting rights case involving a challenge to the Ohio’s policy of purging infrequent voters from voter registration rolls outside the US Supreme Court in Washington, Jan. 10, 201

Divided Supreme Court hears Ohio voter purge case

Justice
gerrymandering

The political lines that divide us

Conflict

Is Indiana’s strict voter ID law disenfranchising immigrant voters?

Global Politics

The state of Indiana was among the first in a wave of states to pass a strict photo ID law to vote. Republicans say it was necessary to prevent fraud, while Democrats call it a solution in search of a problem. The state of Indiana was among the first in a wave of states to pass a strict photo ID law to vote. Republicans say it was necessary to prevent fraud, while Democrats call it a solution in search of a problem.

Voter ID laws a contentious issue as election season heats up

Global Politics

In the last four years, a half-dozen states have added laws that require voters to present a government-issued photo ID in order to cast a ballot in an election. Opponents say it disenfranchises poor and minority voters, while proponents say it’s needed to stem voter fraud.

Voter fraud and manipulation

Global Politics

Voter registrations challenged, illegally purged voter lists and other tactics to alter the outcome of this year’s election.

Advocacy Group Fights Voter Suppression

As election day nears there are almost always reports of voter suppression and intimidation. The tactics vary from election to election, making them difficult to predict or counteract. But that’s exactly what Eric Marshall, manager of legal mobilization for Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law works to do.

Justice Department Blocks Texas Voter Identification Law

On Monday, the Justice Department blocked a new Texas voter identification law on the basis that the law would disproportionately affect Hispanics and that it violates the 1965 Voting Rights Act. The law would have required all Texas voters to show some form of photo ID before voting. This past December, the Justice Department blocked […]