Idaho Has Little Voter Fraud. But the Legislature Wants to Eliminate No Excuse Absentee & Add ID Restrictions Anyway
Idaho Has Little Voter Fraud. But the Legislature Wants to Eliminate No Excuse Absentee & Add ID Restrictions Anyway
SCOTUS Takes Another Chop at the 1965 Voting Rights Act by Refusing Mississippi Case
February 21st, the U.S. Supreme Court took another chop at the 1965 Voting Rights Act by refusing to hear a 2001 Mississippi gerrymandering case called Buck v. Reeves.
Democracy News Updates from New Hampshire, Wisconsin & North Carolina
We’re updating breaking Democracy stories we’ve covered recently, ranging from Voter-Owned Elections in New Hampshire, to the Supreme Court elections in Wisconsin and the Moore v. Harper case in North Carolina.
Florida Group Leading Effort to Restore Voting Rights to Formerly-Incarcerated Felons is Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
In 2018, Florida voters passed Article 4, an initiative which restored voting rights to 1.6 million felons who had completed their sentence and parole. In the face of continued efforts by Florida’s Governor & legislature to block those rights, the Florida organization which led the initiative has been nominated for the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize.
Wisconsin Supreme Court Election Has Huge State & National Implications
Wisconsin has been in the news a lot lately: Gerrymandering, a misguided $2 million dollar review of 2020 election results, and admissions of racial voter suppression efforts in Milwaukee. But no story is more important than its state supreme election with huge state and national implications.