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Utah Legislature Passes 2029 End to Its Popular Universal Mail-In Voting System, Replacing it With an Opt-In List & More ID

March 18, 2025March 18, 2025

Utah adopted universal mail-in voting in 2013, with no widespread misuse in its 12 years. March 6th, the GOP-dominated Utah legislature approved an amended bill to end it in 2029, despite 76% of state voters supporting it.

If You Were an Irish Catholic Immigrant in the 1850s, the Xenophobic ‘Know Nothing’ Party Tried to Suppress Your Vote

March 17, 2025March 17, 2025

If you were an Irish Catholic immigrant in the1840s through the 1920s, many of your Protestant fellow Americans, some of whom joined the xenophobic Know Nothing Party, tried to suppress your vote.

Wait, What? Nevada Law Protecting Election Workers Challenged in Federal Appeals Court

March 12, 2025March 12, 2025

Nevada Senate Bill 406, made it a felony to harass or intimidate election workers. In a federal appeals court March 7th, four right wing activists claimed that the law is too vague, and could allow THEM to be unfairly intimidated against participating in the election process.

The Voting Rights Act of 1965, Born Out of ‘Bloody Sunday,’ Fights for Its Life in the Face of an Activist U.S. Supreme Court Majority

March 10, 2025March 10, 2025

Five months after peaceful voting rights marchers were viciously attacked by their own government in Selma, Alabama, the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was signed by President Lyndon Johnson. Anti-voter legislatures are now challenging the VRA’s protections, even though that discrimination continues.

They Marched for Voting Rights and Were Beaten by Their Government. On the 60th Anniversary of ‘Bloody Sunday’ the Struggle Continues

March 9, 2025March 10, 2025

March 7th marked 60 years since Black Americans, demanding their right to vote, were brutally beaten and gassed by their government in Selma, Alabama. The ‘Blood Sunday’ attack outraged many Americans, resulting in passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

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Category: Voter Suppression

Utah Legislature Passes 2029 End to Its Popular Universal Mail-In Voting System, Replacing it With an Opt-In List & More ID

If You Were an Irish Catholic Immigrant in the 1850s, the Xenophobic ‘Know Nothing’ Party Tried to Suppress Your Vote

Wait, What? Nevada Law Protecting Election Workers Challenged in Federal Appeals Court

The Voting Rights Act of 1965, Born Out of ‘Bloody Sunday,’ Fights for Its Life in the Face of an Activist U.S. Supreme Court Majority

They Marched for Voting Rights and Were Beaten by Their Government. On the 60th Anniversary of ‘Bloody Sunday’ the Struggle Continues