Voter Suppression Archives

Rebroadcast: Learn How the Shelby County v. Holder Decision Unleashed New Barriers to Voting

August 23, 2023December 30, 2023

Brian is off today, leading a training. Every voter should know and understand the basics of the Shelby County decision changed American Democracy, and not for the better. The current conservative-majority U.S. Supreme Court unleashed anti-voter and racist state legislatures kept in check for decades by "pre-clearance" requirements to once again push the limits of voter suppression.

Federal Court Strikes Down Mississippi Constitutional Provision With Racist History Keeping 11% of Its Population from Voting

August 20, 2023December 30, 2023

Mississippi has the highest percentage of voting-age citizens who are not able to vote due to past felony convictions. In early August, a federal court struck down the responsible Jim Crow provision in Mississippi’s constitution, citing “cruel and unusual punishment.”

Ohio Voters Defeat Republican Effort to Raise Citizen Ballot Initiative Passage to 60% in Pro-Voter Victory

August 9, 2023December 30, 2023

With an unofficial 57% to 43% margin, Ohio voters soundly defeated the effort by the Republican-majority legislature to raise the threshold for passage of citizen ballot initiatives. Issue one would have also required minimum numbers of qualifying signatures in 88 counties rather than the current 44.

Alabama’s Racial Gerrymandering Showdown with SCOTUS Goes Back to Federal Court August 14th

August 3, 2023December 30, 2023

We’re back in Alabama today, where freedom-to-vote and civil rights groups go back to federal district court August 14th to oppose the legislature’s defiant racially gerrymandered Congressional voting district map.

Aug. 8 Referendum Changing Ohio’s Threshold for a Ballot Initiative to Win Holds a 112-Year-Old Precedent and Reproductive Rights in the Balance

August 1, 2023December 30, 2023

Early voting for Ohio’s Aug. 8th special election is robust, as voters consider raising the threshold for a ballot initiative to win to a 60% margin. At stake in Issue 1 is a 112-year-old precedent of a 50%+ 1 simple majority rule — and an attempt to derail a reproductive freedom ballot question slated for November’s election.

American Democracy Minute

Category: Voter Suppression

Rebroadcast: Learn How the Shelby County v. Holder Decision Unleashed New Barriers to Voting

Federal Court Strikes Down Mississippi Constitutional Provision With Racist History Keeping 11% of Its Population from Voting

Ohio Voters Defeat Republican Effort to Raise Citizen Ballot Initiative Passage to 60% in Pro-Voter Victory

Alabama’s Racial Gerrymandering Showdown with SCOTUS Goes Back to Federal Court August 14th

Aug. 8 Referendum Changing Ohio’s Threshold for a Ballot Initiative to Win Holds a 112-Year-Old Precedent and Reproductive Rights in the Balance