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New Mexico Passes Expansive Voting Rights Bill, Enhancing Voter Registration & Access

April 3, 2023April 4, 2023

In a year of many anti-voter bills around the country, we have a ray of sunshine for you today. March 30th, New Mexico’s governor signed the HB 4 New Mexico Voting Rights Act, expanding voter registration and vote-by-mail options, and making voting more available for the state’s Native Americans, and returning felons.

Democracy Headlines from Alabama, North Carolina, Virginia, Wisconsin & Michigan

March 30, 2023March 30, 2023

We have democracy headlines today from Alabama, North Carolina, Virginia, and Wisconsin, and good news from Michigan, which implements its Promote the Vote citizen ballot initiative on May 2nd.

Minnesota Restores Voting Rights to as Many as 55,000 Formerly Incarcerated Felons

March 7, 2023March 7, 2023

Because there are so many efforts around the country to restrict the vote, our reports are often negative. Today we have a good news story from Minnesota, where as many as 55,000 more citizens can now vote.

Florida Group Leading Effort to Restore Voting Rights to Formerly-Incarcerated Felons is Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize

February 22, 2023February 22, 2023

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.

Despite Little Intentional Illegal Voting, FL Gov. DeSantis Escalates Election Law Cases to Statewide Prosecutors

February 19, 2023February 20, 2023

We’re following up on last week’s story on Election Integrity Units. Florida’s EIU made 19 arrests in August, most of which were dismissed due to mistakes made not by the voters, but by the state. With SB 4B, the DeSantis administration has doubled down.