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U.S. Justice Department Revamps Site for Voting Rights Information, Violation Reporting

April 24, 2024April 24, 2024

The U.S. Justice Department announced changes to its voting rights information and violation reporting page on April 17th, including a new guide on voting-related language assistance, and a video explaining protections against voter intimidation.

American Democracy Minute for August 5, 2022: Election Workers Report Conspiracy-Fueled Threats, Harassment & Intimidation

August 4, 2022August 4, 2022

While the Tin Foil Hat Week on the American Democracy Minute was a humorous way to spotlight crackpot election fraud theories, a U.S. Senate hearing Wednesday shows the 2020 conspiracy theories have had serious and even life-threatening impacts on our nation’s election workers.

American Democracy Minute for July 7, 2022: U.S. Justice Dept. Files Suit to Block Arizona from Requiring Proof of Citizenship to Use Federal Election Ballot

July 6, 2022July 6, 2022

We reported back in April about a bill passed by the Arizona legislature and signed by Governor Doug Ducey that requires that Arizona voters must have proof of citizenship when voting for President, a law at odds with the National Voter Registration Act. The U.S. Justice Department just filed suit last week to block that new law.