The American people clearly spoke, and the drubbing Democrats received requires looking beyond just issue polls, voting patterns, campaign strategy, or get-out-the-vote tactics.
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‘We Should Be Outraged’: Alabama Congresswoman Tackles Voter Suppression
Terri Sewell’s bill, the Voting Rights Advancement Act, is a first step to defending minority voters from attempts to block the ballot box.
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90,000 Voters Purged in Vegas and Reno Could Tip the Senate
On Monday, the Palast Investigative Fund announced it was releasing the names of 90,000 Nevada residents purged from the voter rolls based on flawed evidence that indicates they have moved.
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What Civil Rights History Can Teach Kavanaugh’s Critics
A week after the justice’s controversial swearing-in, the African-American activists I study offer a lesson to those who are in despair: Failure is part of the process.
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At Least 44 States Refuse to Hand Over All Data to Trump’s “Fraud” Commission
The letter Kris Kobach sent to states last week requested names, addresses, dates of birth, political affiliation, last four digits of social security numbers, and a list of elections they voted in since 2006, among other data.
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Wisconsin ID Law Kept 200,000 Voters From Polls — and Trump Won by Just 22,748 Votes
Wisconsin's voter ID law may have suppressed a stunning 200,000 votes in the 2016 presidential election, keeping disproportionately Democratic and African-American voters from the polls – where President Trump won by a mere 22,748 votes.
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Appeals Court Smacks Down North Carolina’s Attempt to Suppress the Black Vote
On Friday, the United States Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit invalidated North Carolina’s stringent new voting restrictions, holding that the law violates both the United States Constitution and the Voting Rights Act.
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Jim Crow Returns: Millions of Minority Voters Threatened By Electoral Purge
This in-depth investigation reveals how election officials in 27 states, most of them Republicans, launched a program that threatens a massive purge of millions of voters from the rolls.
