Voting rights are at risk in the 2023 Virginia legislative elections
Virginia Republicans have pushed to make it harder to vote and to keep former felons from regaining their rights.
By Josh Israel - April 19, 2023Voting Rights
The bill, sponsored by Republican gubernatorial nominee Doug Mastriano, could lead to more voter intimidation.
By Nick Vachon - June 10, 2022Five of 10 Republican candidates for governor of Michigan are unlikely to make it onto the ballot before the primary election on Aug. 2.
By Adrian Cole - May 24, 2022Nevada Republican Senate candidate Adam Laxalt and his spouse appear to have increased their holdings in a major pharmaceutical company since December.
By Josh Israel - May 23, 2022Kari Lake continues to press the falsehood that the 2020 presidential election was stolen from Donald Trump.
By Adrian Cole - May 16, 2022Incumbent Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said of one of his primary opponents, ‘Jody Hice is lying.’
By Emily Singer - May 02, 2022Florida’s Republican governor has passed a flurry of bills this month attacking abortion rights, LGBTQ rights, and voting rights, making districts less representative, and creating a police force just for elections.
By Adrian Cole - April 28, 2022Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-TX) spent more than $2,300 on membership fees or dues at the private club, Roll Call reported on Monday.
By Kaishi Chhabra - April 27, 2022GOP candidates accepted campaign cash from New Hampshire Republican Matt Mowers, who is accused of voter fraud for voting twice in the 2016 GOP presidential primary.
By Emily Singer - April 27, 2022Matthew DePerno and Kristina Karamo, who believe the 2020 presidential election was ‘stolen’ from Donald Trump, would be in charge of running elections and defending election law in Michigan.
By Emily Singer - April 25, 2022The MyPillow CEO and conspiracy theorist, who is spending millions of dollars to ‘prove’ the lie that the 2020 election was stolen, endorsed Jim Marchant in the GOP primary for Nevada secretary of state.
By Emily Singer - April 21, 2022Legal experts say Matt Mowers’ double primary vote could be a violation of federal law.
By Emily Singer - April 05, 2022Republicans who say they’re worried about constitutionality continue to block federal voting rights legislation.
By Oliver Willis - March 30, 2022Republican Angela Rigas was at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
By Emily Singer - March 28, 2022A proposal approved by the GOP-controlled Kansas Senate would cut the number of drop boxes statewide by more than 40% from the 2020 elections.
By Associated Press - March 27, 2022‘For far too long, members of tribal nations and Native communities have faced unnecessary burdens when they attempt to exercise their sacred right to vote,’ the White House said.
By Associated Press - March 26, 2022The lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado on behalf of the state chapter of the NAACP, the League of Women Voters and Mi Familia Vota.
By Associated Press - March 12, 2022Conservative legislators in the state have proposed expensive legislation that aims to prevent nonexistent election fraud.
By Nick Vachon - March 10, 2022The House committee investigating the riot at the Capitol said it has evidence that the defeated Republican president and his associates engaged in a ‘criminal conspiracy’ to prevent Congress from certifying Democrat Joe Biden’s election victory.
By Associated Press - March 06, 2022‘The moment of Trayvon Martin really opened our eyes,’ said Jonel Edwards, co-director of the organization Dream Defenders.
By Associated Press - February 27, 2022Rep. Terri Sewell was elected in 2010 as the first Black congresswoman from Alabama.
By Associated Press - February 20, 2022Republican electors who tried to steal the 2020 election for former President Donald Trump have donated big to GOP candidates and politicians.
By Josh Israel - February 17, 2022Widespread threats against those who oversee elections soared after former President Donald Trump and his allies spread false claims about the outcome of the 2020 election.
By Associated Press - February 06, 2022Only one leading Republican candidate for governor in the most competitive states this cycle has said that the 2020 election was legitimate.
By Nick Vachon - February 03, 2022No one in any state is actually being denied their right to vote based on their vaccination status.
By Josh Israel - February 03, 2022Not a single House Republican voted for the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2021.
By Josh Israel - February 02, 2022Nevada Republican Jim Marchant is leading a coalition of Trump-backed secretary of state candidates to oversee elections in key 2024 swing states.
By Josh Axelrod - January 31, 2022Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell continues to repeat false information about racial voting disparities.
By Josh Israel - January 20, 2022Thanks to the filibuster rule, the GOP minority was able to block the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement and the Freedom to Vote Acts.
By Josh Israel - January 20, 2022Republican opponents of voting rights are ignoring Article I and the 15th Amendment.
By Josh Israel - January 19, 2022Senate Republicans wasted more than 10 hours reading the American Rescue Plan aloud last year.
By Josh Israel - January 18, 2022