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Mississippi legislators won’t smooth the path this year to restore voting rights after some felonies
FOX 59 Indianapolis· 13 hours agoJACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Kenneth Almons says he began a sentence in a Mississippi prison just two weeks...
Why civil rights icon Fannie Lou Hamer was ‘sick and tired of being sick and tired’
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 2 days agoFannie Lou Hamer became one of the most respected civil rights leaders during the 1960s in part...
Fighting for voting rights, making 'good trouble' in John Lewis' name, now a partisan issue
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 5 days agoBut he noted that in recent elections Black voter registration rates have been higher than for white...
Supreme Court’s Blow to Right to Protest Is Another Attack on Black Political Power
Capital B via Yahoo News· 4 days agoThe high court on Monday virtually outlawed the right to mass protest in Louisiana, Mississippi, and...
Voting New Mexico
Anacortes American· 2 days agoFILE - New Mexico Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver speaks at a press briefing on Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022, in Santa Fe, N.M. Registered voters...
Some independent candidates start their own political parties to ease ballot access
NPR· 3 days agoThere is a workaround to these kinds...party. That's because states such as Arizona, Delaware,...
Sen. Laphonza Butler isn’t just keeping a seat warm in Washington
Orange County Register· 3 days agoWhen all is said and done, Sen. Laphonza Butler will only be in the U.S. Senate for about 13 months....
India election: A visual guide to voting in the world’s largest democracy
WKBT La Crosse· 2 days agoHere is a look at how the world’s most populous country votes in the world’s largest democracy. Home to more than 1.4 billion people, about 969 million are eligible to cast their vote ...