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Mississippi legislators won’t smooth the path this year to restore voting rights after some felonies
WMBD - FOX 43 Peoria· 1 day agoJACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Kenneth Almons says he began a 23-year sentence in a Mississippi prison just...
Why civil rights icon Fannie Lou Hamer was ‘sick and tired of being sick and tired’
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 13 hours 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· 4 days agoBut he noted that in recent elections Black voter registration rates have been higher than for white...
AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Alabama’s congressional primary runoffs
CBS 47 Fresno· 7 days agoWASHINGTON (AP) — Voters in a new Alabama congressional district at the center of an ongoing legal and political dispute will return to the polls Tuesday to select the nominees in a U.S. House cont…
Voting New Mexico
Anacortes American· 1 day 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...
Supreme Court’s Blow to Right to Protest Is Another Attack on Black Political Power
Capital B via Yahoo News· 3 days agoThe high court on Monday virtually outlawed the right to mass protest in Louisiana, Mississippi, and...
Some independent candidates start their own political parties to ease ballot access
NPR· 2 days agoThere is a workaround to these kinds...party. That's because states such as Arizona, Delaware,...