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Another view: Voting rights violations are not confined to 'red' states
Times Herald-Record via Yahoo News· 2 years agoNew Yorkers might like to think that voting rights violations only happen in places like Texas,...
Voter intimidation in 2022 follows a long history of illegal, and racist, bullying
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 1 year agoDespite intimidation both current and historical, American voters turned out in near-record numbers...
Voting rights advocates say the defeat of Proposition 309 is good for Indigenous people
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThis story was supported by the Pulitzer Center. Native-led voting rights groups are celebrating the...
'Outsourcing our future': Why Texas Legislative Black Caucus, NAACP oppose school choice
Austin American-Statesman via Yahoo News· 6 months agoAs the Texas Senate advanced a school choice bill, some members of the Legislative Black Caucus...
Opinion: Texas refuses to address gerrymandering of House districts
Corpus Christi Caller-Times via Yahoo News· 2 months agoA few years ago, SCOTUS ruled against having gerrymandering cases, no matter how unfair, brought...
Texas Senate advances bill to create 'election marshals.' Here's what's proposed.
Austin American-Statesman via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe Texas Senate has advanced a proposal that would require the secretary of state to appoint a...
‘Overwhelmed with joy’: Crystal Mason celebrates overturned illegal voting conviction
Fort Worth Star-Telegram via Yahoo News· 1 month ago“I cried and hollered when I got the news,” Tarrant County resident Crystal Mason told reporters...
Letters to the editor for Sunday, November 13, 2022
The News-Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThis election was most divisive Which election is the most divisive in U.S. history? National Geographic says 1876 was the most divisive election. I...
Julián Castro honors Willie Velasquez's 'transformative' activism in Texas Monthly tribute
Austin American-Statesman via Yahoo News· 8 months agoI've been reading Texas Monthly — not always religiously — since February 1973. How could I not? The...
A 2013 Supreme Court decision invited widespread voter suppression laws, experts say
NBC News via Yahoo News· 10 months agoThe Black-white voter turnout gap has widened in states that once had to earn approval from the...