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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· 7 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...
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...
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...