May 5,
2025
Bills moving through the Missouri legislature could impact voter rights
In this episode of our local program Making Democracy Work, host Lisa Langley speaks with Sherry Buchanan, member of League of Women Voters of Southwest Missouri and part of the legislative tracking team.
April 1,
2024
Voting law affecting thousands back before Minnesota Supreme Court
For the second time in recent years, the Minnesota Supreme Court is examining laws that dictate when people convicted of felonies are allowed back in the voting booth.
March 13,
2024
ACLU of New Hampshire: It’s time to protect – not strip away – voting rights
Once again, politicians in Concord are trying to make it harder for people to vote. House Bill 1569 is the most recent effort, and will be going to the House floor on Thursday with no recommendation after the House Election Law Committee deadlocked, 10-10. This bill would remove the sworn legal statements that people use to prove their qualifications (like age, identity, and citizenship) if they don’t have documentary proof with them when they go to register to vote.
January 17,
2024
Virginia Senate Democrats Block Republican Effort To Limit Early Voting
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A Republican-led effort to drastically shorten Virginia’s early voting period was stopped in its tracks yesterday after a Democrat-controlled Senate committee voted to strike down the restrictive proposal.
January 4,
2023
NH lawmakers will be taking up major voting bills this year. Here are some to watch for.
On Wednesday, the New Hampshire House passed a bill that would make registering to vote an online experience.
January 2,
2023
Ohio Attorney General Rejects Language For Expansive Voting Rights Amendment
December 23, 2023
Reforms coming to Washington elections after three counties settle with the UCLA’s Voting Rights Project
Case follows InvestigateWest reporting that showed Latino voters were disenfranchised at disproportionate rates
December 19, 2023
Civil Rights Groups and Black Voters Sue Over New North Carolina Congressional and Legislative Maps
Today, North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP, Common Cause and individual Black voters filed a federal lawsuit challenging the state’s new congressional and legislative districts that were enacted in October by the Republican-controlled Legislature.
December 17, 2023
Colorado will expand automatic voter registration to tribes for the first time
Colorado is poised to be the first state to to expand automatic voter registration to Native American reservations, thanks to a new registration system.
December 15, 2023
Michigan will now automatically restore voting rights to people who leave prison
Michigan has become the first state in the country to automatically restore voting rights to people as they leave prison.
December 6, 2023
Louisiana Republicans Ask 5th Circuit To Rehear Critical Voting Rights Act Case
WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Friday, Louisiana Republicans asked the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to rehear a case with major implications for redistricting and the future of the Voting Rights Act.
December 3, 2023
Voting rights groups warn Georgia Republican re-districting plans could lead to federal intervention
On Monday, Georgia lawmakers are expected to head back to the State Capitol where they’ll continue efforts to re-draw the state’s voting district maps as ordered by a federal judge.
December 5, 2023
What’s Happening with Alabama’s Redistricting Post-Milligan?
In an unexpected decision last June, Allen v. Milligan, the US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) upheld Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (VRA) and ruled that Alabama’s 2021 congressional map illegally diluted the voting power of Black Alabamians. This case is a crucial reaffirmation of the importance of VRA Section 2 and a win for voter equality.