Decoding The Supreme Court’s Silence On The Independent State Legislature Theory
The Supreme Court asked for an additional round of briefings on what it should do with a major, potentially mooted election law case out of North Carolina over a month ago. Since then, crickets. The case, Moore v. Harper, grew out of a contested North Carolina redistricting process, but has since become shorthand for the […]
Black Leaders Cautiously Hail Alabama Redistricting SCOTUS Decision Protecting Voting Rights
Black leaders across the country are hailing Thursday’s Supreme Court decision to uphold a key voting rights law in Alabama as a major victory while also expressing cautious optimism about what comes next. The case, Allen v. Milligan, is largely seen as a ruling in favor of Black voters after the Supreme Court sided with […]
Conservatives encourage voter suppression strategies across college campuses
As the country prepares for the 2024 election cycle, youth voting rights advocates say conservatives are pushing voter suppression efforts to stifle and silence college students across the country. Young voters have proven to be politically influential demographics, turning out in record numbers in recent elections, but voter suppression laws are discouraging young people from […]
Targeting Young Texas Voters Is A Threat To Fair and Free Elections
Ever since I voted for the first time in 2018, my rights to do so have been under fire. Students like myself have been continuously targeted by our elected representatives, especially in states like Texas, where I have lived for the last 8 years. This includes eliminating temporary polling locations, restrictions to voting by mail, […]
Ahead of 2024 election, several states overhauled voting laws
As the nation prepares for the 2024 presidential election, debates over changes to voting laws have once again percolated in several state legislatures. While there are ongoing efforts to make it more difficult to vote in many Republican-controlled states, a research group found there has also been a quiet countermovement to expand access to voting […]
Gov. Youngkin agreed to speed up voting rights restoration process, Sen. Lionell Spruill says
Gov. Glenn Youngkin recently came under fire for slowing the voting rights restoration process, but Sen. Lionell Spruill said this week the governor has agreed to shorten the time frame. “He is trying to work with me,” said Spruill, D-Chesapeake. “He agreed to work on getting that process down to 30 days.” Spruill, who chairs […]
State Roundup: Cardin Won’t Seek Re-Election To U.S. Senate; Who Will Vie For His Seat?
CARDIN WON’T SEEK RE-ELECTION TO U.S. SENATE: U.S. Sen. Ben L. Cardin will not seek reelection to the U.S. Senate after three terms, ending a career in public service that spanned more than half a century and opening up a potential scramble among politicians to replace him. Pamela Wood/The Baltimore Banner. Cardin, 79, made the […]
Poll finds Moore on ‘solid footing,’ AG joins transgender health brief
A majority of Maryland residents say they approve of Gov. Wes Moore’s (D) job performance during his first three months in office. A poll released by the Sarah T. Hughes Center for Politics at Goucher College found that 53% of those surveyed approved of Moore’s early performance. Another 26% said they disapproved while 20% said […]
A top GOP lawyer wants to crack down on the college vote. The states are already there.
A top Republican election lawyer recently caused a stir when he told GOP donors that the party should work to make it harder for college students to vote in key states. But the comments of Cleta Mitchell, who teamed up with then-President Donald Trump to try to overturn the 2020 election, are perhaps less surprising […]
Voting officials’ resignation, amid outlandish accusations, an ominous sign for democracyDemocracy
Buckingham County’s elections director and her entire staff had had enough. Enough of the lies about voting fraud. Enough of the accusations of wrongdoing and treason by county residents. Enough of the demented denialism stemming from the 2020 presidential election, in which too many people believed the bogus conspiracy claims of Donald Trump. The serial […]
