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US voting rights

News and analysis examining voting rights in the US

July 2024

  • The legislation now goes to the Democratic-led Senate, where it is likely to be dead on arrival.

    US House approves bill to ban non-citizens from voting in federal elections

  • A stylized image of a man wearing glasses and holding a pair of binoculars against the backdrop of a US flag

    The election operators
    The man who cries voter fraud: how Hans von Spakovsky has built a career peddling election security fears

June 2024

  • a man stands outside in the grass with his arms crossed

    Black Alabama mayor reinstated after nearly four-year battle

  • Person inside voting booth at polling place

    The fight for democracy
    Millions of US voters lack access to documents to prove citizenship

May 2024

  • Trump in suit and tie stands with lawyer behind railing at court

    The fight for democracy
    Will Trump, a felon, be able to vote for himself in November?

  • a grand columned building against a blue sky

    Supreme court rules South Carolina doesn’t need to redraw congressional map to consider Black voters

  • Two men in blue suits and red ties stand at a podium in front of a row of American flags

    The fight for democracy
    Trump and Johnson spread unfounded fears by urging non-citizen voting ban

  • Black voting booths with American flags on the front

    The fight for democracy
    US court hears Texas case that threatens to erode Black and Latino voters’ rights

  • The fight for democracy
    Wisconsin supreme court appears poised to overturn ballot drop box ban

  • The fight for democracy
    Trump-appointed judges struck down a new Black congressional district. Voters aim to save it

  • Minority Rule review: rich history of America’s undemocratic democracy

  • US judges reject new Louisiana voting map with second majority-Black district

April 2024

  • Woman wearing brown dress flanked by man and woman in front of microphone at press conference

    The fight for democracy
    Prosecutor to appeal against Texas woman’s acquittal over voting error

    Court ruled last month that Crystal Mason, initially sentenced to five years in prison, did not know she was ineligible to vote in 2016
  • a side-by-side image of Donald Trump and Mike Johnson

    The fight for democracy
    Trump and Mike Johnson push for redundant ban on non-citizens voting

    Planned bill to ban already illegal practice is latest Republican step to spread falsehoods about immigration and voter fraud
  • Jack Burkman and Jacob Wohl

    Two far-right conspiracy theorists to pay up to $1.25m for robocall campaign

    Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman found liable last March for trying to discourage Black New Yorkers from voting in 2020 election

29 March 2024

  • sign reading wait here to vote

    The fight for democracy
    Georgia lawmakers make it easier to challenge a voter’s registration

  • Woman in brown shirt stands in front of brown background

    The fight for democracy
    Crystal Mason: Texas woman sentenced to five years over voting error acquitted

28 March 2024

  • Man in suit sits in front of screen, microphone and name plate

    The election office
    Rural California county keeps ultra-conservative official who pushed to upend voting system

    Shasta county’s Kevin Crye fought off a recall effort, but another far-right official who pushed election conspiracies lost the race for his seat
  • sign saying wait here to vote in a big room

    The fight for democracy
    Georgia Republican official fined $5,000 for voting illegally nine times

    Brian Pritchard, first vice-president of state party, voted in nine elections while on probation for 1996 forgery felony conviction
  • woman holds sign saying fight for fair maps

    The fight for democracy
    South Carolina Republicans can use discriminatory map for 2024, court rules

    Federal court allows map to be used for 2024 election despite earlier finding it discriminates against Black voters
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