voting rights
A GOP Senator Lectured Chuck Schumer About the Sabbath to Defend Voter Suppression
Mississippi Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith cited the Old Testament as a reason to prevent people from voting on Sunday.
The GOP Is Making It Harder to Vote in Georgia to Ensure They Never Lose Again
Democrats won Georgia for the first time in a generation last election—and Republicans want to make sure that doesn’t happen again.
Republicans Are Weaponizing Trump's Election-Fraud Lies for Voter Suppression
The Georgia runoff is just the beginning: "They’re already talking about eliminating absentee voting, outlawing dropboxes, to get rid of problems that don’t exist."
Is Compulsory Voting the Fix for Low Voter Turnout?
VICE News' “Complexify” series takes you down the rabbit hole to show you why just about everything is more convoluted than you think.
Democrats Are Worried the National Guard's Presence in Philadelphia Could Suppress Votes
The city has experienced days of protests after the police killing of Walter Wallace Jr.
Amy Coney Barrett Will Consider Cases About Abortion, Obamacare, and LGBTQ Rights
She’ll face a flurry of cases that touch on some of the most divisive issues in American life: abortion, healthcare, and LGBTQ rights.
Trailer Park Landlord Allegedly Threatened Tenants With Rent Hike If Biden Wins
"We are just informing our tenants what WE will do according to the election results,” the letter says.
These Atlanta Exotic Dancers Urge You to 'Get Your Booty to the Poll'
"Can’t make it rain if you locked up on some bullshit."
Stacey Abrams: Here Are 3 Ways To Know If Your Vote Is Being Suppressed
"Democracy should belong to every eligible American citizen, and right now it doesn't."
The Decades-Long Debate Over Whether Women Vote Like Their Husbands
Even before women in the U.S. had the right to vote, political strategists assumed married women would just cast the same votes as their husbands. A century later, the questionable theory continues to stick.
Law Firms Helping the GOP Restrict Voting Rights Got Millions in PPP Loans
Three law firms representing the Republican National Committee in mail-in voting cases in Pennsylvania, Nevada, and California all applied for and received forgivable loans.
Possibly Getting Infected With COVID-19 Isn’t a Good Enough Reason to Allow Vote by Mail, Texas Court Rules
Texas is one of 18 states where voters have to have an excuse to request a mail ballot.