voting-rights
Vice President Kamala Harris urges Reading students to lead peers to the polls
READING., Pa. — In a national political climate that is breeding threats to fundamental rights and freedoms, young people have the power to decide the direction of the country by voting, Vice President Kamala Harris told an audience of largely Latino college students on Tuesday in Reading. Harris called on the students to speak with […]
In reversal, some states make it harder for people with felony convictions to vote
The year started out strong for advocates trying to make it easier for people with felony convictions to regain their voting rights. In March, the Democratic-led legislatures in Minnesota and New Mexico enacted measures that cleared a pathway for residents serving prison time for felonies to regain their right to vote upon being released. It […]
Ohio voters are deciding if it’s too easy to pass ballot measures. Other states are watching.
CLEVELAND — Ohioans over the last century have used the state’s ballot initiative process to pass constitutional amendments that raised the minimum wage, integrated the National Guard and removed the phrase “white male” from the constitution’s list of voter eligibility requirements. Now, lawmakers want to make it much tougher for an initiative to be approved. […]
Changes in state election laws have little impact on results, new study finds
'I would like the public discussion of these issues to be less partisan. It’s the only way forward beyond the voting wars,' a Penn prof said.
As states hunt for new voters, Massachusetts adds thousands via Medicaid applications
During the 2021-22 election cycle, 166,539 people in Massachusetts applied to be registered to vote through social service agencies.
Federal health insurance website lags in voter registration assistance, Democrats charge
The government has made progress -- but can do more, Democratic senators, led by U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass. argue
Red and blue state divide grows even wider in 2023’s top voting and election laws
Red states and blue states 'are moving in opposite directions in the regulation of election administration,' one expert said.
States with low election turnout did little in 2023 to expand voting access
Eight states had turnout rates of below 50% when they were averaged between the last two national elections.
Ruling in Alabama case could boost suits increasing Black voters’ power in other states
The ruling could give a boost to more than two dozen other ongoing efforts to challenge political maps as racial gerrymanders.
GOP-led states plan new voter data systems to replace one they rejected. Good luck with that
Some states, including Texas and Virginia, have said they plan to create their own data-sharing networks to replace ERIC
Tying mandatory military service to voting goes against the spirit of Memorial Day | John A. Tures
Republicans already have problems with younger voters. The plan by an outsider GOP presidential hopeful will make it even worse.
‘We’re in a moment’: Is it time to expand voting rights for incarcerated Pennsylvanians?
'When I was told I could vote, it was an amazing feeling,” Jessie Tate said. “It felt so good. They gave you an ‘I voted’ sticker, and I was walking around with that sticker on all day long.”