Voter Suppression
Tracking evidence of voter suppression, purges, and related actions to reduce or prevent voting.
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Trump 2020 budget: Which department budgets would be cut
The Trump administration released its 2020 budget request on Monday, proposing major cuts to federal government spending. While the cuts are unlikely to become reality — Congress has rejected many of Trump’s previous requests — the budget is an important signal of the administration’s priorities…
House Republicans Warn That Bill Combating Big Money in Politics “Resembles Russian Government Policy”
Republicans on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform denounced a major new initiative by Democrats to clean up elections and expand voter participation as a power grab that will corrupt the political process and infringe on the rights of free speech and association.
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Republicans are stripping power from incoming Democrats in Wisconsin and Michigan
Democrats won upset gubernatorial elections in Wisconsin and Michigan last month, while Republicans managed to hold on to control of both chambers of the states' legislatures. The GOP is now doing its best to strip power from the executive branches in both states before Democrats take office in …
No evidence Democrats and allies ‘manufacturing voters'
A recount is underway in Florida, where three statewide races remain undecided a week after Election Day. Despite no final vote tally in the gubernatorial U.S. Senate and agriculture commissioner contests, some conservative pundits have accused their political opponents of fraud.
Accord…
White House suspends credentials for CNN's Jim Acosta
Press secretary Sarah Sanders says the White House is suspending Jim Acosta's access.
Press secretary Sarah Sanders says a reporter's access was removed because he put "his hands on a young woman".
Mr Acosta, chief White House correspondent for CNN, was called a "rude, terrible p…
Federal judges order Ohio to allow purged voters back in
Federal judges on Wednesday ordered Ohio to allow voters who had been purged for not voting over a six-year period to participate in this year's election.
A divided 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel granted an emergency motion sought by voting-rights groups. The ruling overturned i…
Midterms 2018: Cybersecurity and Russian hacking remain a major concern
An investigation into the US election system reveals frightening vulnerabilities at almost every level.
One evening last May in Knoxville, Tennessee, during the night of the local primary election, Dave Ball, the assistant IT director for Knox County, settled into the Naugahyde chair of …
Here are the voting obstacles Americans are facing for the 2018 midterm elections
From reports of voter suppression tactics and voter fraud to problems with strict ID laws and early voting, Americans in states like TX, NC, KS, FL and others must navigate numerous general election issues.
Editors note: A great review of all the current issues regarding voter suppressio…
Is Voter Suppression A Problem In The United States? This Is Troubling
There's less than two weeks to go until Election Day 2018, but already, the first early votes in the midterm elections are beginning to trickle in around the country. But while voters are eager to cast their ballots in one of the most contentious (and potentially consequential) midterm elections…
Georgia election fight shows that black voter suppression, a southern tradition, still flourishes
Georgia’s Republican Secretary of State Brian Kemp has been sued for suppressing minority votes after an Associated Press investigation revealed a month before November’s midterm election that his office has not approved 53,000 voter registrations – most of them filed by African-Americans.
…Texas voters casting early ballots claim voting machines are switching their ballot choices
Some Texas voters are complaining that machines flipped their straight-ticket selections to the other party in key races during early voting, especially the much-watched Senate battle between Republican incumbent Ted Cruz and Democrat Beto O'Rourke.
The Texas secretary of state's office …
Robert Mueller submits Russia report: Live updates
Special counsel Robert Mueller has finished his investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 election. Mueller's confidential report has been de…
Trump 2020 budget: Which department budgets would be cut
The Trump administration released its 2020 budget request on Monday, proposing major cuts to federal government spending. While the cuts are unlikely…
D.C. Makes It A Crime To Wear Masks. So Why Was A Group Of White Nationalists Able To?
More than 100 members of the Patriot Front hate group marched through D.C. on Feb. 8, almost all of them wearing white face masks. …
Jim Jordan: Key Trump ally was 'crying and begging' student wrestler to deny abuse cover-up, hearing told
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