Voting Rights
Vox’s coverage of gerrymandering, problems at the polls, and the state of voting rights in America.
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The upshot of this Supreme Court order: Pennsylvania voters, if you haven’t voted yet, do not vote by mail — vote some other way.
“The vast majority of Americans are going to have a completely uneventful voting experience.”
We know she’s conservative. We don’t yet know if she’s a nihilist.
The Supreme Court’s new decision on Wisconsin mail-in ballots threatens a century of voting rights law.
The Republican Supreme Court was brought to you by a malapportioned Senate and the Electoral College.
More than 51 million people have already voted early in 2020, surpassing 2016’s overall early vote total.
75 million American citizens can’t vote in this election. What if we changed that?
What is voter suppression? What happened in 2000? Can American elections be fixed?
Could the youth vote become one of the big stories of the 2020 election?
The Supreme Court threatens American democracy. Here’s how to stop it.
The Supreme Court ruling on Pennsylvania mail-in ballots is a blow to GOP — but the 4-4 vote should scare Democrats.
Persuasion is hard, but 61 percent of college students say they’ll speak up if people they know don’t vote.
He says it comes down to whether Republicans rush the Amy Coney Barrett confirmation.
Three young people explain the logistical challenges of voting in past elections.
In 11 states, at least one in 10 Black people of voting age can’t vote due to a felony conviction.
Everything you need to know to get your ballot on time and make sure it gets counted.
Online registration was brought back up and extended, but Virginia is not the only state this year to have technical difficulties at a crucial time.
I’m an inmate. This is the first year I’ll be voting in a presidential election.
A federal appeals court has ruled Texas’s restrictions can remain in place.
Low-income people and minorities are now more likely to go uncounted.
A realist’s guide to voting — by mail or in person — this election season.
The state extended the voting registration deadline, but that won’t solve all of its issues.
“Right now our borders are still closed, so I am hoping everything gets in on time.”
Registering to vote is part of America’s two-step voting process. Does it have to be this way?
The fate of American democracy could rest with Brett Kavanaugh.
Constructive alternatives to doomscrolling.
And Republicans are poised to gain a 6-3 majority on the Supreme Court.
How Oregon adopted a vote-by-mail system.
Voting rights lawyer Janai Nelson lays out a possible path forward.
Sloppy, purely partisan arguments are likely to prevail.
Trans people have historically been disenfranchised. Voter ID laws are making the problem worse.
Mail-in ballots, safe polling locations, and fraud allegations are only a few of the concerns in the pandemic election.
A conversation with the two Black women at the center of one of America’s most important felony disenfranchisement cases.
Why 30 Black- and brown-led organizations are coming together to demand bold democracy reform.
It wants to cause chaos, again. But it’s also learned some lessons from 2016.
Carol Anderson explains what happens when our voting rights laws start to crumble.
America has restored voting rights for some ex-felons. But many more still can’t vote.
He has fought to undermine voting rights his entire career.
The sneaky ways some US states make it harder to vote.