Voting Rights
Vox’s coverage of gerrymandering, problems at the polls, and the state of voting rights in America.
Fixing systemic inequities in voting power should be a high priority for Democrats.
Republicans won two important court victories that could potentially shape the outcome of this year’s elections.
Don’t expect them to follow the Russian playbook.
There isn’t really any difference between the two.
A plan for the democratic revolution America needs.
The 19th Amendment didn’t protect the right to vote for women of color.
You’re hearing a lot about “planning your vote.” Here’s why.
Beware of what you retweet.
Louis DeJoy, a Trump ally, said the USPS would stop cost-cutting measures “to avoid even the appearance of any impact on election mail.”
In 2016, she sounded a message of hope. In 2020, she struck a somewhat more ominous tune.
Its language — and effects — were much narrower.
Democrats are telling their voters not to trust the post office.
For better and for worse, the Court tends to defer to state officials in pandemic-related cases.
It’s Bush v. Gore all over again.
Election experts warn the country is not ready for the November election.
It’s looking more and more like Democrats will abolish the filibuster if they win back the Senate.
Lewis was unable to see the Voting Rights Act restored before his death.
Senate Democrats are worried coronavirus could bring mass closures of Native American polling places.
If Democrats take back the White House and the Senate, DC is likely to become a state — but only if they bypass the filibuster.
Covid-19 has led states to adopt mail-in voting. But it can be a barrier to ballot access for Native groups.
Voters under age 65 could potentially be disenfranchised.
Texas’s Republican attorney general wants to make it very hard for young people to vote in 2020.
That’s unconstitutional.
But the GOP has plenty more tricks up its sleeve.
Republicans will control a seat on the state Supreme Court for an extra two years.
The GOP just upped its legal budget for the 2020 election to $20 million.
Inside the bitter war between Silicon Valley celebrities and Vote.org that could spell trouble in November.
Author David Daley on coronavirus and the threat to voting rights.
Wisconsin-style tactics come to Kentucky.
A story of grassroots victory anchors the unexpectedly inspiring film.
Two Democratic senators want to include new vote-by-mail provisions in Congress’s latest coronavirus stimulus package.
An elections expert explains why we should be worried about our vote in 2020.
The right to vote gets a reprieve.
The Voting Rights Act was weakened in 2013. Here’s Democrats’ plan to restore it.
A federal judge has issued a limited ruling that Florida cannot use a person’s inability to pay fines as a reason to deny the vote.
“I will fight until the death to make sure every citizen ... has that right to vote.”
North Carolina’s maps are horribly gerrymandered. This could have big implications for other states, too.
The former gubernatorial candidate keeps getting asked about running for office. Her fight against voter suppression could have a greater impact.
If America frames its response to Russia and China as one of “civilizational struggle,” Diamond says, Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping will only get stronger.
Those victims were targeted or compromised by countries like Russia, North Korea, and Iran in the past year.