Voting Rights
Vox’s coverage of gerrymandering, problems at the polls, and the state of voting rights in America.
These facts just might alter your perception of what’s happening this year.
If Trump believes his own lie, it’s because Republicans have been saying the same thing for years.
Trump is only amplifying what Republicans have been saying for years.
A tiny fraction of in-person votes were fraudulent from 2000 to 2014.
“I’m going to make them a little bit nervous.”
The criminal justice system will prevent more than 6.1 million people from voting in 2016.
The 2016 presidential campaign has been an object lesson in the flaws of the traditional single-vote, plurality approach to elections. The Pine Tree State could lead the nation to a better way.
37 states and the District of Columbia will offer early voting without requiring an absentee excuse or justification this year.
More than half of the states in the US require voters to show some form of identification before voting. This doesn’t bode well for people with disabilities.
The Voting Rights Act made the right to vote real for millions of Americans. But its next 50 years pose some new challenges.
The best way for voters to trust election results is to cast ballots on paper.
Facebook is trying to peer-pressure you into voting.
There are lots of benefits. But the risks of hacking are still way too high.
Here’s what you need to bring to the polls on Election Day, and why the fight over voter ID matters.
And why anyone saying they have a LEAKED EXIT POLL is lying to you.
Discrimination based on race or gender is unconstitutional, but it’s time to let the underlying principle run wild. All citizens should have a right to have their vote counted.
Electronic voting helped low-income voters vote in Brazil. That had a dramatic affect on the health of Brazilian newborns.