In Our View: Voting Proposal Solves Nothing, Creates Barrier

Voters, Civil Rights Groups Seek to Intervene in North Carolina Voting Case Brought by Justice Department

A group of North Carolinians, along with a coalition of nonpartisan voting and civil rights organizations, are seeking to intervene in a federal lawsuit that wrongly challenges the eligibility of more than 200,000 voters by claiming their registration records are incomplete.Individual North Carolina voters Amy Grace Bryant, Rani Dasi, Audrey Meigs, Gabriela Adler-Espino, Larry Repanes, Ralim Allston, Kemeka Sidbury, and Mary Kay Heling, along wi…

In Our View: Voting proposal solves nothing, creates barrier

A proposal regarding voter registration in Washington is a solution in search of a problem. It feasts upon falsehoods about noncitizens voting and echoes efforts in other states that result in voter s

The Unfinished March: The Struggle to Preserve Voting Rights

This is part of a collaboration with the Associated Press, Black News & Views, and The Amsterdam News. The work is part of the AP Inclusive Journalism Initiative supported by the Sony Foundation. The post The Unfinished March: The Struggle to Preserve Voting Rights appeared first on New York Amsterdam News.

Fighting back at the attack on voting rights NABJ Black News & Views

Opponents of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 have tried to beat back the landmark legislation through the courts, Congress, and states. But contributor Tonya Rivens talked to two people who are fighting to keep the VRA alive, one on the ground, the other as the head of a national organization. https://vimeo.com/1102059250?share=copy#t=2.413