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US: Allow Those With Felony Convictions to Vote

Click to expand Image Spellman Bernard Smith, Jr., 78, center, stands in line with other...

Dem. backed bills aimed at protecting voters' rights fail in committee

BATON ROUGE - In front of a crowd so large that it spilled over into three rooms, two bills aimed at protecting voters failed to make it through a Senate and Governmental Affairs c...

Supreme Court ruling: The latest in history of diminishing minority voting rights

Share articlePrint articleDivided along ideological lines, the U.S. Supreme Court on April 29, 2006, issued a ruling that severely weakens a provision of the landmark Voting Rights...

SCOTUS Ruling Guts Voter Protections

On Wednesday, April 29, 2026, the Supreme Court of the United States gutted Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act with their ruling in Callais v. Louisiana. The Native American The po...

Voters cleared by tribunals by April 21 or April 27 will be able to vote in Assembly polls, SC order

Right to be on the electoral roll and to vote in one’s own country not only constitutional but sentimental, says SC

Supreme Court further dilutes Voting Rights Act

The U.S. Supreme issued a 6-3 ruling April 29 severely limiting a key element of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 that protects minorities from voting discrimination. In a decision sp...

Dave Cieslewicz: Voting rights ruling could help Dems

The bottom line is that it’s way too early to declare this a big victory for Republicans or even to claim with much confidence that it will reduce the number of Black representativ...

Voting Rights Are Out Of Order-in-the-Court

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Voting Rights Act ruling could change representation on city councils, school boards across Texas

The 1965 federal law helped Latino and Black voters gain representation in city and school boards across Texas but now that could change.

Voting rights rally in Dover as lawmakers advance absentee voting amendment

State lawmakers have approved a measure establishing “no-excuse absentee voting” for Delaware, but it's far from a done deal.

Supreme Court Judgments Have Slowly Erased Voting Rights

US Supreme Court guts key provision of Voting Rights Act

The U.S. Supreme Court restricted Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, impacting minority voting power in Louisiana's congressional redistricting ahead of elections. The post US Sup...

Voting Rights and the Left in Virginia

By James C. Sherlock Dick Sizemore-Hall’s Mailing It In caught this author’s attention.   So did the comments.  Neither somehow mentioned four Democratic elephants in the room on v...

Voting Rights Act ruling could hurt SD Native voters

Native groups warn the Supreme Court's decision on the Voting Rights Act could make voting much harder on South Dakota reservations. The Supreme Court ruled racial redistricting un...

Voting Rights Act Crippled By Supreme Court, Anger Erupts

On Wednesday (April 29), the Supreme Court returned a 6-3 decision in Louisiana vs. Callais, a case that challenged the drawing up of a second majority-Black voting district in the...

Voting Rights Act Crippled By Supreme Court, Anger Erupts

On Wednesday (April 29), the Supreme Court returned a 6-3 decision in Louisiana vs. Callais, a case that challenged the drawing up of a second majority-Black voting district in the...

The Ballot Remains The Battlefield: The Demise Of The Voting Rights Act

Written by Dr. Russ Wigginton The Supreme Court’s decision in Louisiana v. Callais effectively renders Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act (VRA) a “dead letter” by requiring proof o...

Voting Rights Act Never Mandated Racial Districts

Ever since the recent decision of the Supreme Court limiting the use of race in drawing congressional districts, there has been a steady drumbeat of criticism claiming that the rul...

Citizenship Verification Bill May Complicate Voting Registration for Millions of Women

As Congress considers the SAVE Act, a proposal aimed at strengthening election integrity, new questions are emerging about who may face greater barriers to voting. While written as...

Senator Wimberly’s Statement on U.S. Supreme Court Decision on the Voting Rights Act

  Senator Benjie E. Wimberly (D-35) today issued the following statement: “The right to vote is the foundation of our democracy. Today’s Supreme Court decision weakening the Voting...

A US Supreme Court ruling hammered voting rights. What does it mean and what happens now?

The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision gutting the federal Voting Rights Act could upend American politics and trigger a new rush to redraw congressional districts. The opinion released...

How Americans can vote from Italy and why it matters

Your Right to Vote from Abroad: A Civil Right for Americans in Italy For millions of Americans who live, work, serve their country and study overseas, the right to vote does not s...

States Already Enacting Harmful SAVE Act Policies, Requiring Proof of Citizenship to Vote

Congressional Republicans are once again prioritizing the SAVE Act, legislation that would force Americans to show documents like a passport or birth certificate to register to vot...