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Controversial GOP voting bills could overthrow elections Office of U.S. Senator David Perdue / Wikimedia Commons Senator David Perdue with Secretary of State Brian Kemp Republicans in at least 14 states have introduced legislation that would seize power from election officials or limit their authority, apparently in response to unfounded attacks from former President Donald Trump and allies who sought to overturn his election loss. Republican state legislators across the country...

New York passes bill to automatically restore voting rights to individuals on parole Dartunorro Clark © Provided by NBC News A measure that would restore the voting rights of people on parole was delivered Thursday to the desk of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo. The bill, passed earlier this year by the state Senate, was approved by the state Assembly on Wednesday. Both chambers have a Democratic majority. The legislation essentially codifies an executive order signed by Cuomo in 2...

Some states work to expand voting rights for people with felony convictions State Rep. Park Cannon addresses media after case dismissed by Fulton County DA Replay Video For Tarra Simmons, a representative in the Washington legislature, Wednesday was a "full-circle moment." After initially failing in 2020, Gov. Jay Inslee restored voting rights to more than 20,000 people with felony convictions who are out of prison, but still under community supervision. Simmons, one of the bills sponsors,...

Texas is largest battleground in struggle over voting rights, secure elections Republicans in Texas and across the country push “voting integrity” legislation that Democrats say is designed to suppress voting. Supporters of Pres. Donald Trump protest outside the Texas State Capitol in Austin, Texas as the House and Senate met in Washington D.C. to review the Electoral College presidential election results, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. (Lynda M. González/The Dallas Morning News)(Lynda M. Gonzá...

© Blavity, Inc., 2020 A voter walks to a booth to fill out their ballot at Public School 160 on November 3, 2020 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. / Photo Credit: David Dee Delgado Activists Slam Georgia Republicans Bill To Restrict Voting As Jim Crow With A Suit And Tie The new voting bill in Georgia will limit early voting to just one Saturday before elections, a seemingly direct response to the massive post-church election drives. March 15, 2021 at 1:46 pm In late February, Georgia ...

"Many members of Congress have to stand in long lines to enter the chamber going through metal detectors, emptying our pockets and being treated very disrespectfully," Greene said.

In 2013, the court gutted a key provision of the law, citing that Section 2 of the act still bars discrimination in voting nationwide. Now, Section 2 is in the conservative courts crosshairs.

  Caption The U.S. Supreme Court, where conservatives have a 6-3 majority, is to consider a case that could gut the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments Tuesday in a major voting rights case that could give state legislatures a green light to change voting laws, making it more difficult for some to vote. Congress passed the Voting Rights Act in 1965 — a law that today is widely viewed as the most successful civil rights law in the nations history. But in 2013...

March 1, 2021 9:58 a.m. With a case being heard by the Supreme Court Tuesday, Republicans and their allies will get to see just how far a Trumpified Supreme Court could be willing to go to kneecap voting rights enforcement across the country. That case concerns two policies that restrict access to the ballot box in Arizona. But the question of whether the justices will reverse the appeals court ruling blocking them has taken a back seat to concerns that the 6-3 conservative...

OLIVIER TOURON/AFP via Getty Images The Supreme Court heard arguments in crucial Voting Rights Act cases on Tuesday.  Brnovich vs. Democratic National Committee will test Section 2 of the VRA. The case centers around the legality of two Arizona voting restrictions. The US Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday in key voting rights cases out of Arizona that will test the limits of a provision of the Voting Rights Act that prohibits discrimination against minorities ...