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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 have responded to Trump's baseless election challenges, which were roundly rejected by dozens of ju...

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 2018 that grants conditional pardons to every parolee in the state — an estimated 35,000 — and re...

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 bill's sponsors, knows the impact of disenfranchisement firsthand. After being "born into generations of addiction ...

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. González / Staff photographer) Texas is America’s largest battleground for the struggle over voting rig...

© 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 Republicans revealed the contents of a 48-page omnibus bill that appears to include several effor...