CT advocates, lawmakers push for state-level voters' rights act, including protections against intimidation – Hartford Courant
A previous effort to pass the legislation stalled during the 2022 legislative session.
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A previous effort to pass the legislation stalled during the 2022 legislative session.
The DNC is working to strip New Hampshire from hosting the first Democrat primary in the nation despite protests from local Democrats.
The DNC is working to strip New Hampshire from hosting the first Democrat primary in the nation despite protests from local Democrats.
“E” is for Eight Box Law [1882]. The Eight Box Law of 1882 was an election law designed to ensure white supremacy in South Carolina without violating the Fifteenth Amendment—which barred states from depriving their citizens of the vote on the basis of race.
With or without COVID-19, the U.S. Census will be taken in 2020. The results of that Census will drive a round of reapportionment and redistricting for congressional seats and many state and local governing bodies in 2021. Even if the distribution of those results is delayed, as may happen, new plans must be in place before the 2022 election cycle; otherwise, the districts will be too malapportioned to be used again. In that case, the courts would step in.