Category: Voting rights
Field testing voter purges and “drops”
Columbus As the Voter Purge Project moves forward, we are now analyzing the voter files on more than a dozen states on our way to double that number in coming weeks, many of them include the…
Georgia Governor Kemp loses vote purge suit brought by reporter Palast
Nicole Powers for The Palast Investigative Fund February 9 Atlanta In an extraordinary and unexpected move, Federal Judge Eleanor Ross has declared Gov. Brian Kemp the loser in a lawsuit brought by investigative journalist Greg Palast…
“It’s always been Republicans suppressing votes,” Trump advisor says party will get even more aggressive in 2020
“It’s clear there’s no law Donald Trump and his right-wing machine won’t bend, break, or ignore to try to win the presidency.” by Eoin Higgins, staff writer Common Dreams Reporting on Friday shows a top advisor…
Unita Blackwell’s life and work is a beacon for us all
New Orleans At the end of every year, there’s a section in the New York Times about the “lives they lived” that looks at people large and small that died during the past year. Unita…
Don’t let your vote get stolen – 5 essential reads about disinformation in 2020
Who’s manipulating what you know before you vote? AntonSokolov/Shutterstock.com Jeff Inglis, The Conversation As the 2020 election season heats up, there will be a massive number of people competing for your vote. Only some of them…
Kansas abandons technology trumpeted by Kris Kobach, Trump’s onetime Voter Fraud Czar
A system supposedly meant to root out voter fraud was beset by security and accuracy issues. by Jessica Huseman, Pro-Publica The Kansas Secretary of State’s office has announced it will indefinitely suspend the use of controversial…
