voter suppression
Voter Suppression Becomes Increasingly Overt as Black Seniors are Ordered off a Bus Headed for Polls
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In Jefferson County, Georgia, officials tried to stop a group of Black seniors from voting.
voter suppression
Voter Discrimination against Native Americans Has Deep Roots
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Once again, a portion of the Native American population will be denied a right of citizenship due to circumstances accumulated over years of suppression and oppression.
voter suppression
Voter Suppression May Become Synonymous with the Midterm Elections
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Voters’ names have vanished from the rolls as the midterm elections approach. States with contentious, close political races seem particularly prone to this.
voter turnout
Mobilizing the Vote: It IS Your Nonprofit’s Responsibility
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Hold a special meeting of your nonprofit board to lay some quick plans about encouraging your stakeholders to make it to the polls and get out there and help. And, to be clear, you are of course allowed by law to do so.
voter suppression
Florida Set to Defy US Trend toward Voter Disenfranchisement
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One of the most entrenched restrictions on voting rights is limits on citizens who are imprisoned or who have prison records. It’s no coincidence that this serves to limit voting rights among black people at the same time. Fortunately, work is being done to roll back these restrictions, including in Florida.
voter suppression
Supreme Court Rules States May Purge Voters if They Miss a Mailed Notice
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June 11, 2018; New York Times and Washington Post
In January 2018, NPQ published an article suggesting that nonprofits brace for another attack on voting rights. The gist of that article was the case being heard by the Supreme Court about Ohio’s efforts to purge its voter rolls of people who had not voted in two federal election cycles and not returned a mailed notification that asks them to verify their address. Yesterday, the Supreme Court ruled 5 to 4 in favor of Ohio. What was once a warning has become much more than that; now, nonprofits need to think about how they will work on voter registration, a longstanding nonpartisan way to prod constituents to exercise their rights. With this decision, registering people to vote is no longer enough; nonprofits must ensure that people who are registered maintain that right.
Pennsylvania
New Pennsylvania Congressional District Map Gives Small Cities Greater Say
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In Pennsylvania, the state supreme court has issued a new congressional districting map, after the legislature and governor failed to agree on one. The court’s map, adjusting for a previous Republican gerrymander, does benefit Democrats, but it also increases the importance of the state’s mid-sized cities.
voter suppression
Nonprofits Brace for Another Attack on Voting Rights
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More than two million have been cut from Ohio’s voter rolls since 2011, many for “failing to vote” in previous elections. This term, the US Supreme Court will decide whether this practice, which disproportionately impacts people of color, is permissible.
Democrats and black voters
Historic Jones Win Flips the National Script—Especially upon a Closer Look
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Doug Jones’s win over Roy Moore in Alabama deserves a look—not just at the results, but at the coalition of voters and the nonprofits that were part of making the win happen in a state known for voter supression tactics.
Ohio
How the DOJ Is Using Voter Rights against Voters
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An upcoming Supreme Court decision may very well set the stage for political appointees to transform the National Voter Registration Act into a “disenfranchisement device.”