voter suppression

Former Reagan White House staffer warns Republicans will try to ‘steal’ the 2024 election if they dislike the outcome
Six months after the 2020 presidential election, former President Donald Trump and many of his supporters continue to push the debunked conspiracy theory that the election was stolen from him when in fact, President Joe Biden won 306 electoral votes and d ...[Read more]
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‘This Is How Fascists Operate’: DeSantis Signs Anti-Voting Bill Behind Closed Doors for Fox News
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday barred local media outlets from covering his signing of S.B. 90, the latest state-level voter suppression law which makes voting by mail—which millions of Floridians have done for years—more difficult and discoura ...[Read more]
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GOP Criminalizes Dissent with Anti-Riot Laws Targeting Black Lives Matter & Anti-Pipeline Protests
In Florida, where Republican Governor Ron DeSantis signed a controversial measure known as the “anti-riot bill” that is widely viewed as a response to the Black Lives Matter movement and calls to “defund the police.” Under the new law, a public ga ...[Read more]
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Texas is the next major battleground in the Republican war on voting rights: report
Georgia has been Ground Zero for GOP voter suppression, with Gov. Brian Kemp having recently signed into law a harsh voter suppression bill that Delta Airlines, Coca-Cola and other major Georgia-based businesses have spoke out against. But voter suppressi ...[Read more]
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Georgia GOP Jams 91 New Pages Into Voter Suppression Bill an Hour Before Meeting
The additions also included some new proposals, aimed mostly at making it harder to vote — notably, one proposal would make it so that Georgians can file an unlimited number of challenges to “the qualifications of any person applying to register to vo ...[Read more]
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‘Downright Scary’: In 2021 Alone, GOP Introduces 100+ Voter Suppression Bills in 28 States
"Democrats have a clear choice. They can get rid of the filibuster to pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Act and the For the People Act to stop GOP voter suppression, or they can allow the GOP to undermine democracy for the next decade." ...[Read more]
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