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Tag: Voting rights watch

Democracy watch, Nov. 2015: Two steps forward [ME, WA], one huge step back [NJ]

November 11, 2015 Gloria Shur Bilchik Cities, Democracy, Politics, Republicans, States, Voting/Elections Leave a comment

This November, people who care about enhancing democratic principles have a few things to feel good about. But, in the toxic political environment that

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Voting rights watch: Florida’s bathroom blockade

April 15, 2014 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2014 Election, 2016 Election, Voting/Elections One comment

In their incessant quest to find ever more creative and nasty ways to suppress the vote, Florida Republicans have come up with a doozy.

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Voting news: No more microscopic type on New York City ballots

February 17, 2014 Gloria Shur Bilchik Cities, Immigration, Voting/Elections, Widgets: Voting One comment

They may not have needed photo ID to cast their ballots, but in the 2013 city election, New York City voters would have done

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Voting news: Some 17-year-olds can vote in primaries and caucuses in 22 states

February 11, 2014 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2014 Election, 2016 Election, Civil Rights, Good government, Illinois/Midwest, States, Voting/Elections, Youth issues 3 comments

In a trend that adds a nice dose of fairness to election laws, 22 states now allow citizens who will be 18 years old

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Voting rights watch: Missouri now allows on-line voter registration

January 3, 2014 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2014 Election, Civil Rights, Good government, Missouri region, States, Voting/Elections Leave a comment

Sorry, vote suppressors: Missouri–yes, deep red Missouri–is offering a granule of good news on the voting -rights front. Secretary of State Jason Kander [a

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Voting rights watch: Texas makes voting harder for women

October 24, 2013 Gloria Shur Bilchik Civil Rights, Politics, Republicans, States, Voting/Elections Leave a comment

A classic country/western song says: “If you want to play in Texas, you gotta have a fiddle in the band.”  Well, if you want

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Voting rights watch: KS and AZ want to move voter suppression upstream

September 6, 2013 Gloria Shur Bilchik Civil Rights, Good government, States, Voting/Elections One comment

For many years, the federal voter-registration form used in virtually all states has required that the person filling it out swear that he/she is

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Voting rights watch: Florida restarts its [previously squelched] voter purge

August 19, 2013 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2012 Election, Civil Rights, Immigration, Politics, Republicans, Voting/Elections Leave a comment

The fallout continues. States that previously wouldn’t have dared to impose voting restrictions that disenfranchised minorities–and, of course, Democrats–are back in business. Florida is

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