The Supreme Court’s decision in Shelby County v. Holder—to overturn the “pre-clearance” requirement in Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act—continues to have major

Progressive Voices Speaking Out
The Supreme Court’s decision in Shelby County v. Holder—to overturn the “pre-clearance” requirement in Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act—continues to have major
Depending on what state you live in and who you are, your voting rights may be either expanding or contracting this year. At the
It has been very disconcerting to watch voting rights erode in America over the past 30 years or so. For those of us naïve
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
The assault on voting rights is moving upstream. A recently released report by Project Vote [September 2013] lists legislation introduced—and in some cases, passed—in
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
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
North Carolina Republicans are not hiding the fact that newly proposed [2013] voting restrictions are aimed at making it harder for Democrats to vote.
The Supreme Court has opened the floodgates: Less than a year since state legislatures, governors and secretaries of state in both the north and
The backlash against voter suppression may have begun. Following highly publicized efforts by Republican-led legislatures to make voting harder for citizens during the 2012