Going to Vote, Going to Church? In Alabama, Don’t Rely on Public Transit
When it comes to supporting public transit services, Alabama is near dead last among states, creating serious barriers for Alabamians just trying to get to work or to school, to church or to vote.
Supreme Court Rulings Don’t Reverse Racist Voting Laws in South
Voter participation by people of color remains under threat, due to gerrymandering, arbitrary voting tests, new voter ID laws, and changing polling places.
Coalition Takes Biden to Task for Falling Short on Voting Rights
A coalition of more than 100 civil rights and advocacy organizations is accusing the Biden administration of falling short on its “visionary” commitment to step up voter registration and that the failure to shore up voting rights is disproportionately hurting non-white voters.
The ‘Lie Lives On’: Jan. 6 Set Off Wave of Restrictive Voter Laws
Two years after false claims of voter fraud fueled the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, those same lies are shaping restrictive voter laws in a slew of states nationwide, explains Sean Morales-Doyle, director of the Voting Rights Program at the Brennan Center for Justice.
Voters of Color and Women Saved the Democrats from Disaster
Despite new laws to keep people from voting and gerrymandering election districts to take away the power of minority communities, the Republican “red wave” that pollsters predicted ahead of last week’s midterms didn’t happen.
How important is voting?
The importance of voting is detrimental to today’s society.
Voting Rights Advocates Call for Filibuster Reform
Voting rights advocates call for filibuster reform despite all outreach, minority GOP stubbornly blocks voting rights.
Broad coalition of Americans fights against voter suppression laws
From left to right: Mimi Marziani, President, Texas Civil Rights Project; Alex Gulotta, Arizona State Director, All Voting is Local; Elizabeth Hira, Spitzer Fellow and Policy Counsel, Brennan Center’s Democracy Program Advocates put faith in broad public support to pass federal voting rights laws By: Jenny Manrique, Ethnic Media Services SPANISH VERSION INCLUDED The […]
Willie Velasquez a Voting Rights Icon
If you are a minority elected to office in the last 40 years, chances are you owe it in part to Willie. Not because he was the founder of MAYO (Mexican American Youth Organization).The Case for Voting
Sometimes there is something sinister when you look at data. Going back to Willie Velasquez, many have tried to convince Latinos to vote.