by Michael Waldman The United States still has one of the world’s most decentralized voter registration systems. We want voter rolls to be up to date and accurate. People move, […]
Tag: voter suppression
The Caucacity of Nope
Let us apologize in advance to Barack Obama, who once wrote a book called “The Audacity of Hope.” You see, our subject today is what might be called the Caucacity […]
When states take away voting access, Congress must act
When speaking to members of the press late last week, Sen. Shelley Moore Capito offered the following rationale for the GOP filibuster of the Freedom to Vote Act — voting […]
Guest essay: Sen. Manchin must protect seniors’ voting rights. Reconsider the filibuster
by Max Richtman Seniors who voted safely and securely by mail in the 2020 election may find that it isn’t so easy next time, thanks to restrictive laws enacted by […]
Why we need to expand voting rights for all
by Judy K. Ball In 2021, West Virginia’s Legislature considered one significant voter suppression bill. Senate Bill 565 would have eliminated the most popular early voting day (the Saturday before […]
Tired of marching for what should already be ours
He said many profound things that day. He said America had given African Americans “a bad check.” He said he had come to remind the nation of “the fierce urgency […]
Manchin against the people
A week ago, Sen. Joe Manchin announced in a Charleston Gazette-Mail op-ed he would not support HR 1/S 1, also known as the For the People Act. HR 1 is […]
GOP’s nasty breakup with big business
by Conor Sen Republican Senate Leader Mitch McConnell’s statement on Monday threatening corporations who get involved in political issues like Georgia’s recently-passed election law rings a bit hollow. After all, […]
Voting is a right
Georgia’s new voting laws — many of which could rightfully be called voter suppression laws — have dominated national headlines recently. But West Virginia has its own questionable voting law […]
We must improve access to ballots for all Americans
Last year’s election was a triumph for participatory democracy, with a record 74,216,154 Americans voting for Donald Trump, and blessedly, an even larger record of 81,268,924 choosing Joe Biden. Now […]
