by Natalie Tennant The foundations of our democracy have been under attack in recent years. Some of these assaults have been overt, such as foreign meddling in elections and the […]
Tag: voting rights
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, […]
False claims inspired Georgia’s voting law
by Robert A. George If elections have consequences, as the cliche goes, then so do lies. Both kinds of consequences were on display last week in Georgia. On the same […]
Jim Crow and Georgia’s proposed secure voter ID law
At his news conference last Thursday, President Biden said of Georgia’s new voting law, “It makes Jim Crow look like Jim Eagle.” Jim Crow was not a person, but unlike […]
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 […]
Voting milestone: Marking the 26th Amendment’s anniversary
Fifty years ago Tuesday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the 26th Amendment, lowering the voting age from 21 to 18. The House approved the amendment 401 to 19. Just […]
Republicans consider ballots more dangerous than bullets
On the issue of guns, John Kavanagh has a record unblemished by sanity. Indeed, a scroll through Vote Smart, the nonpartisan, nonprofit voter information clearinghouse, suggests the Arizona state lawmaker […]
America spends a lot of time trying to kill Democracy
For a nation that supposedly believes in democracy, America spends a lot of time trying to kill it. In the postbellum era, white Democrats — the conservatives of that day […]
GOP returns to restricting mail-in voting
by Carl P. Leubsdorf Republicans are so predictable. When an outpouring of younger and minority voters helped elect Barack Obama president in 2008, GOP governors and legislators in some 20 […]
Courts not coming to save voting rights
by Noah Feldman Legislatures across the U.S. are considering more than 100 bills aimed at restricting voter access, according to a report by the Brennan Center for Justice. The bills […]
