voter suppression
Here Are 6 Ways You Can Help In The 2018 Midterms
After Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation, I decided to channel my anger into activism, vowing that for every day from now until the election I would either canvas or phone bank for Democrats and if I couldn't do either of those things, I would just give $5.00 to a candidate I like. ...read more
Georgia Just Turned into a GOP 4-Alarm Fire as Early Voting More than Triples
Monday was the first day of early voting in Georgia and it's...not going well for Republicans. Voters across Georgia rushed to the polls on the first day of in-person early voting Monday, with 69,049 people casting their ballots.That’s a sharp increase from the last midterm ...read more
BREAKING NEWS: Georgia County Rejects Proposal to Shutter Polling Places
In a victory for voting rights advocates everywhere today, Georgia's Randolph County Board of Elections struck down a controversial proposal that would have shuttered seven of the county's nine polling places, after deliberating for less than a minute. "The Board followed the ...read more
Terrified of the Blue Wave, Georgia Republicans Shut down 75% of Black Voting Sites
Republicans have little to no use for democracy. We've known this for decades. It's why we had to pass the Voting Rights Act in the first place and why the extremists of the Republican controlled Supreme Court gutted it. With that pesky law out of the way, Republicans can now ...read more
DNC Voting to Swap Caucuses For Primaries, And That's A Good Thing
The Democratic National Committee is considering a long-awaited reform that would reduce the number of caucuses in the 2020 election, moving to state-run primaries instead, and will vote on it next month at a meeting in Chicago. This is a huge victory for voting rights and should ...read more
Kris Kobach Loses Voter Fraud Lawsuit, Is Ordered To Go Back To School
Last June,The New York Timesdescribed Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach as one of the most fearsome Republicans in the country. His attempts to crack down on fictional voter fraud problem in Kansas, and his appointment as Chairman of Donald Trump's Commission for Electoral ...read more