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Houston County itself dropped from lawsuit over voting system, but the case allowed to move ahead
A lawsuit challenging Houston County's voting system for diluting Black voters' power will proceed, but there are some ...
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Analysis: Voting rights under assault on two fronts, advocates say
Voting rights groups in Ohio may soon be fighting a two-front war on voter suppression in Congress and in the Statehouse.
Elie Mystal: Every Law Older Than 1965 Voting Rights Act Should Be Considered Presumptively Unconstitutional
"The Nation" columnist Elie Mystal explained on "The Breakfast Club" why he thinks the U.S. should scrap the Constitution and try to write a new one: HARLAMAGNE: You're one of my favorite people to ...
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What is the SAVE Act 2025? SAVE Act passes the House. How it impacts women's voting rights
While Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act is aimed at keeping noncitizens from registering to vote, it also can ...
Critics say Republicans’ SAVE Act will make it harder for Black voters and others to cast their ballots
On a mostly party-line basis, Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives advanced the SAVE Act, a bill that would […] ...
Why voting rights groups warn the SAVE Act may make it harder for married women to vote
An estimated 69 million American women and 4 million men do not have a birth certificate that matches their current legal ...
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Federal Court Rules Mississippi's Legislative Remedial Maps Still Violate Voting Rights Act in Desoto County
JACKSON, Miss. — A federal court yesterday ruled that remedial state Senate maps passed by the Legislature earlier this year still do not remedy unlawful vote dilution in the DeSoto County area. New ...