WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says he’s deeply disappointed with a Supreme Court decision halting the use of a key provision in the Voting Rights Act. Obama says in a statement Tuesday that voting discrimination in the U.S. still exists. He says the high court’s ruling is a setback but that efforts to end […]
Washington, D.C. – Award-winning documentary filmmaker Stanley Nelson (Freedom Riders, The Murder of Emmett Till) and Advancement Project, a civil and voting rights group, have collaborated for a trilogy of inspiring short films. Telling the stories of everyday people who stood up for the right to vote this year in the face of trying obstacles, […]
The free and persistent flow of bogus letters aimed at tricking or intimidating black and other Florida minority voters from showing up at the polls in the upcoming presidential election has become so rampant that a copy of one of the writings even made its way into the hands of the Republican Party chairman. […]
Now what the hell kind of memo is this to get from the boss? In a low-blow attempt to exploit people’s fears about being able to hang onto their jobs in this struggling economy, it seems a few corporate moguls have taken it upon themselves to not only tell their employees what time to come […]
Foes of new restrictive voting laws approved by states claimed victory Monday in beating back many of the measures that could have prevented up to five million Americans from casting ballots in local, state, and presidential elections next week. Updating an October 2011 report that sounded the alarm on the adverse impact of the new […]
Civil and voting rights groups commended Clear Channel Corporation for agreeing to take down a number of billboards placed in predominantly African-American and Latino neighborhoods in Cleveland, Columbus, and Milwaukee. The groups had mounted a campaign over the past week to persuade Clear Channel to take down the billboards, which warned of criminal penalties for […]
Washington, D.C. – “We all have an equal voice in the voting booth. That’s what makes America great,“ says actress Jessica Alba in one of the new public service announcements (PSAs) produced with civil and voting rights group Advancement Project. Some of the spots will air on USA Network, MSNBC, Cloo and UniHD and a […]
Fifteen days before Election Day, the 1-866-MYVOTE-1 Voter Empowerment Hotline is shifting from primarily voter registration to a valuable tool to help callers report voter suppression and other potential problems with the support of the nationwide nonpartisan Election Protection Coalition’s 1-866-OUR-VOTE hotline. To help voters if they need any assistance voting or to get help […]
Roland Martin talks with Alicia Reece about the supreme court's early voting ruling in Ohio.
Cincinnati-State Representative Alicia Reece (D-Cincinnati), David Singleton, Executive Director of the Ohio Justice and Policy Center, Rev. Doc Foster, President of the Cincinnati Baptist Ministers Conference, Rev. Nelson Pierce with the AMOS project, along with other Hamilton County clergy held a press conference today asking for voter intimidation billboards in Hamilton County and throughout Ohio […]
MIAMI (AP) — Kimberly Kelley of Tampa has provided Florida elections officials with thousands of names of people she thinks may be ineligible to vote and should be removed from the rolls. On Election Day, she'll join thousands more — people of all political stripes — to monitor balloting. "I believe there is fraud both […]
Go ‘head, Tea Party people. You bad. At least some seem to think so, if this recent report by Demos and Common Cause is any indication. According to the study, “Bullies at the Ballot Box: Protecting the Freedom to Vote from Wrongful Challenges and Intimidation,” True the Vote and other Tea Party groups are apparently […]
