COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A federal judge in Ohio on Friday granted a request from President Barack Obama's campaign to give all voters in the swing state the option of casting their ballot in person during the three days before Election Day. U.S. District Judge Peter Economus in Columbus issued a preliminary injunction in a […]
DENVER (AP) — Nearly a third of people whose citizenship and right to vote were questioned by Colorado's secretary of state are actually U.S. citizens, election officials said Wednesday, prompting Democrats to question the motives behind the effort to clean up voting rolls as a tightly contested presidential election approaches. Earlier this month, Republican Secretary […]
‘Tis the season to be feisty as election year politics are in full swing. Last week, a Republican-led congressional committee voted 23-17 to recommend holding Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress for withholding documents on a controversial gun scheme known as Operation Fast and Furious. Operation Fast and Furious was […]
The black church fueled the 20th century civil rights movement with everything from voter registration drives to justice rallies, and this week, the Rev. Al Sharpton and National Action Network will launch a modern day initiative to register and educate black voters and protect their votes. Thursday at Eatonville, Florida’s Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church, National […]
Sybil Wilkes Discusses Voter Suppression with Ken Smukler
The S.O.B.s that believe in voter suppression are winning. Voter registration among Blacks and Latinos is down. Listen to Roland discuss the issue with Melanie Campbell. About Melanie Campbell Melanie L. Campbell is the president and CEO of the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation and Convener of the Black Women’s Roundtable Intergenerational Public Policy […]
The Washington Post recently published a story (“Voter registration down among Hispanics, blacks” May 4th, 2012) that inaccurately claimed that the number of African American and Hispanic registered voters has fallen sharply since 2008; it has not. One of the most important successes of the historic 2008 campaign was the Obama-Biden ticket’s ability to expand […]
Today in five states, primaries will be taking place in Connecticut, Delaware, New York, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island. There are many who have been and continue to be concerned about the voter ID laws passed in over 31 states primarily over the past three years that are requiring every voter to have a state-issued ID. […]
With millions of African-Americans at risk of being ineligible to vote in this year’s presidential election because of strict voter identification laws, a new report released Wednesday explains how civic organizations can help citizens of color obtain the required ID and vote in November. Thirty-two states have pending laws that call for voters to present […]
