voting rights
Roland Martin talks with Congressman Chaka Fattah about the current trial undergoing in Penn. on state voting laws.
Roland Martin talks with Marc Morial about the Urban League Conference and the 1-866-MYVOTE1.
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Republican Gov. Terry Branstad has made Iowa one of the most difficult states in the nation for felons to vote, with an executive order he issued last year already having disenfranchised thousands of people, a review by The Associated Press shows. On the day he took office, Branstad signed an […]
Civil rights and voting rights advocates are applauding a federal court judge’s decision that blocked a Florida election law that opponents say severely hampers groups from conducting voter registration drives. “This decision is the first step towards turning back the egregious assault on voting rights that Florida passed into law last year,” NAACP President and […]
For more information on voter registration and requirements, click here or call 1-866-MYVOTE-1. The nation’s top lawman and top black elected officials warned black clergy leaders Wednesday that civil rights gains made in the 1960s are under siege from a rash of new voting laws approved by some states and by legal challenges by […]
Rev. Al Sharpton and National Action Network will convene in Washington, DC for NAN’s annual national convention from April 11-14 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center featuring a who’s who in politics, civil rights, education, business, the church, Corporate America and much more. The four day event honors the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther […]