VOTER DISENFRANCHISEMENT

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COMEDY
John Oliver Appeals To Florida In The Most Florida Way Possible
By Ed Mazza
The host of HBO's "Last Week Tonight" calls on the state to pass a voting rights amendment in November.
POLITICS
Stop Perpetuating The Myth Of Vote Fraud To Distract From The Reality Of Massive Voter Suppression
By Kristen Clarke, Contributor
President and Executive Director, Lawyers' Committee for Civil...
There is one central point about the 2016 presidential election that can't be ignored -- voter suppression had an impact.
POLITICS
What Is At Stake If Trump Wins
By Laura Merriman, Contributor
Contributor
In addition to Melania Trump highlighting the evils of cyberbullying, she also unironically spoke in Philadelphia about her
IMPACT
Millions Blocked From November Vote Due To Criminal Records
By Christopher Zoukis, Contributor
Author and Prisoners' Rights Advocate
More than six million citizens will be handcuffed from casting a vote this November.
BUSINESS
Trump the Terrible Demagogue
By Harlan Green, Contributor
Editor/Publisher
African-Americans now comprise 50 percent of our 2.3 million prison population when they are 12 percent of our population
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POLITICS
600,000 Voters Were Disenfranchised In Puerto Rico Democratic Primary
By Benny Marin-Acevedo, Contributor
is a senior-year student from the University of Puerto Rico, D...
Today’s bureaucrats manipulate democracy for their personal benefit.
POLITICS
The Agony of Defeat
By Amy Roost, Contributor
Multi-dimensional Suchness and Member of the Resistance
In 1972, I was in 5th grade and as passionate about politics as I am today. Perhaps for this reason I was chosen by my teacher, Mrs. Parsley--the first real hippie I ever met--to deliver a speech in favor of the the Democratic candidate for president, George McGovern, in our classroom's mock election. When McGovern lost the election later that year, I was devastated.
LOS ANGELES
L.A. Primary Mired in Voting Problems
By John Wellington Ennis, Contributor
Filmmaker, Activist, Father
Based on reports from across the city, two types of problems stood out over most: ballot reader malfunctions at polling places and confusion over NPP (No Party Preference) Voters, independent voters who are allowed to vote in the Democratic Party but need a crossover ballot to do so.
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POLITICS
MSNBC's Joe Scarborough Wants Disenfranchised Wisconsinites To Stop 'Whining'
By Jason Linkins
Pretty bad tweet, man.
COMEDY
WATCH: Who's to Blame for the Five Hour Long Voting Lines in Arizona?
By Matthew Filipowicz, Contributor
Comedian, satirist, host of the Matthew Filipowicz Show
In a TMFS sketch, we attack the five hour plus long wait to vote in Maricopa County, Arizona.
POLITICS
Our Voices Should Be Heard!
By Marjorie P Dugan, PHD, Contributor
Non-profit consultant and activist. Focus on equality and just...
Senator Mitch McConnell claims that the American people should choose the next Supreme Court Justice -- after the next presidential election. But he seems to have forgotten and chooses to disenfranchise the majority of Americans who have made their voices heard in 2008 and in 2012.
BLACK VOICES
The Voting Rights Act at 51
By Ryan Haygood, Contributor
President and CEO of the New Jersey Institute for Social Justice
Regrettably, 51 years after 600 people risked their lives on Bloody Sunday to expand democracy for people of color, and with the 2016 Presidential election fast approaching, too many voters of color here in New Jersey, rather than experiencing increased political participation, are losing their voting rights daily.
POLITICS
The Gettysburg Address, Forwarded
By Eric Lotke, Contributor
Author of Making Manna
Two centuries and nearly two decades ago, our fathers brought forth a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. We have improved since that time. "Men" has come to include women. African Americans have acquired their other two-fifths.
POLITICS
Restoring Democracy: The Unfinished Business of Civil Rights 60 Years After Montgomery
By Daniel Weeks, Contributor
Director, ReVision Energy / Chair, Open Democracy
As we mark the 60th anniversary of the boycott that launched the Civil Rights Movement in the 20th century, we would do well to remember the millions of American citizens who are struggling to earn their keep and keep their faith in a nation they do not believe has kept faith with them.
POLITICS
Veterans Day, Still No Right to Vote
By Neil Weare, Contributor
President and Founder, We the People Project
On Veterans Day in 2015, it is a national embarrassment that more than 150,000 veterans living in U.S. territories will be denied the right to vote for their Commander-in-Chief next November.
CHICAGO
With Automatic Voter Registration, Illinois Poised to Reduce Recidivism
By Chandra Bozelko, Contributor
Founder and writer of Prison Diaries, the 2016 Webby Award Hon...
If the Illinois General Assembly passes Senate Bill 2134 - automatic voter registration - it may not increase voter participation as much as anticipated but it could be one of the most effective anti-crime laws in the state.
ENTERTAINMENT
Women's Right to Vote as the Downfall of Democracy
By Suzanne DeWitt Hall, Contributor
Freelance scribbler, cookbookophile, imagiplationist, and one ...
Surely every American knows that women have the same decision-making capacity as men, and that our right to participate in elections was long overdue. Don't they?
POLITICS
The Black Box: Voting in America
By Judy Frankel, Contributor
Executive Director of Writeindependent.org
The cost of voter restriction laws to our democracy is great. Voter ID laws disproportionately disenfranchise the elderly, the poor, non-drivers, and students -- those who typically don't vote Republican.
POLITICS
50 Years Later, Let's Renew the Voting Rights Act
By Page Gardner, Contributor
Founder of VPC and WVWVAF
We stand with the President and other defenders of equality in urging protection of the Voting Rights Act. Let's be clear: The recent laws passed in many states to restrict voting rights are not about reducing "voter fraud." They are meant simply to erect barriers to voting for people of color.
POLITICS
Millions Of Convicts Would Get Restored Voting Rights Under New Bill
By Lydia O'Connor
BLACK VOICES
Millions Severed From the Body Politic
By Deborah J. Vagins, Contributor
Senior Legislative Counsel on civil rights issues for the ACLU
By continuing to deny citizens the right to vote based on a past criminal conviction, the government is endorsing a system that expects these citizens to contribute to the community but then denies them participation in our democracy. Fortunately, Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Maryland) and Rep. John Conyers (D-Michigan) introduced a critical bill yesterday that would fix this problem.
POLITICS
California's Former Prisoners Often Don't Know They Can Vote, Study Finds
By Lydia O'Connor
Of the 21 former inmates interviewed for the report, 60 percent “have been confused at some point about their eligibility
POLITICS
The 2014 Elections and the Future of Black America
By William Lynch III, Contributor
Vice President, New Business Initiatives, Bill Lynch Associate...
No matter where you stand on the issues, you must concede that there will be extreme gridlock for the next two years: Congress will block President Obama's appointments, while in turn the president will use up a lot of ink with a steady stream of vetoes when Congress passes bills to undermine his agenda.
ENTERTAINMENT
ReThink Review: Dear White People -- Lessons for Republicans and the "Post-Racial" Generation
By Jonathan Kim, Contributor
Movie Critic for ReThink Reviews
Dear White People is sure to become both a cult hit and a staple on college campuses across the country, and I'm glad for it since the movie ultimately ends with more questions than answers. And with an issue as multi-faceted as racism, that is as it should be.
POLITICS
People's Opinions On Voter ID Laws Can Be Racialized Thanks To One Image, Study Shows
By Paige Lavender
"Our findings suggest that public opinion about voter ID laws can be racialized by simply showing images of African American
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