Kentucky Official Calls for Mail-in Voting, Limits Who Can Vote Absentee
Reading Time: 3 minutes A choice between health and voting shouldn’t be one anyone has to make.
Advocates Reject Trump’s Vote-by-Mail Conspiracy Theories
Reading Time: 3 minutes The president is at it again, and voting-rights groups are done playing nice. The battle for truth and democracy is heating up.
Understanding Where We Are Now
Reading Time: 2 minutes Understanding Where We Are Now: The entire country is on edge. We are in the middle of a pandemic. Demonstrators are risking their lives to protest the death of George Floyd. And, the president of the United States is still offering wild conspiracy theories about widespread voter fraud despite voting by mail himself.How will all Read More
Federal Court Strikes Down ‘Poll Tax’ for Former Felons
Reading Time: 3 minutes A landmark federal ruling makes clear that states cannot impose undue taxes on individuals with past felony convictions as a condition for voting.
Trump Doesn’t Let Pandemic Curb His War on Absentee Ballots
Reading Time: 3 minutes As states struggle to keep voters safe this November, Trump blusters, threatens, and lies.
The FEC is Back in Business
Reading Time: 2 minutes Happy Memorial Day! We’ll be brief so you can enjoy the rest of your holiday. The FEC is Back in Business: At least, it should be in the coming weeks. Texas Republican Trey Trainor was confirmed as commissioner last week, albeit along party lines. It’s a major development nevertheless, because the Federal Election Commission has been effectively shut Read More
Email Blunder Reveals Student Info and University Negligence
Reading Time: 5 minutes American University students who participated in an online job fair received an unpleasant surprise this week.
America Abstains: Millions of Voters Have Lost Faith in US Democracy
Reading Time: 4 minutes Nearly 100 million eligible Americans do not cast a ballot in an average presidential election. Many of them are disillusioned. Can anything be done to restore their faith in democracy?
Republicans Are at It Again
Reading Time: 3 minutes A growing number of Americans want the option of voting by mail this November, especially as scientists fear a second wave of COVID-19 cases may hit the US in the fall, but conservative groups appear to be doing everything they can to stop that from happening. Nevada officials announced earlier this year that the state Read More
Supreme Court Battle Over Electoral College Begins
Reading Time: 4 minutes The Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday on a case that could impact the outcome of the 2020 election.