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Every Person In America Should Know Crystal Mason's Name
Mason faces a five-year prison sentence for trying to vote while ineligible. HuffPost Reports documents the days leading up to her appeal.
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Jim Crow-Era Provision In Mississippi Constitution Can Stay In Place For Now, Judge Says
A federal judge did say, however, he would be willing to revisit the issue after Election Day.
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Democrats Are Already Bringing A Wave Of Voting Rights Lawsuits
In the past week alone, Democratic groups have filed three challenges to voting restrictions in different places.
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Georgia Releases List Of Nearly 315,000 Voters Set To Be Removed From Rolls
The state has faced scrutiny in the past for aggressively vacating people's voter registrations.
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Court Strikes Down North Carolina Congressional Map
A three-judge panel said the districts were so gerrymandered toward Republicans that they violated the state's constitution.
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Listen To Justice Elena Kagan Voice Her Searing Dissent In Gerrymandering Case
"Ask yourself one simple question: Is this how American democracy is supposed to work?" the Supreme Court justice said in June.
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Conservative Group Pushes For Quick Removal Of Wisconsin Voters From The Rolls
Election officials are giving voters until 2021 to fix a registration issue. A legal nonprofit wants the state to move much faster.
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Minnesota Pointlessly Blocks People From Voting Once They Are Out Of Prison: Lawsuit
The lead plaintiff in a new lawsuit will not be legally allowed to vote until 2053 because she will be on probation.
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Florida Can’t Block Former Felons From Voting If They Owe Money And Can't Pay: Judge
Critics say Florida effectively approved a poll tax on voters.
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Black Americans Are More Doubtful About Participating In The Census, Survey Finds
The research underscores the challenges the Census Bureau faces in getting certain demographic groups to respond to the decennial survey.
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Civil Rights Groups Demand RNC Stop Using Fake 'Census' To Raise Money
The groups said the mailing “creates a fear among individuals and communities that they must respond to the official Census."
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Census Bureau Seeks Driver’s License Data, Including Citizenship And Eye Color
Two former Census Bureau directors said they were puzzled by the agency's request.
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Kentucky Can't Use Separate 'Inactive Voter' List, Judge Rules
The state wanted people who it suspected had moved — around 175,000 people — to jump through additional hoops at the polls if they wanted to vote.
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Mississippi Is About To Have An Election Under Jim Crow
State lawmakers could choose the next governor because of a little-noticed 1890 provision designed to disenfranchise Black voters.
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Georgia City Under Fire For Moving Polling Location To Police Station
Civil rights groups say voters in a Georgia city will be intimidated from casting a ballot if they have to go to the police station to do so.
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GOP Presidential Candidates Are Really Unhappy About The Iran Deal
Republican presidential candidates quickly criticized the nuclear agreement between the United States and Iran on Tuesday, saying that it posed a threat to American national security and would do little to limit Iran's nuclear ambitions. The deal between Iran and six countries, including the United States, would curb Iran's nuclear program in exchange for relief from economic sanctions. It would also require the country to reduce its supply of low-enriched uranium and shut down centrifuges, significantly limiting its ability to produce a nuclear weapon for over a decade, The New York Times reported.
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Former Rep. Barney Frank: Justice Scalia Is A Homophobe
Gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people won two victories in the Supreme Court today. We expected the big one: the fourth in a series of opinions by Justice Anthony Kennedy—one of the last sitting Reagan appointees—vindicating our right to legal equality. The unexpected one was smaller in public impact but also significant: Justice Antonin Scalia's disclaimer that he is not personally troubled by the fact that we can marry each other.
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Marriage Equality Just Became The Law Of The Land. Here's How That Plays Out.
Friday's Supreme Court ruling legalizing same-sex marriage may not end every couple's legal struggle to have their marriages recognized. Some states that had banned gay marriage announced after the ruling that they would comply. In Mississippi, Attorney General Jim Hood (D) said same-sex marriages wouldn't begin until the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals lifts a stay on a ruling from last year that struck down the state's gay marriage ban.
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Republican Presidential Candidates Criticize Supreme Court Same-Sex Marriage Ruling
Several Republican candidates for president denounced the Supreme Court's ruling on Friday that affirmed all Americans have the right to marry, regardless of the sex of their partner. Some of the candidates expressed concern that the ruling would force religious institutions to perform same-sex marriages against their objections. Here are some of the candidates' responses to the court's ruling.
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Obama Thanks Congress For Giving Him Fast-Track Trade Authority
President Barack Obama praised members of Congress on Tuesday for granting "fast-track" trade authority, which will allow him to negotiate a trade deal with 11 Pacific countries that Congress will then only review with an up or down vote. "I applaud the Democrats and Republicans in Congress who came together to give the United States the chance to negotiate strong, high-standard agreements for free and fair trade that protect American workers and give our businesses the opportunity to compete," Obama said in a statement.