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December 19, 2016
Clio Chang
There is basically no such thing as voter fraud, part one million.
November 22, 2016
Brian Beutler
Donald Trump’s Government for White People
Liberals are underestimating just how aggressively Trump's White House will shape the electorate in ways that make it whiter.
October 21, 2016
Sukjong Hong
The Trump campaign’s version of “exit polling” sounds pretty scary.
September 30, 2016
Spencer Woodman
The GOP’s Next Target: Get-Out-the Vote Operations?
Indiana Republicans are hassling a liberal voter registration group, in what appears to be a bid to make its work seem suspect.
August 5, 2016
Scott Lemieux
How Republican Efforts to Suppress the Vote Backfired Big Time
A string of judiciary defeats could result in a more devastating one: a Supreme Court hostile to voter ID laws.
August 4, 2016
Brian Beutler
Trump’s “Rigged Election” Argument Comes Straight From the GOP Playbook
He's maximizing the number of voters who'll reject the results of the election, with potentially calamitous consequences.
July 29, 2016
Saif Alnuweiri
An appeals court ruled that North Carolina’s voter ID provisions “target African Americans with almost surgical precision.”
July 22, 2016
Saif Alnuweiri
Republican-led voter suppression efforts just had a really bad week.
April 5, 2016
Spencer Woodman
How White Georgia Republicans Are Derailing an African-American Candidate
Without the protections of the Voting Rights Act, local elections are a free-for-all.
February 29, 2016
Steven Cohen
For many southern states, Super Tuesday will be a voter suppression test drive.
February 26, 2016
Spencer Woodman
Remember When Ted Cruz Helped Suppress the Minority Vote in Texas?
You should.
November 5, 2014
Naomi Shavin
Just How Bad Was Voter Suppression This Election?
October 23, 2014
Brian Beutler
Chris Christie Just Exposed His Entire Party's Deceitful Voter Suppression Plan
October 20, 2014
John B. Judis
The Supreme Court Isn't Likely to Stop Texas' Xenophobic Voting Laws
October 20, 2014
Rebecca Leber
In Texas, You Can Vote With a Concealed Handgun License—but not a Student ID
October 6, 2014
Brian Beutler
Republicans Are Playing Dirty Tricks to Worsen Democrats' Midterm-Voter Problem
October 3, 2014
Eric Garcia
Voter ID Laws Are Costing Taxpayers Millions
September 22, 2014
Brian Beutler
Here's a Dirty Election Trick That Kansas Democrats Could Play on Pat Roberts
September 5, 2014
John B. Judis & Brian Beutler
Democrats Just Put a GOP Senate Seat in Jeopardy—And Republicans Want to Suppress the Vote to Save It
August 20, 2014
Brian Beutler
Conservatives Are Furious That Liberals Are Trying to Register Ferguson Residents to Vote

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