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Tag: Universal Suffrage

Federal judge says Texas “voter ID” law intentionally discriminates

April 10th, 2017 Andrew Villeneuve Elections

Via The New York Times, a not unexpected but welcome development: “A federal judge ruled on Monday that the voter identification law the Texas Legislature passed in 2011 was enacted with the intent to discriminate against black and Hispanic voters, raising the possibility that the state’s election procedures could be put back under federal oversight.”

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The Republican Party’s war on voting is working

July 1st, 2016 Andrew Villeneuve Elections

It made me physically ill… It was like a gut punch. I never thought, after all the years of dedicating my life to helping advance

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Long lines at polling places in Arizona

Democratic Party, Clinton and Sanders campaigns to sue Arizona over voting rights

April 15th, 2016 Andrew Villeneuve Elections

“The Democratic Party and the presidential campaigns of Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders will sue the state of Arizona over voter access to the polls after the state’s presidential primary last month left thousands of residents waiting as long as five hours to vote,” The Washington Post reports.

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U.S. Supreme Court Building

Conservative lose key Supreme Court voting rights case

April 4th, 2016 Andrew Villeneuve Elections, Litigation

Another right wing political power grab has ended in failure after the Supreme Court unanimously affirmed that states may draw legislative districts based on total population, not merely the population on the voter rolls. The opinion in the case, Evenwel v. Abbot, was authored by Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

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John Oliver on voting in the United States

John Oliver tackles voting in the United States on “Last Week Tonight”

February 15th, 2016 Andrew Villeneuve Elections, Media & Culture

John Oliver tackles voting in the United States on “Last Week Tonight”

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YGB Panel in Seattle

Ten ways to make Seattle (and Washington) politics more inclusive in 2016

November 11th, 2015 Andrew Villeneuve Elections

Ten ways to make Seattle (and Washington) politics more inclusive in 2016 Laura Bernstein of The Seattle Globalist recaps the highlights of Young, Gifted and

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California Governor Jerry Brown

Victory! California joins Oregon in adopting automatic voter registration

October 11th, 2015 Andrew Villeneuve Elections

Following in Oregon’s footsteps, California Governor Jerry Brown and Golden State lawmakers have taken the concept of “motor voter” to the next level: In a

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NYT has mostly ignored its own public editor’s call to stress lack of voter fraud in stories about voter ID schemes

September 12th, 2015 Andrew Villeneuve Elections, Media & Culture

NYT has mostly ignored its own public editor’s call to stress lack of voter fraud in stories about voter ID schemes Media Matters holds The

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Hillary Clinton speaks on voting rights

Bashing Republicans, Hillary Clinton calls for automatic voter registration

June 5th, 2015 Andrew Villeneuve Elections

I call on Republicans at all levels of government, with all manner of ambition to stop fear-mongering about a phantom epidemic of election fraud and

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Hillary Clinton speaks on voting rights

Watch: Hillary Clinton calls for universal, automatic voter registration

June 4th, 2015 Andrew Villeneuve Elections

Today, 2016 Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton delivered a major speech on voting rights, calling for universal, automatic voter registration. Clinton spoke at Texas Southern

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Oregon Democrats plan to put their bigger legislative majorities to good use

February 2nd, 2015 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, Elections, Legislative Advocacy

Oregon Democrats plan to put their bigger legislative majorities to good use Last year, the Oregon Democratic Party did something remarkable. In an election year

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Young voters explain how to get their peers to cast ballots in midterm elections

November 4th, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Elections

There’s this false perception that nobody cares — nobody cares about democracy, nobody cares about engaging in it. But I think that that’s not true.

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Unanimous Arkansas Supreme Court rules voter ID unconstitutional

October 16th, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Elections

Unanimous Arkansas Supreme Court rules voter ID unconstitutional Progressives in Arkansas scored a big victory yesterday when the Supreme Court of Arkansas unanimously struck down

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Lewis Black rages against voter suppression

October 11th, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Elections

Elected officials shouldn’t get to choose who gets to choose elected officials. Look: People marched and fought and died for the right to vote. And

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Representative John Lewis: Participate and vote!

August 31st, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Elections

You participate and vote, and you can have some control over what happens to your child and your country. — Representative John Lewis, urging black

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Republicans going all out to limit voting in swing states

March 30th, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Elections, Party Politics

Republicans going all out to limit voting in swing states The New York Times documents the Republican Party’s effort to make it more difficult for

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