Bishop Reginald Thomas Jackson issued a fiery rebuke Monday of a sweeping elections-related bill filed by Georgia Republicans last week, which he called “another attempt to suppress the Black vote" after the formerly red state went blue in the presidential election and last month's Senate runoffs.
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Despite voter fraud being exceedingly rare in Wyoming, the photo ID bill has gained major support in the Legislature.
“This bill is probably the worst bill I’ve seen all session, if you want to know the truth of the matter,” said Rep. Geraldine Custer, a Forsyth Republican.
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (R) is withholding support for numerous voting measures filed by Republican state lawmakers in recent weeks as his office reviews the legislation.
We firmly believe the authority to legislate and regulate these changes should be left with the states, the secretaries wrote.
CHARLESTON, WV (WOAY)-Secretary of State Mac Warner made voter list maintenance a cornerstone of his first term of office as West Virginia's chief elections officer.
Nebraska Secretary of State Bob Evnen spoke in favor of a voter identification measure, but opponents argued that voter ID requirements are unnecessary and would disenfranchise people.
Secretary of State William Galvin's election bill he plans on filing would expand in-person early voting and implement same-day voter registration in Massachusetts.
Georgia House lawmakers rehashed a bill Tuesday aimed at pushing back the deadline when voters can request and send in absentee ballots before elections.
County clerks are hoping a Republican bill in the State Senate preserves COVID-19 election law changes but rolls back same-day registration.
Lawmakers in 33 states are pushing bills that would increase voting restrictions.
All Republicans on the panel voted in favor of the measure, while all the Democrats voted against.
More than 140,000 people registered as new voters through Nevada's automatic voter registration (AVR) system since it took effect in January last year, according to a new report.
A proposal to add new restrictions to the types of identification voters need when casting their ballots in Montana got its first hearing before a Senate panel Wednesday.
Wendell Paris Sr. worked alongside political giant Fannie Lou Hamer to register Blacks to vote.
Republicans in the Senate have proposed a voter ID requirement, and House DFLers have a broad package of reforms. Neither are bipartisan.
MARYLAND – Local lawmakers and voting rights activists are working to make sure that Maryland's formerly and currently incarcerated individuals can make their votes count.
Iowa’s Republican governor aligned herself with Black Lives Matter protesters and gave most released felons the ability to vote in 2020. But the move could be reversed, and advocates say it doesn’t go far enough.