#TheBlackBallot Participants seen holding a banner at the protest. Fair...

The 'Freedom To Vote'

Wednesday's vote is simply about whether the Senate will debate the recently introduced voting rights legislation. Republicans previously filibustered similar…
by Anoa Changa
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Linking The Climate Crisis And Voter Suppression

It is not just intimidation at the polls or election administrators removing voters from the rolls that count toward limiting…
by Nsé Ufot, founding member of the Black Southern Women’s Collective and executive director of the New Georgia Project
11.01.26
Jayla Jackson March On For Voter Rights Rally

America Rallies For Voting Rights

Jayla Jackson took the stage at the March On For Voting Rights rally in Atlanta, Georgia Saturday morning poised and…
by Bilal Morris
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#theblackballot Texas Democrats Speak To The Press On Need To Pass John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act

Honoring John Lewis

The John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act would restore and expand provisions of the 1965 Voting Rights Act gutted by…
by Anoa Changa
01.01.70
Fed Reserve Chair Powell Testifies Before House Select Subcommittee On Coronavirus Crisis

Clyburn Urges Biden To Accept Filibuster 'Carveout'

Clyburn echoed concerns about Senate obstruction on constitutional rights, calling for an exception to the filibuster.
by Anoa Changa
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NY AG Sues Over Robocalls Targeting Black Communities

Letitia James announced Thursday her office filed a $2.75M lawsuit against two right-ring conspiracy theorists who disseminated false information to…
by Anoa Changa
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Contentious Florida Senate And Gubernatorial Midterm Election Results Remain To Be Definitively Settled As Recount Looms

Florida Passes Election Bill Influenced By Trump's Lie

Florida's latest attack on democracy is a new anti-voting rights bill passed almost entirely along party lines and another piece…
by Anoa Changa
11.27.47
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Will Smith, Antoine Fuqua Pull Film From Georgia

Smith and director Antoine Fuqua decided to pull their slave drama "Emancipation" out of Georgia in protest of new voting…
by Anoa Changa
01.01.70
Coronavirus Pandemic 2020 Presidential Election Georgia

Voting Rights Advocates Challenge TX Voter Suppression Bill

Voting rights advocates, including Stacey Abrams, founder of Fair Fight Action, challenged provisions of the law which they saw could…
by Anoa Changa
01.01.70
Governor Brian Kemp Tours Delta Mass Vaccination Site

Delta CEO Reverses Georgia's Voter Suppression Law Praise

After facing threats of a boycott, Delta Air Lines' CEO Ed Bastain reversed his praise of Georgia's controversial new law…
by Bruce C.T. Wright
01.01.70
Florida State Capitol building

Florida Election Bill Is Georgia Voting Law 2.0

Like Georgia's new voter suppression law, Florida's proposed H.B. 7041 prohibits providing voters food and drinks, imposes stricter voter ID…
by Anoa Changa
11.08.19
Lindsey Graham on Fox News 3/28/2021

Lindsey Graham's Full Blown Racist Fox News Appearance

South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham dog-whistled about Georgia's new law restricting voting, Biden's response to that law, his proud ownership…
by Bruce C.T. Wright
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Delta Praises Georgia's New Law Suppressing Voting Rights

Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian praised Georgia's new voter suppression laws with a statement that sounded like it could…
by Anoa Changa
01.01.70
#TheBlackBallot Voting Access Bill Sparks Controversy In Georgia

Georgia’s New Voting Law Does What Trump Couldn’t

Cliff Albright, the co-founder of Black Voters Matter Fund, said the most troubling parts of SB 202 are the provisions…
by Anoa Changa
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Georgia State Rep. Park Cannon being arrested

Cops Forcibly Arrest Georgia State Rep. For Protesting

Georgia police forcibly arrested Democratic State Rep. Park Cannon for peacefully and nonviolently protesting the governor signing a new law…
by Bruce C.T. Wright
12.09.17
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signs voter suppression laws in front of painting of slavery plantation

Voting Bill Signed In Front Of Plantation Painting

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed the state's voter suppression bill into law while seated in front of a painting of…
by Bruce C.T. Wright
01.01.70
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Warnock Questions Violent Arrest Of Georgia Lawmaker

Sen. Raphael Warnock spoke out in defense of Rep. Park Cannon, questioning her treatment by officers in comparison to the…
by Charise Frazier
01.01.70
Voting Access Bill Sparks Controversy In Georgia

Corporate Donors Ignore GOP Voter Suppression Bills

Georgia advocacy organizations want corporations to stop funding voter suppression. The organizations responded to a recent investigation of political donations to…
by Anoa Changa
01.01.70
Washington, D.C., after Election Day

Voting Rights Bill Could Be Stalled By Filibuster

The bill's future in the Senate proves to be another challenge as the threat of a GOP-led filibuster could again…
by Charise Frazier
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