Lawyers filed legal documents that asked a North Carolina court to drop charges against five former felons accused of illegally voting in 2016.

The Rev. Al Sharpton led a battle cry at the National Action Network convention to defend civil rights.

Inmates in Cook County Jail participated in the first jail-wide, in-person voting session on Saturday.

A federal judge handed down a ruling that harshly criticized the state.

Two New York City lawmakers introduced a bill that would block felons from seeking elected office.

Voting rights campaigners gathered enough signatures for a ballot initiative that would restore voting rights to 1.5 million felons.

President Donald Trump dissolved his voter fraud commission in the face of several lawsuits and widespread criticism.

Thousands of Black ex-felons were among the massive African-American voter turnout in Alabama that swept Doug Jones into the U.S. Senate.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that Republican lawmakers violated the Constitution by packing Black voters into a few congressional districts in North Carolina.

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Civil rights leaders met with Attorney General Jeff Sessions to discuss their concerns about the DOJ's direction.