Vote/Voter Suppression
Paul Weyrich, "father" of the right-wing movement and co-founder of the Heritage Foundation, Moral Majority, ALEC and various other groups tells his flock that he doesn't want people to vote. This short video highlights the Republican mentality that has been their driving force for decades. Notice that this is given before a "Christian" audience!
YouTube 1980
YouTube 1980
How lessons from behavioral science could help increase turnout.
By Marguerite Rigoglioso for Graduate School of Stanford Business Apr 17, 2012
By Marguerite Rigoglioso for Graduate School of Stanford Business Apr 17, 2012
Redesigned website required voters to choose whether to register.
By Mark Niesse for Atlanta Journal-Constitution Apr 19, 2022
By Mark Niesse for Atlanta Journal-Constitution Apr 19, 2022
By James Salzer for Atlanta Journal-Constitution Oct 9, 2021
Voting law requires more identification for absentee ballots.
By Mark Niesse for Atlanta Journal-Constitution Jun 1, 2021NTEE BALLOTS
By Mark Niesse for Atlanta Journal-Constitution Jun 1, 2021NTEE BALLOTS
By Mark Niesse for Atlanta Journal-Constituttion May 2, 2021
By Marc Elias for Democracy Docket Apr 23, 2021
By Mark Niesse for Atlanta Journal-Constitution Jan 15, 2021
By Greg Palast for Truthout Jan 9, 2021
Prepared by the House Budget and Research Office 2020
Georgia Senate Hearing Statement Dec 3, 2020
By Eileen Sullivan for New York Times Dec 2, 2020
By Mark Niesse for Atlanta Journal-Consitutition Apr 27, 2020
We must get away from a partisan view of the law.
By Judge Jill J. Karofsky for New York Times Apr 27, 2020
By Judge Jill J. Karofsky for New York Times Apr 27, 2020
Wisconsin’s debacle shows states would do well to resolve their own voting disputes.
By Noah Feldman for Bloomberg Apr 7, 2020
By Noah Feldman for Bloomberg Apr 7, 2020
Mask-wearing voters in endless lines. Five polling places instead of 180. Voting amid the coronavirus crisis is full of challenges — and connected to G.O.P. efforts to limit who gets a ballot in the state.
By Reid J. Epstein for New York Times Apr 7, 2020
By Reid J. Epstein for New York Times Apr 7, 2020
By Mark Niesse for Atlanta Journal-Consitutition Apr 3, 2020
Trump admits that if all eligible Americans were able to cast their votes, he and his cronies would lose.
By Jim Galloway, Tia Mitchell & Greg Bluestein for Atlanta Journal-Constitution Apr 2, 2020
By Jim Galloway, Tia Mitchell & Greg Bluestein for Atlanta Journal-Constitution Apr 2, 2020
About 87K re-registered, showing they were legitimate voters all along.
By Mark Niesse, Geoffrey Hing & Angela Caputo for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and APM Reports Mar 12, 2020
By Mark Niesse, Geoffrey Hing & Angela Caputo for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and APM Reports Mar 12, 2020
By Mark Niesse for Atlanta Journal-Consitutition Feb 27, 2020
By J.D. Capelouto for Atlanta Journal-Constitution Feb 27, 2020
By Mark Niesse for Atlanta Journal-Consitutition Feb 20, 2020
By Nicole Powers for The Palast Investigative Fund Feb 8, 2020
By Zak Cheney-Rice for Intelligencer Dec 13, 2019
By Jake Johnson, Common Dreams, for truthout.org Dec 7, 2019
The Voting Rights Act was weakened in 2013. Here's Democrats' plan to restore it.
By Ella Nilsenella for Vox Dec 6, 2019
By Ella Nilsenella for Vox Dec 6, 2019
Provisional ballots are supposed to be a failsafe. Instead, they’re just one part of a convoluted system keeping marginalized communities from exercising the right to vote.
By Spenser Mestel for vice.com Nov 5, 2019
By Spenser Mestel for vice.com Nov 5, 2019
By Angela Caputo, Geoff Hing & Johnny Kauffman for WABE Oct 30, 2019
By Stephen Fowler for Georgia Public Broadcasting Oct 30, 2019
By Nicholas Casey for New York Times Oct 30, 2019
A Georgia law prevented 87,000 people from voting last year.
By Angela Caputo, Geoff Hing & Johnny Kauffman for American Public Media Oct 28, 2019
By Angela Caputo, Geoff Hing & Johnny Kauffman for American Public Media Oct 28, 2019
Top Republicans Brad Raffensperger and David Emadi are issuing subpoenas to opponents without showing evidence of wrongdoing.
By Jordan Wilkie for The Guardian Sep 2, 2019
By Jordan Wilkie for The Guardian Sep 2, 2019
By Mark Niesse for Atlanta Journal-Consitutition May 30, 2019
As more people of color claim political power, efforts to block them will accelerate — unless we act.
By Stacey Abrams for New York Times May 15, 2019
By Stacey Abrams for New York Times May 15, 2019
HB392
By David Vance for Common Cause Apr 30, 2019
By David Vance for Common Cause Apr 30, 2019
By Jesse Jackson for Chicago Sun-Times Apr 29, 2019
By Mark Niesse for Atlanta Journal-Constitution Feb 15, 2019
H.R. 1 is an ambitious set of responses to the most pressing challenges facing American democracy, almost all of which were brought into sharper focus by the 2016 election.
By Jelani Cobb for The New Yorker Feb 18 & 25, 2019
By Jelani Cobb for The New Yorker Feb 18 & 25, 2019
Right now there are a slew of measures moving through the legislature to revise the way we handle elections. As of the end of the day yesterday, there were (at least) a dozen individual bills in the House alone impacting everything from voter registration to candidate ballot access. The House bills are listed here.
By u/Ehlmaris for Reddit Feb 13, 2019
By u/Ehlmaris for Reddit Feb 13, 2019
Atlanta Daily World Feb 13, 2019
By Danny Hakim for New York Times Nov 12, 2018
By Chauncey Alcorn for Mic Oct 25, 2018
By Trish Williford for WSAV.com Oct 25, 2018
By Michael Harriot for The Root Oct 24, 2018
Democracy Now Oct 24, 2018
By Jordan Wilkie for Who, What, Why Oct 12, 2018
By Emily Birnbaum for The Hill Oct 10, 2018
In a major report in July, we found that voter purges increased significantly in the 2016 election cycle. Now, new numbers from three states offer cause for alarm about 2018, too.
By Kevin Morris and Myrna Pérez for Brennen Center for Justice Oct 1, 2018
By Kevin Morris and Myrna Pérez for Brennen Center for Justice Oct 1, 2018
A new survey from The Atlantic and the Public Religion Research Institute shows that black and Hispanic citizens are more likely than whites to face barriers at the polls—and to fear the future erosion of their basic political rights.
By Vann R. Newkirk II for The Atlantic Jul 17, 2018
By Vann R. Newkirk II for The Atlantic Jul 17, 2018
By Mark Niesse for Atlanta Journal-Constitution Aug 31, 2018
By Mark Niesse for Atlanta Journal-Constitution Aug 20, 2018
By Mark Joseph Stern for Slate Aug 17, 2018
Kemp’s office also urges Randolph County to abandon proposal.
By Greg Blustein for Politically Georgia Aug 16, 2018
By Greg Blustein for Politically Georgia Aug 16, 2018
Civil rights advocates are objecting to a proposal to close about 75 percent of polling locations in a predominantly black south Georgia county.By Brinley Hineman for U.S. News and World Report Aug 15, 2018
By Myrna Perez for New York Times Jul 19, 2018
By Meagan Flynn for The Washington Post Mar 30, 2018
By Miriam Valverde for Atlanta Journal-Constitution Truth-O-Meter Mar 27, 2018
By Greg Palast
If residents move to home in same county, active status remains.
By Mark Niesse for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Feb 3, 2018
By Mark Niesse for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Feb 3, 2018
By Mark Joseph Stern for Slate Jan 26, 2018
And possibly handed him the whole election.
By Ari Berman for Mother Jones Nov/Dec 2017
By Ari Berman for Mother Jones Nov/Dec 2017
By Robert Reich and Inequality Media Nov 16, 2017
By Nate Cohn and Quoctrung Bui for The New York Times Oct 3, 2017
By Geoff Mulvihill for Associated Press Aug 9, 2017
By Kristina Torres for Atlanta Journal-Constitution Jul 31, 2017
By Reid Wilson for The Hill Jul 30, 2017
By Issie Lapowsky for Wired Jul 19, 2017
The same Republicans who benefited from Russian hacking in the 2016 election have been suppressing the vote for years.
By Ari Berman for The Nation Jul 12, 2017
By Ari Berman for The Nation Jul 12, 2017
By Kristina Torres for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution July 6, 2017
By Ari Berman for The Nation May 25, 2017
By Heidi M. Przbyla for USA Today May 25, 2017
A new study shows how voter-ID laws decreased turnout among African-American and Democratic voters.
By Ari Berman for The Nation May 9, 2017
By Ari Berman for The Nation May 9, 2017
By Dave Miller for WALB News Mar 21, 2017
By Harold Michael Harvey for The Hill Dec 19, 2016
The real headline of this election was that 42 percent of eligible voters decided not to vote — either because they couldn’t or didn’t want to.
By Ari Berman for Moyers & Company Nov 15, 2016
By Ari Berman for Moyers & Company Nov 15, 2016
By Associated Press Sep 14, 2016
Will an anti-voter-fraud program designed by one of Trump's advisers deny tens of thousands their right to vote in November?
By Greg Palast for Rolling Stone Aug 24, 2016
By Greg Palast for Rolling Stone Aug 24, 2016
Hearing overtly states that Sunday voting disproportionately favors black voters. Jul 29, 2016
By Kristina Torres for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution May 5, 2016
By Alice Miranda Ollstein for Think Progress Aug 25, 2015
Rev. Al talks to State Senator. Nan Orrock and Lee May about comments by Georgia’s Republican Secy. of State that warn about the “minority vote” turning out at the polls.
MSNBC Sep 14, 2014
MSNBC Sep 14, 2014
By Hans A. Von Spakovsky for The Heritage Foundation Sep 25, 2013
Politicians and their henchmen have lots of ways of messing with voters. Here are their favorites.
By Adam Serwer for Mother Jones Nov. 1, 2012
By Adam Serwer for Mother Jones Nov. 1, 2012
By Ruth Rosen for History News Network Sep 11, 2012
Daily Kos Oct 18, 2008