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Eighth Circuit Unbothered by North Dakota Law Stripping Right to Vote From Native Americans

North Dakota is one step closer to ensuring that these Native American voters will never be able to vote.

As Attorney General, Kris Kobach Would Continue His Work to Suppress Votes

Nov 8, 6:42pm

When he was Kansas secretary of state, Kobach made disenfranchising voters central to his work. There’s little reason to believe his time at the DOJ would be any different.

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Untrained Georgia Election Officials Are Stripping People of Their Right to Vote Based on Their Signatures (Updated)

Oct 23, 11:02am Imani Gandy

Watch out, John Hancock.

Imani Gandy

The Supreme Court Just Ensured That Thousands of Native Americans Won’t Be Able to Vote in November

Oct 11, 12:26pm

North Dakota’s voter identification law makes it harder for Native voters—and students, and other reliably Democratic voters—to participate in elections.

Imani Gandy

A Georgia County Is Trying to Keep Black Voters From the Polls—and Advocates Say It’s a Sign of What’s to Come (Updated)

Aug 23, 10:12am

LaTosha Brown, co-founder of Black Voters Matter, says we can't get caught up in individual stories—we have to look at the bigger picture.

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Sonia Sotomayor Stands Up for Voting Rights. And I’m Here for It.

Jun 26, 2:42pm Imani Gandy

Although the conservative justices may be content to permit states to gerrymander voters of color out of existence, Sonia Sotomayor doesn’t intend to go softly into that good night.

Imani Gandy

Mass Voter Fraud Is a Myth—and Kris Kobach Just Got Sanctioned Trying to Defend It

Jun 20, 12:08pm

Kansas' law requiring people to show documentary proof of citizenship when they register to vote is a mess. And when Secretary of State Kris Kobach tried to defend it in court himself, things didn't go well.