| 单词 | disenfranchisement |
| 例句 | While the Fifteenth Amendment did not mention sex, she said that because it specifically prohibited disenfranchisement by race, women were included, arguing that “a race comprises all the people, male and female.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z There is an elaborate system of control, complete with political disenfranchisement and legalized discrimination in every major realm of economic and social life. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Another dimension of disenfranchisement echoes not so much Jim Crow as slavery. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z There was a disenfranchisement from both the present and the past, from the body beside him and the headlights in front of him; he was enclosed in a timeless realm without margins, outlines, or tense. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z In fact, the United Nations Human Rights Committee has charged that U.S. disenfranchisement policies are discriminatory and violate international law. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z During the Jim Crow era, African Americans were denied the right to vote through poll taxes, literacy tests, grandfather clauses, and felon disenfranchisement laws, even though the Fifteenth Amendment to the U.S. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z As previously noted, poll taxes, literacy tests, and felon disenfranchisement laws were all formally race-neutral practices that were employed in order to avoid the prohibition on race discrimination in voting contained in the Fifteenth Amendment. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Felon disenfranchisement laws have been more effective in eliminating black voters in the age of mass incarceration than they were during Jim Crow. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Following slavery, for example, there were some African Americans who supported disenfranchisement because they believed that black people were not yet “ready” for the vote. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z In recent years, civil rights advocates have launched important reform efforts, most notably the campaigns challenging felon disenfranchisement laws, crack-sentencing policies, and racial profiling by law enforcement. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z The message communicated by felon disenfranchisement laws, policies, and bureaucratic procedures is not lost on those, such as Clinton Drake, who are effectively barred from voting for life. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Following the collapse of Jim Crow, all of the race-neutral devices for excluding blacks from the electorate were eliminated through litigation or legislation, except felon disenfranchisement laws. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Amid the parishioners’ fears and frustrations, their disenfranchisement and sinking helplessness, he was somewhat brashly pointing an arrow in the opposite direction. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Du Bois praised and embraced Washington’s emphasis on “thrift, patience, and industrial training for the masses,” but sharply disagreed with his public acceptance of segregation, disenfranchisement, and legalized discrimination. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “The cultural disenfranchisement I experience as a Puerto Rican has prompted me to seek a practical alternative to the orthodox museum,” Montañez Ortiz wrote, in an article published by Art in America, in 1971. The Battle Over the Soul of El Museo del Barrio 2019-08-13T04:00:00Z He said “Bones and All” portrayed that disenfranchisement and tribelessness in a way that could prove helpful now. Venice: A Creepy ‘Call Me by Your Name’ Reunion in ‘Bones and All’ 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z “All In” uses Abrams as an entry point for a larger history of disenfranchisement in America. Ahead of the election, a landslide of documentaries 2020-10-28T04:00:00Z I think a part of that was acknowledging that yeah, the history of our experience in this country from the very beginning has always been rooted in some way in despair and torture, disenfranchisement. Barry Jenkins: "'People in Korea don't want to watch black characters,' you can't say that anymore" 2018-12-16T05:00:00Z It is a recipe for the disenfranchisement of significant portions of the country and the divorce of one America from the other. The Wire creator David Simon wins 'genius' grant 2010-09-28T14:39:00Z The political disenfranchisement of Puerto Rico continues, evident in the United State’s government’s shameful post-hurricane treatment of the island. Finding Common Ground at El Museo del Barrio 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z Robbie Williams is hardly the first name you think of when it comes to a spiritual sense of artistic disenfranchisement. PMR Records: the fresh face of pop 2013-03-08T13:00:00Z If the subjects of “Representing the Race” were practicing in the 21st century, would they be filing suit to combat felon disenfranchisement? The Queen 2012-06-11T11:00:00Z “The systematic exclusion, disenfranchisement and dispossession of the Jewish population of the Netherlands began immediately after the invasion of the German Wehrmacht on May 10, 1940.” German Panel Says Kandinsky Painting Should Go Back to Jewish Heirs 2023-06-13T04:00:00Z After years of disenfranchisement because of his background, the color of his skin and his belief system, the industry gatekeepers are practically throwing the keys to their kingdom at Mr. Clemens. The Year of Telfar 2020-12-21T05:00:00Z It is one of the dark ironies of American history that the broadening of the franchise to virtually all white male citizens coincided with the disenfranchisement of African-Americans and women. On the Trail of America’s First Women to Vote 2020-02-24T05:00:00Z In the vacuum, Cowie explains, emerged “the neoslavery of convict leasing, the vigilante justice of lynching, the degradation and debt of sharecropping and the official disenfranchisement of Blacks” under Jim Crow. When Freedom Meant the Freedom to Oppress Others 2022-12-12T05:00:00Z In that special election, which clenched the disenfranchisement of Freedmen descendants, less than seven percent of the tribe cast votes. Slave descendants seek equal rights from Cherokee Nation 2013-05-21T22:15:00Z Anderson is a stinging polemicist; her book rolls through a condensed history of voting rights and disenfranchisement, without getting bogged down in legislative minutiae. Whose Votes Really Count? 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z The specific roots of a pervasive sense of disenfranchisement are barely described, as are strategies for liberals seeking to reclaim the state. | 'What?s the Matter With Kansas?': Joe Winston Examines One State?s Transformation 2010-07-29T23:52:00Z This should be a simple action to undertake since both are countermeasures to thwart voter suppression and the disenfranchisement of marginalized communities. On the Iron Anniversary of "Game of Thrones," here's hoping Joe Biden doesn't go Ned Stark on us 2021-04-23T04:00:00Z Larson offers some possible reasons: The burden of the Depression; the Roosevelt administration's fear of being charged with hypocrisy, given America's treatment of its black citizens in an era of lynching and disenfranchisement. 'In the Garden of Beasts': Erik Larson plumbs terror in Nazi Germany 2011-05-05T20:00:16Z It’s been on the rise, increasing at a frantic rate in the last twenty years, but the roots stretch back to the disenfranchisement that resulted from white flight and segregationist policies. Gentrification’s insidious violence: The truth about American cities 2014-04-08T18:34:00Z After a year of disproportionate loss from the pandemic and the continuous threat of police violence, on top of centuries of discrimination and disenfranchisement, what does healing look like for Black Americans? Four Studies of Black Healing 2021-04-02T04:00:00Z Wilson’s usual signatures are here, including the somber subject matter related to Black disenfranchisement, prejudice, history and trauma — paired with witty, casual dialogue and flights into the surreal. ‘The Piano Lesson’ Review: August Wilson’s Phantom Notes 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z Siegle creates paintings that record the lives of drifters who mine for gold in a canyon along the San Gabriel River, employing these in larger compositions that tell stories about independence and 21st century disenfranchisement. Datebook: New works by Mark Bradford, street art temple, the end of men 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z From her prose collection "Ayiti" to her Twitter feed to her forthcoming book of essays, "Bad Feminist," she does not shy away from calling attention to all forms of disenfranchisement. Roxane Gay's 'An Untamed State' gives torture survivor a voice 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z In short, they need to get closer to what voters are thinking and feeling: their anger and resentment, their disenfranchisement from the centers of power, their pocketbook concerns. Perspective | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s victory points to a media failure that keeps repeating 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z He makes no mention of the things that are rooted in the nation’s history and traditions: slavery, disenfranchisement, discrimination. Perspective | The unmerciful ending of Roe v. Wade 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z It’s that same sense of disenfranchisement that propelled Donald Trump to the White House with a campaign that normalized identity-based antagonism. A normalization of violence: how cyberbullying began and how to fight it 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z Earlier this month, David Barton explained the origins of women’s disenfranchisement in the United States. 5 conservatives who are still mad women have the right to vote 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z There is no “middle” to this America, just smatterings of disenfranchisement and hate with occasional hope thrown in. Theater Review: ‘Handbook for an American Revolutionary’ Is a One-Man Show 2013-07-23T02:00:02Z And although many journalists and many news organizations did stories about the frustration and disenfranchisement of these Americans, we did not take them seriously enough. The media didn’t want to believe Trump could win. So they looked the other way. 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z Along the way, one notes a pattern: families severed, willingly or not; and various forms of disenfranchisement, be they racial, social, or linguistic. Sharing Joy and Sacrifice from the Barber Shop Chair 2017-06-16T04:00:00Z But the arrival of European settlers in the 18th century marked the beginning of a painful disenfranchisement. Hunting for pictures, and crocodiles, in remote Aboriginal country 2014-12-10T05:00:00Z My own, short experience of disability has already proved that not all solitude, and not all disenfranchisement, can be recuperated in this way. Becoming Disabled 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z In Greenwood Rising the links are made overt and we’re urged to ponder them, to recognize that the white-on-Black violence of 1921 is still with us, and that Black disenfranchisement, like racism, remains entrenched. Greenwood Rising Links Tulsa’s Tragic History to Today’s Struggles 2021-06-03T04:00:00Z What’s more, the early suppression of the labor movement often meant the disenfranchisement of working-class whites and blacks. Zombie state 2012-06-08T14:45:00Z Simmons said she would decline future donation requests from the institution until she saw it assess its own history of wealth, whiteness and disenfranchisement. Museum’s Role in Police Mural Outside Detroit Draws Criticism 2021-06-08T04:00:00Z “The people who have always had their voices taken seriously tend to be the antagonists,” said Phillips, arguing that it comes from a sense of disenfranchisement. A normalization of violence: how cyberbullying began and how to fight it 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z When in 2013 the conservative justices tore a bloody hole in the Voting Rights Act that for almost half a century had protected African Americans from racist disenfranchisement, she issued another withering dissent. 'A tremendous legacy': capturing the life of Ruth Bader Ginsburg on film 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z Assimilation with all the sense of disenfranchisement in punks but it undeniably changed things. Hollywood Uses the Very Women It Exploited to Change the Subject 2018-01-24T05:00:00Z The family’s disenfranchisement from decency is reinforced in Daldry’s staging by the addition of a crowd of silent onlookers, a working class chorus mute in condemnation. Like haunted houses? Step into ‘An Inspector Calls,’ a Broadway phenomenon now touring the country. 2018-11-27T05:00:00Z As for police brutality and political disenfranchisement, “I know the history,” he said. Kendrick Lamar on His New Album and the Weight of Clarity 2015-03-16T04:00:00Z The upheaval helped deepen the racial divide, connecting whiteness with rights and privileges, and blackness with slavery, disenfranchisement and poverty. Ashley Biden knows a presidential campaign is coming. For now, she’s talking hoodies and economic inequality. 2019-06-12T04:00:00Z One might come up with things that are in fact “more Orwellian” — including the bland euphemism “voter integrity,” which typically serves the cause of disenfranchisement and not voting rights. How ‘Orwellian’ Became an All-Purpose Insult 2021-01-13T05:00:00Z Easterhouse – Out On Your Own I had trouble making the electoral link, but the sense of disenfranchisement is clear in this nicely judged piece of Scots indie with a strong tempo and forceful vocals. Readers recommend: Songs with indecipherable lyrics 2010-05-06T23:01:00Z Little correspondence and few records of his life are known to have survived, both because earlier scholars had no interest and because his sociopolitical disenfranchisement constrained the production of such documents. A Black Composer’s Legacy Flourishes 500 Years After His Birth 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z Incensed by their success and competition, white Americans laid waste to entire communities, salting the earth with lynchings, tax sales, predatory land speculation and disenfranchisement. Buying Black, Rebooted 2019-12-25T05:00:00Z In everything she does, though, there is just a tinge of disenfranchisement; a feeling of absence. Overlooked classics of American literature: Mrs Bridge by Evan S Connell 2012-10-02T13:41:50Z Maybe between widespread feelings of political disenfranchisement and growing economic inequality, it’s easy to feel as if we’re facing, say, a zombie apocalypse. Zombie state 2012-06-08T14:45:00Z The main draw for an otherwise “violent, misogynist, and problematic” group like N.W.A was its “vital response to the growing disenfranchisement from the Reagan-era politics,” Kennedy writes. Chronicling the ascent and downfall of N.W.A — iconic, contradictory — in 'Parental Discretion Is Advised' 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z Then the barbarities of the slave trade, the Middle Passage and cradle-to-grave bondage, were followed by another century of lynching, Jim Crow segregation, disenfranchisement and officially sanctioned forms of violence. Henry Louis Gates Jr. on Literary Freedom as an Essential Human Right 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z Throughout you become newly aware of themes of rootlessness, isolation, disenfranchisement and — beyond that — an upward-reaching spiritualty in the music of Dylan, and you remember he was indeed a child of the Depression. ‘Girl From the North Country’ Review: Bob Dylan’s Amazing Grace 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z “We would not want to whitewash our history by pretending that Jim Crow and disenfranchisement or massive resistance to the civil rights movement never happened,” he said. Historians Question Trump’s Comments on Confederate Monuments 2017-08-15T04:00:00Z But the authors, one of whom is a legal scholar, explore how the Constitution’s flaws have led not only to the Civil War but also to partisan gridlock, voter apathy and disenfranchisement. Talking to kids about the Constitution and other best books for young readers 2017-12-05T05:00:00Z There's been profound disenfranchisement of people who used to have a more personal stake in fishing and seafood. Untangling catch shares with Lee van der Voo 2023-01-01T05:00:00Z The text warns that “woman’s degraded, helpless position” and disenfranchisement violated America’s founding governmental principles. 6 Reasons to Visit the Antiquarian Book Fair 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z ABC’s “black-ish” produced a pair of election episodes that had sharp things to say about Black disenfranchisement. PBS Is Still TV’s Best Path to Better Citizenship 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z “I was inspired by the plight of Irish immigrants in the 19th century and by the disenfranchisement of working classes.” A Sci-fi Writer Inspired by the Plight of Irish Immigrants 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z The story focuses on the 1965 marches from the town of Selma in Alabama to the state capital Montgomery, protesting at the effective disenfranchisement of African Americans in the Deep South at that time. Oscars: Selma writer tells his side 2015-02-20T05:00:00Z It’s also territorially specific: It brings Bard itself into the larger narrative of Indigenous sovereignty and disenfranchisement. Sky Hopinka: Songs of the Earth and the Road 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z Redlining, school segregation and minority disenfranchisement long preceded debates over whether serving bad banh mi sandwiches in a college cafeteria amounts to cultural appropriation. American Blindness, Abroad and at Home 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z Jackson, born in Houston in 1980 and raised in South Los Angeles, is known for excavating histories related to the abuses of power, disenfranchisement and displacement of people of color. Tomashi Jackson Harvests Histories From the Land of Plenty 2021-07-08T04:00:00Z When we stand up and decry injustice, our rage becomes the pretext for even more state-sanctioned violence, repression, and disenfranchisement. White police are killing black kids: The cops get off, because the system protects the lives it values 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z The Radical Republicans are back, this time on behalf of disenfranchisement, dysfunction and delusion. Perspective | A new era of incivility in Congress brings ‘The Birth of a Nation’ full circle 2021-05-17T04:00:00Z If we want to win, we should empower women and pregnant voters — not prop up the supposed "pros" of their disenfranchisement. Cable news needs to stop treating abortion like political horse race 2021-06-09T04:00:00Z For a half century, they’ve been feeding us a steady diet of pablum and disenfranchisement. Perspective | How can we feed our kids better? Start by taking a look in the mirror. 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z For the self-described “loudmouth, queer, Marxist activist,” it’s almost unimaginable that his politically charged songs and stories of gay intimacy, disenfranchisement and resilience would find a wider audience all these years later. WA’s pioneering gay country band Lavender Country releases first new album in 50 years 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z No democracy can function under the denial of humanity to one group of citizens and the disenfranchisement of many others. “Cultural anxiety” is unpatriotic: America’s mission is for liberty and justice for all 2017-05-21T04:00:00Z He cites the tactical legislative disenfranchisement of black neighborhoods, mass incarceration and the decline of industry. Review: ‘Another Day in the Death of America,’ on Guns Killing Children 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z It goes back into the disenfranchisement after Reconstruction and the Civil War. Birtherism and America’s history of white supremacy: What we can’t let ourselves forget about Donald Trump 2017-01-22T05:00:00Z The only thing you’re “putting him through” right now is disenfranchisement from his own family. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: He said he didn’t want children, and now she’s pregnant 2019-05-21T04:00:00Z Now celebrating its 25th anniversary, this group presents “Kreatur,” a stark, otherworldly work that takes place — timely enough — in a chaotic setting rife with disruption and disenfranchisement. 8 Dance Performances to See in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z Shining a light on disenfranchisement, police brutality and other issues is important to Rothwell as a Black woman in the world. Natasha Rothwell is ready to be the lead of her own rom-com 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z And they are acknowledging, out loud, in print, the shaping force on art of sociopolitical realities — colonialism, slavery, the disenfranchisement of women — that this museum has all but ignored in its permanent collection displays. Seeing the Met’s Greatest Hits as Artists Painted Them 2020-12-24T05:00:00Z Many of the songs envision a dystopian future of greed, disenfranchisement and government control. Music Review: Dark but Danceable Visions of a Chilly Technological Future 2011-08-21T22:18:08Z “The history of African Americans, in not just this country, but this hemisphere, is loaded . . . with questions of enslavement, questions of disenfranchisement,” she said. Carla Hall is ‘the most visible black person in food.’ Now she wants to take soul food mainstream. 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z There was a disenfranchisement among my generation that made the YBA thing possible but it seems somehow different now. Gary Hume: 'I couldn't hold down a job. That's why I became an artist' 2013-05-18T21:00:01Z The story of Africville, a small community of predominantly Black Canadians on the edge of the sparkling Bedford Basin, and its eventual destruction, is wrought with the pain of deceit and disenfranchisement. A Journey Through Black Nova Scotia 2022-09-12T04:00:00Z Women, who live longer but have faced historical economic disenfranchisement, often end up on the brink of poverty in their later years; for many, their children are their last hope. I'm one of millions struggling to care for aging parents. It shouldn't be this hard 2023-11-05T04:00:00Z “We know that felony disenfranchisement is a severely racially discriminatory policy, just on its face,” Snow said. Virginia NAACP sues Youngkin for records behind the denials of felons’ voting rights 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z Circuit Court of Appeals to reconsider the panel’s ruling and to continue allowing the permanent disenfranchisement of some residents. Mississippi should restore the voting rights of former felons, Democratic candidates say 2023-09-14T04:00:00Z The European Union and Carter Center also described an atmosphere of intimidation and raised concerns about the possible disenfranchisement of some voters. Zimbabwe opposition party calls for fresh elections supervised by neighboring countries 2023-08-29T04:00:00Z Six decades ago, from the steps of the monument to President Abraham Lincoln, King began his most famous speech by decrying economic disparity, quality of life issues, police brutality and voter disenfranchisement. At March on Washington’s 60th anniversary, leaders seek energy of original movement for civil rights 2023-08-22T04:00:00Z The decision affects a comparatively small number of Mississippians — about 30,000, plaintiffs in the case estimate — who have completed prison sentences for 22 felonies that fall under the State Constitution’s disenfranchisement clause. Appeals Court Overturns Mississippi’s Lifetime Ban on Voting for Former Felons 2023-08-04T04:00:00Z The 5th Circuit is one of the most conservative appeals courts in the U.S., and in 2022 it declined to overturn Mississippi’s felony disenfranchisement provisions - a ruling that came in a separate lawsuit. Court blocks Mississippi ban on voting after some crimes, but GOP official will appeal ruling 2023-08-04T04:00:00Z That lawsuit argued the lifetime disenfranchisement was designed to keep Black people out of power. Mississippi should restore the voting rights of former felons, Democratic candidates say 2023-09-14T04:00:00Z The 5th Circuit is one of the most conservative appeals courts in the U.S., and in 2022 it declined to overturn Mississippi’s felony disenfranchisement provisions — a ruling that came in a separate lawsuit. Court blocks Mississippi ban on voting after some crimes, but GOP official will appeal ruling 2023-08-04T04:00:00Z While 35 states plus Washington, D.C., disavow the practice, Mississippi had become an "outlier among its sister states, bucking a clear and consistent trend in our Nation against permanent disenfranchisement," Dennis wrote. Mississippi cannot strip convicts of right to vote, court rules 2023-08-04T04:00:00Z The argument that the ban was cruel and unusual punishment marked a departure from past attacks on disenfranchisement. Appeals Court Overturns Mississippi’s Lifetime Ban on Voting for Former Felons 2023-08-04T04:00:00Z Prosecutors have long used the deprivation of rights statute, known as Section 241, to fight disenfranchisement of Black voters, and a string of landmark U.S. Trump election interference charges include Civil War-era legal rights law 2023-08-01T04:00:00Z The disenfranchisement is “a continued punishment for people who have served their sentence to the state of Mississippi,” Kemp Martin said Thursday. Mississippi should restore the voting rights of former felons, Democratic candidates say 2023-09-14T04:00:00Z Jim Crow, redlining, systematic disenfranchisement, mass incarceration – none of it means that much if we can't even agree on the very thing that spawned them. Dear Ron DeSantis, slavery was not a job skills program 2023-07-28T04:00:00Z Arresting people who have no options left is just adding another tier of disenfranchisement. Punishing people for sleeping in parks does not address homelessness | LZ Granderson 2023-07-14T04:00:00Z The court agreed and said Mississippi had no defensible explanation as to why some felonies merited disenfranchisement and others did not. Appeals Court Overturns Mississippi’s Lifetime Ban on Voting for Former Felons 2023-08-04T04:00:00Z The Supreme Court rejected a challenge to Mississippi’s felony disenfranchisement provisions 125 years ago, and “this Court blinks again today,” Jackson wrote. Supreme Court won’t hear challenge to Mississippi’s Jim Crow-era ban on voting after some felonies 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z The Supreme Court rejected a challenge to Mississippi’s felony disenfranchisement provisions 125 years ago, and “this Court blinks again today,” Brown Jackson wrote. Supreme Court won’t hear challenge to Jim Crow-era Mississippi bans blocking some felons from voting 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z A key question in the case was whether the process of amending Mississippi's felon disenfranchisement provision purged the discriminatory intent behind the 1890 version and brought the law into compliance constitutional race-based voter protections. US Supreme Court won't scrutinize Mississippi curb on voting by felons 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z The landmark 1965 legislation was passed at the peak of the civil rights movement, after decades of southern states' systematic disenfranchisement of black citizens. Louisiana electoral map: Supreme Court boosts black voters in gerrymandering case 2023-06-26T04:00:00Z Though the Three-Fifths Clause was eventually repealed in 1868, the political disenfranchisement of Black citizens persisted until the civil rights era and beyond. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z The center’s president and CEO, Vangela M. Wade, said Mississippi lawmakers must repeal the disenfranchisement provisions that were enacted for racist reasons. Supreme Court won’t hear challenge to Mississippi’s Jim Crow-era ban on voting after some felonies 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z “But at least spare everyone the Trumpian spectacle of your blaming the victims for their disenfranchisement and lack of fully effective government.” Democrats push for D.C. statehood amid latest crime hearing on Capitol Hill 2023-05-17T04:00:00Z The state's felon disenfranchisement policy has been shown to have a disproportionate impact on Black Mississippians, nearly 29,000 of whom were disenfranchised between 1994 and 2017, according to court filings. US Supreme Court won't scrutinize Mississippi curb on voting by felons 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z Throughout U.S. history, I see three main periods of legislative disenfranchisement in which legislative bodies have voted to expel members. Expert: US has long history of silencing Black officials and disenfranchising their constituents 2023-05-17T04:00:00Z “It’s a complete misuse of the word disenfranchisement from people who, by the way, are still working to disenfranchise folks.” Texas Republicans Push New Voting Restrictions Aimed at Houston 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z In 2013, the high court significantly weakened the Voting Rights Act, removing South Carolina and other Southern states, with their history of Black disenfranchisement, from Department of Justice oversight. Rep. James Clyburn saves his South Carolina seat — at a big cost to Democrats 2023-05-05T04:00:00Z But for many Black Americans, it’s also being pitched as the answer to decades of financial disenfranchisement. Advice | Crypto is not the key to Black generational wealth 2023-04-26T04:00:00Z They also discussed syntax, sometimes getting bogged down by a single word, like a debate on whether fourth-graders would understand the term “disenfranchisement.” After months of controversy, Va. approves new school history standards 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z With this new activism came another "white backlash" in the form of legislative disenfranchisement. Expert: US has long history of silencing Black officials and disenfranchising their constituents 2023-05-17T04:00:00Z Despite that ruling, voting rights advocates say a “de facto disenfranchisement” exists because of mistakes over eligibility and the difficulties that detainees and prisoners face in registering or voting. Push to expand voting rights in US for those held in jails 2023-03-25T04:00:00Z She was “pained” that Duncan was welcomed at the school because his previous work and words had caused “harm” to students, including the “absolute disenfranchisement of their rights.” Opinion | Expensively credentialed, negligibly educated Stanford brats threw a tantrum 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z “The civil unrest brought issues of equity and disenfranchisement to the fore,” said Holden, the California diversity law author. Companies are diversifying their corporate boards. But Latinos are left behind 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z One D.C.-based group said he was embracing “the oppression, the disenfranchisement and the outright discrimination woven throughout our history.” Biden team struggling to adapt to GOP power on Capitol Hill 2023-03-05T05:00:00Z Labour claimed the government was "risking widespread disenfranchisement" 72 days before the May elections. Voter ID: Only 1% of eligible voters apply to government scheme 2023-02-21T05:00:00Z The 25-year-old, awaiting trial on a weapons charge, is part of a group not always mentioned in discussions about voting disenfranchisement. Push to expand voting rights in US for those held in jails 2023-03-25T04:00:00Z In 2020, James helped lead the “More Than A Vote” movement, which included registration and early-vote drives and stressed the need for people - particularly Black voters - to get to the polls to fight disenfranchisement. LeBron’s off-court legacy complements his basketball success 2023-02-03T05:00:00Z In 2020, James helped lead the “More Than A Vote” movement, which included registration and early-vote drives and stressed the need for people — particularly Black voters — to get to the polls to fight disenfranchisement. LeBron’s off-court legacy complements his basketball success 2023-02-02T05:00:00Z Decades of research — in many disciplines — have documented how generations of racism, disenfranchisement, and uneven policing disproportionately direct Black people, poor people, and other marginalized groups into the criminal justice system. Criminologists, looking to biology for insight, stir a racist past 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z African American voters were cowed into disenfranchisement; newly elected Black lawmakers were driven from office. The Reconstruction that wasn't: A new book aims to bust post-Civil War myths 2023-01-17T05:00:00Z “And what it will ultimately lead to is the disenfranchisement of folks. For example, they don’t make jackets or blazers for women who are pregnant. That can be very uncomfortable.” Missouri State Lawmakers Revise Their Dress Code for Women 2023-01-15T05:00:00Z "Nobody should be celebrating the disenfranchisement of Wisconsin voters, least of all an election official serving on the Wisconsin Elections Commission." "Incredibly racist": Wisconsin GOP official boasts about suppressing Black, Hispanic voters 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z Montana has the smallest percentage of Black residents in the country, and the largest minority group in the state, Native Americans, have faced entrenched disenfranchisement since securing the right to vote in 1924. How Montana Took a Hard Right Turn Toward Christian Nationalism 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z The voter disenfranchisement lawsuit filed in King County Superior Court to eliminate the signature verification process for our election ballots is misguided. Ballot verification: Signature checks aren’t disenfranchisement 2022-12-16T05:00:00Z She issued a statement attacking the county, vowing, “I will continue to fight for the appropriate remedy to the mass voter disenfranchisement that clearly affected the outcome of this election.” Kari Lake was unflinchingly loyal to Trump. Then her campaign unraveled. 2022-12-12T05:00:00Z She acknowledged that Kemp was governor but refused to concede, saying widespread voter disenfranchisement had tilted the race in Kemp’s favor. Does Stacey Abrams’s model for engaging voters die with her election loss? 2022-12-10T05:00:00Z Our Statement regarding WEC Commissioner Bob Spindell's comments about targeted suppression and disenfranchisement of Black communities in the city of Milwaukee. "Incredibly racist": Wisconsin GOP official boasts about suppressing Black, Hispanic voters 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z Some of the claims in Ms. Lake’s lawsuit centered on long lines and other problems on Election Day in Maricopa County that she alleges led to voter disenfranchisement. Kari Lake Sues Arizona’s Largest County, Seeking to Overturn Her Defeat 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z Election concerns have been the providence of certain Republicans of late, but a voter disenfranchisement lawsuit filed in King County Superior Court comes from the other side of the political spectrum. Improve, don’t abandon, ballot verification 2022-12-06T05:00:00Z But in fact there has been no sign of widespread voter disenfranchisement, because voters who encountered problems were able to cast ballots via backup systems or at other polling locations. Arizona Certifies Midterm Results After G.O.P. Resistance 2022-12-05T05:00:00Z Ms. Judd described the move as a protest over the election in Maricopa County, where Republican candidates have claimed — with no evidence — widespread voter disenfranchisement, largely as a result of ballot printing errors. G.O.P.-Controlled County in Arizona Holds Up Election Results 2022-11-28T05:00:00Z During public comment before the vote on Monday, people called the election “rife with disenfranchisement,” requested the election be redone and called on county election officials to resign. Pennsylvania county deadlocks on certifying election results 2022-11-28T05:00:00Z Ms. Lake has claimed her defeat was the result of the “disenfranchisement” of her supporters in Maricopa County, which includes Phoenix and where technical problems on Election Day introduced delays, confusion and conspiracy theories. Kari Lake Claims Her Voters Were Disenfranchised. Her Voters Tell a Different Story. 2022-11-19T05:00:00Z A day earlier, she said malfunctions in Maricopa amounted to voter disenfranchisement. After midterms, relieved U.S. election officials look to 2024 race 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z Still, in a monologue Monday morning on his “War Room” radio show, Bannon railed against Maricopa County, describing the Election Day glitches as “an active disenfranchisement of voters in Arizona on the world stage.” Inside Kari Lake’s war room, where Republicans are grappling with defeat 2022-11-14T05:00:00Z The lack of broad disenfranchisement isn’t necessarily a sign that everyone who wanted to vote could; there’s no good way to tell why certain voters didn’t cast a ballot. Election Day saw few major problems, despite new voting laws 2022-11-13T05:00:00Z Ms. Whitmer promoted major investments in K-12 education and infrastructure and vowed to protect the right to abortion and stop the disenfranchisement of voters. Gov. Whitmer Wins Tough Re-election Race Over Dixon in Michigan 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z “This is the total disenfranchisement of rural voters,” Russell told Reuters. Voting machine problems in battleground Arizona seized on by Trump, election deniers 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z Tennessee also has the highest rate of disenfranchisement among its Latino community — just over 8%. How Tennessee disenfranchised 21% of its Black citizens 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z "No one should be allowed to continue pretending that the ugly reverberations of Israel's decadeslong subjugation, disenfranchisement, and oppression of Palestinians hasn't reached their ears," he argued. "Shocked and horrified": Alarm as Netanyahu set to form Israel's most right-wing government ever 2022-11-04T04:00:00Z “Whether this is blatant incompetence or purposeful deceit, the end result is the same: textbook voter disenfranchisement,” Kelly said in a statement Tuesday. Some voters cast wrong ballots in split Nashville district, election officials say 2022-11-01T04:00:00Z “We are committed to populations for whom disenfranchisement is common,” Dr. Artis said. The Pandemic Generation Goes to College. It Has Not Been Easy. 2022-11-01T04:00:00Z “Thus, claims of confusion and disenfranchisement ring hollow.” Wisconsin ballot spoiling is a no-go after court upholds ban 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z The reality of disenfranchisement in Tennessee received some national attention recently around the case of a Memphis woman, Pamela Moses. How Tennessee disenfranchised 21% of its Black citizens 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z As Ms. Haven wrote, felony disenfranchisement disproportionately affects minorities. Opinion | Incarcerated people deserve the right to vote 2022-10-24T04:00:00Z Du Bois pointed out that poor whites, politically allied with rich Southern plantation owners, were complicit in their disenfranchisement. Why the book bans and censorship? Those who rule want to crush knowledge — and freedom 2022-10-18T04:00:00Z Khondoker said the group will be “hypervigilant about election administration issues, disenfranchisement, criminalization of both voters and everyday good volunteerism activities.” Groups mobilize to help voters confronting new election laws 2022-10-16T04:00:00Z Oppressed people should be joining together to eradicate racism and disenfranchisement of all people. How the star of 'Till' found the strength to play 'the mother lode' of roles 2022-10-14T04:00:00Z The disenfranchisement such a measure would establish is also a first step down the dangerous and well-trodden path of dehumanization, which as history teaches can lead to the disposal of those deemed undesirable. Yes, democracy is in trouble — but "age caps" aren't the solution 2022-10-09T04:00:00Z Leaders from all sides agreed that the growing disenfranchisement among young people in Leicester’s South Asian community could become kindling for extremist views to take root. Tensions That Roiled English City Have Roots in India 2022-10-02T04:00:00Z Areas of focus include bereavement and grief, single parenting, gambling addiction, relapse prevention, codependency and issues of diversity and disenfranchisement. Use these mental health resources to help yourself — or anyone else 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z Laws were put into place to reestablish a system of economic and political disenfranchisement for Black Americans. The First Lady of Engineering: Lost Women of Science Podcast, Season 3, Episode 1 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z This is as much a story about Cara’s interior life and the human connections she makes as it is about her external disenfranchisement as an immigrant woman with limited financial and educational resources. Review | ‘How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water’ is an ode to human connection 2022-09-11T04:00:00Z It dealt with pervasive, long-standing disenfranchisement of voters of color, especially Black voters. How Justice Scalia created chaos: "Originalism" is just right-wing ideology in disguise 2022-09-11T04:00:00Z Felony disenfranchisement, along with poll taxes, literacy tests and byzantine voter registration procedures, was among the most effective tools used by racist Southern legislators to effectively nullify the Reconstruction amendments to the U.S. Jim Crow lives again: Florida and Mississippi turn back the clock on voting rights 2022-09-03T04:00:00Z Vangela M. Wade, the center’s president and CEO, said the ruling “doubles down” on years of Black disenfranchisement. Court: Mississippi can continue blocking felons from voting 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z If you have legal skills, volunteer your time to one of the legal organizations that are fighting voter disenfranchisement. Rep. Adam Schiff on Jan. 6, Trump's coup and the "worst-case scenario" for America's future 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z Du Bois conducted sociological investigations of Black life in America, specifically the disenfranchisement of Black Americans and the pervasive nature of racism, including how it can influence how people of color see themselves. Writing Guide 2021-12-21T00:00:00Z Ethnicity has shaped Kenyan politics for decades, leading to rampant corruption and disenfranchisement and, sometimes around elections, full-blown violence. How a Kenyan Power Broker Lost His Stronghold, Then the Presidency 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z If officials in Florida ignored the public will and embraced felony disenfranchisement, federal judges in the Mississippi case ignored the state's ignominious past and its hateful present. Jim Crow lives again: Florida and Mississippi turn back the clock on voting rights 2022-09-03T04:00:00Z Attempts at African American disenfranchisement continued until the civil rights struggle of the 1960s finally brought about the Voting Rights Act of 1965. American Government 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z Leadership hired consultants and began to look for ways to reach disillusioned voters, combat misinformation in elections and effectively respond to society's escalating racial issues, including the disenfranchisement of people of color. The GOP turns against the League of Women Voters 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z That allowed the rise of Jim Crow and nearly a century of racial terror and disenfranchisement, consignment to the lowest jobs and opportunities, inferior education, all the horrors of Jim Crow. Beyond the right-wing panic: Why "critical race theory" actually matters 2022-08-13T04:00:00Z But those involved and people close to the protesters said it was a natural progression of frustration and disenfranchisement, especially in parts of western Canada, where resentment towards Ottawa has simmered for decades. In protests and politics, Canada's 'Freedom Convoy' reverberates 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z Contributing to the New Hope of the Forward Party is the growing disenfranchisement and general distaste the American voting public feels toward those they've actually placed in office. Is Andrew Yang finally ready for his closeup? His likely-to-fail third party depends on it 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z Just weeks after the indictment and suspension, the civil rights group held a screening of “Selma,” followed by a panel discussion about the disenfranchisement of Black voters in the 10th District. Column: How the fight over a City Council seat is tearing apart Black Los Angeles 2022-07-22T04:00:00Z Florida's history of felon disenfranchisement dates back to 1838, when the state's first constitution prohibited people convicted of bribery or assorted "high crimes and misdemeanors" from voting. A government official helped them register. Now they’ve been charged with voter fraud 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z And it is thematically consistent with a public life that was forged in Mississippi when disenfranchisement was achieved by chicanery, intimidation and violence. ‘He Took Jan. 6 Personally’ 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z “D.C.’s disenfranchisement is a stain on American democracy — a 220-year-old wrong that demands to be righted.” D.C. mayor adds star to U.S. flag for Flag Day statehood demonstration 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z “Although the covenants are morally repugnant, they are part of a documented history of disenfranchisement of a people,” the unanimous court wrote. ‘We’re not colorblind’: Two years after George Floyd, WA Supreme Court tries to chart a different path on race 2022-06-12T04:00:00Z The document is broken down into 13 chapters that delve into different forms of discrimination, such as racial terror, political disenfranchisement, housing segregation, racial terror and separate and unequal education. California task force suggests reparations in report detailing lasting harms of slavery 2022-06-01T04:00:00Z Michigan GOP Chairman Ron Weiser also criticized the decision, arguing in a statement that the party was "fighting against voter disenfranchisement." “Embarrassing”: Even Republicans fume at Michigan GOP for defending candidates busted for fraud 2022-05-28T04:00:00Z Khondoker told the group the new legislation has added a new level of confusion for already overstretched election officials, adding, "That confusion can lead to disenfranchisement." Facing Trump-inspired voter limits, Democrats gird for legal battles 2022-05-16T04:00:00Z That regime remained entrenched for most of American history, and important aspects persisted even after sex-based disenfranchisement became unconstitutional in 1920. Opinion | On Roe, Alito cites a judge who treated women as witches and property 2022-05-09T04:00:00Z Although incomes varied among the tenants, most of them are Black and Latino, and they shared an understanding of the long history of redlining and housing disenfranchisement in Black communities. A landlord ‘underestimated’ his tenants. Now they could own the building 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z This period of difficulty, of dissolution, disenfranchisement, loss, confusion, was sparked by a moral shift. Pete Townshend on the state of the Who and creating a dream supergroup with Led Zeppelin 2022-05-05T04:00:00Z "Felony disenfranchisement is an animating principle of the social contract at the heart of every great republic dating back to the founding of ancient Greece and Rome," Reeves wrote last week while announcing his veto. Mississippi's GOP governor vetoes bipartisan bill to curtail Jim Crow-era voting restriction 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z State officials take very seriously any claims of disenfranchisement or burdens on the right to vote, Belinfante said. Georgia elections lawsuit backed by Abrams goes to trial 2022-04-11T04:00:00Z The Republican lawmakers “trotted out one of the oldest racial tropes known to man in response to concerns about minority disenfranchisement,” Judge Walker wrote. Judge Rules Parts of Florida Voting Law Are Unconstitutional 2022-03-31T04:00:00Z They cited evidence presented during the trial that the felony disenfranchisement laws stemmed from a Reconstruction-era effort to intentionally prevent Black residents from voting. NC trial judges again allow more felony offenders to vote 2022-03-28T04:00:00Z "The new voting laws brought on by Senate Bill 1 are leading to the disenfranchisement of Harris County's most vulnerable populations, including communities of color, the elderly, and voters with disabilities." “Throwback to Jim Crow”: New data shows Texas voting law disproportionately impacts Black voters 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z Felony disenfranchisement was first couched into state law in the 1890s, when the Mississippi Supreme Court officially precluded people convicted of certain crimes – like arson, armed robbery, bribery, embezzlement, extortion – from voting. Mississippi's GOP governor vetoes bipartisan bill to curtail Jim Crow-era voting restriction 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z Other candidates raised concern that the change, in the middle of summer vacation season, could cause confusion and disenfranchisement. Maryland’s high court takes up gerrymandering case that delayed state’s elections 2022-03-23T04:00:00Z But some observers worried that pushing the election into prime vacation season could prompt voter confusion or disenfranchisement. Maryland court delays state’s primary until July amid redistricting challenge 2022-03-15T04:00:00Z The election commission said the pandemic justified the relaxed rules and warned that not making the changes would have resulted in the disenfranchisement of voters in residential care facilities. Wisconsin probe finds 2020 election riddled with nursing home voting fraud 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z “We have to consider jury disenfranchisement based on prior convictions not only an issue of restoring our felons into society but a racial justice issue,” said Elizabeth Hilliard with the Maryland Public Defenders Office. Maryland bill would allow people convicted of felonies to serve on juries 2022-02-20T05:00:00Z You put Elian Gonzalez at center stage of the election, but there were other factors — the disenfranchisement of Black voters, Gore saying “lockbox” seven times in one debate. Not a fan of America in the Darkest Timeline? Blame Florida and the year 2000 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z Agriculture Secretary Nikki Fried, a gubernatorial candidate and the only statewide elected Democrat, also called for the Justice Department to investigate reports of "election interference and voter disenfranchisement." Florida prosecutor investigating after elderly voters registered as Republicans without consent 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z They also served as a corridor to an arsenal of sophisticated legal and political weaponry — all of it useful in the struggle to combat disenfranchisement, segregation and anti-blackness in general. How the Black-Jewish alliance changed America — and today's struggle for voting rights 2022-02-06T05:00:00Z Given these recent developments, and the long history of racist disenfranchisement of Black voters in the South, some Lincoln County voters say they would be foolish not to suspect that they are being targeted. In a Georgia County, Deep Distrust Over a Plan to Close Polling Places 2022-01-25T05:00:00Z But Republicans don't face similarly harsh questions about their opposition to voting rights, or why they think it's acceptable to systematically target people of color for disenfranchisement. Media messes up coverage of voting rights, blames Biden for GOP's racism 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z Vice-president Kamala Harris on Monday warned that the right to vote in America was “under assault” and tens of millions of Americans faced potential disenfranchisement unless threatened voting rights legislation was passed by US lawmakers. Senate poised to take up Democrats’ doomed voting rights bill – live 2022-01-18T05:00:00Z Suppression of those efforts, he argued, foretold the lynchings, disenfranchisement and segregation that troubled the Jim Crow South. Perspective | Nine decades later, W.E.B. Du Bois’s work faces familiar criticisms 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z People’s reasoning for what they considered acceptable violence against the government varied, from what they considered to be overreaching coronavirus restrictions, to the disenfranchisement of minority voters, to the oppression of Americans. 1 in 3 Americans say violence against government can be justified, citing fears of political schism, pandemic 2022-01-01T05:00:00Z “Resultingly, Howard Alumni in their entirety, which includes plaintiffs, have been injured via their disenfranchisement at the highest level of the university’s governance,” the suit claims. Lawsuit claims Howard University governing board is ‘illegally’ excluding students, alumni and faculty 2021-12-13T05:00:00Z The government argues the free voter ID card it is introducing will guard against disenfranchisement, and official survey data shows 98% of voters hold some form of photo ID. Voter ID: MPs urge government to rethink plans for election checks 2021-12-12T05:00:00Z They were created as an effort to fix historic minority voter disenfranchisement in the northwest part of the city, said Ely, who has worked on Pasadena redistricting since the early 1990s. Does Pasadena's Rose Parade disenfranchise voters? 2021-12-12T05:00:00Z As it turns out, the endless negativity in politics for some reason overwhelmingly leads to voter disenfranchisement by choice. Biden and Putin kick off Christmas season with "useful meeting" — while Trump plays Grinch 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z It is about workers’ rights and Black communities standing against disenfranchisement. Dominique Morisseau on art, activism and ending 'Paradise Blue's’ West Coast run 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z A third internal report pointed to racial groups with low historical voter participation rates as one of the main subsets of Facebook users facing an elevated risk from voter disenfranchisement efforts. Facebook struggled with disinformation targeted at Latinos, leaked documents show 2021-11-16T05:00:00Z "He was a president of an undemocratic and racist society... who led on the basis of the political and economic disenfranchisement of the majority Black population of South Africa." South Africa reacts to the death of last white president FW de Klerk 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z It actually more resembles the party of Jefferson — the party of states’ rights, segregation and disenfranchisement. Opinion | Morphing political beliefs in our political parties 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z He wrote not one word about the 220 years of disenfranchisement of his brothers and sisters in the District of Columbia. Opinion | A stunted statehood movement 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z Any slim hope that the courts might be the remedy to D.C.’s historic disenfranchisement was erased with last week’s decision. Opinion | The court says D.C. disenfranchisement isn’t unconstitutional. It’s still un-American. 2021-10-10T04:00:00Z “These commercial data companies have a long history of producing flawed lists, which have resulted in the disenfranchisement of eligible voters,” he said. Arizona ballot review commissioned by Republicans reaffirms Biden’s victory 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z It was the biggest voter disenfranchisement effort in recent American history. Opinion | The Jan. 6 attack demands that we protect voting rights 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z Another North Carolina court found last month, coincidentally, that the state's felon disenfranchisement law is unconstitutional. NC court strikes down GOP voter ID law: “Unconstitutional intent to target African American voters” 2021-09-20T04:00:00Z Already, the future for those caught in what has been described as the largest mass disenfranchisement project of the 21st century looks bleak. ‘They Are Manufacturing Foreigners’: How India Disenfranchises Muslims 2021-09-15T04:00:00Z Both America and Canada have a long legacy of disenfranchisement, which is a term for restricting certain kinds of people from voting. Canada election: Why it’s easier to vote in Canada than the US 2021-09-18T04:00:00Z Similarly, the political determinants of health, including the unequal distribution of power in society and the growing disenfranchisement of certain populations, are increasingly recognized as critical to health equity. A State-by-State Approach to Closing the Health Equity Gap 2021-09-15T04:00:00Z A recurring theme in the speeches at the Lincoln Memorial was the disenfranchisement of formerly incarcerated Americans. Opinion | Readers critique The Post: Abysmal coverage of the Paralympic Games 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z When she was born, Black disenfranchisement was not hidden nor was it cloaked in dog-whistle politics. Why America needs the Black church for its own survival 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z Their witnesses included a historian who said felony disenfranchisement had origins from a Reconstruction-era effort to intentionally prevent Black residents from voting. NC appeals court stops for now voting restoration for felons 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z The post-2001 government’s neglect, combined with rampant corruption, graft and ethnic infighting, fueled disillusion and disenfranchisement among Tajik, Turkmen and Uzbek populations. Perspective | Five myths about the Taliban 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z “There is no denying the insidious, discriminatory history surrounding voter disenfranchisement and efforts for voting rights restoration in North Carolina,” Bell and Gregory’s order read. Judges won’t delay NC voting rights restoration for felons 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z She would like to focus on voter disenfranchisement, an issue she doesn’t think is talked about enough. 3 first-time candidates challenge Bellevue City Council incumbent Conrad Lee 2021-07-27T04:00:00Z In the letter, posted on various social media accounts, the group accuses all White people in the neighborhood of being complicit in the historical mistreatment and disenfranchisement of minorities. Dallas Whites pressured to pledge they won’t send their children to top schools 2021-07-26T04:00:00Z Lawmakers also adopted felony disenfranchisement, while also imposing employment and other social barriers for people caught in drug sweeps. 50-year war on drugs imprisoned millions of Black Americans 2021-07-20T04:00:00Z “Most importantly, given the complaints of selective disenfranchisement, strict ID requirements do not decrease the participation of ethnic minorities relative to whites,” they said. Conflicting, contradictory results from studies of alleged racism, voter suppression in election law 2021-07-13T04:00:00Z The two judges pointed to evidence presented at last week’s trial that felony disenfranchisement had origins from a Reconstruction-era effort to intentionally prevent Black residents from voting. Judges won’t delay NC voting rights restoration for felons 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z The resulting confusion and disenfranchisement that arise in Native communities are depressingly predictable. Opinion | Native voters are clearing hurdles. That’s why some politicians want to make them higher. 2021-07-09T04:00:00Z The Lost Cause mythology, the commission added, helped justify segregation in housing, employment and education and the disenfranchisement of Black voters. Charlottesville Removes Robert E. Lee Statue at Center of White Nationalist Rally 2021-07-09T04:00:00Z Concerns about voter disenfranchisement, turnout or ballot exhaustion, documented previously by Salon, certainly played a role. Don’t blame ranked-choice voting for the NYC Board of Election’s mayoral primary debacle 2021-07-01T04:00:00Z In outlets like National Review, columnists justify disenfranchisement of liberal constituencies on the grounds that “it would be far better if the franchise were not exercised by ignorant, civics-illiterate people.” Opinion | The Cruel Logic of the Republican Party, Before and After Trump 2021-06-26T04:00:00Z Nonetheless, the hearing shined a spotlight on the continuing injustice of the disenfranchisement of the residents who live in the nation’s capital. Opinion | The preposterous arguments against D.C. statehood are on full display 2021-06-24T04:00:00Z Senate Republicans voted in lockstep on Tuesday to block the landmark voting rights bill, in effect embracing the disenfranchisement of non-White voters under the “big lie” justification that widespread voter fraud denied Donald Trump reelection. Opinion | Republicans just proved critical race theory correct 2021-06-22T04:00:00Z “We will not quit until we achieve full democracy. … We will keep pushing until D.C.’s tragic disenfranchisement is rectified.” DC statehood facing long odds in the Senate 2021-06-22T04:00:00Z Interviews with dozens of early voters across the city in recent days suggest that while there may be pockets of concern about the new system, the fears of confusion and talk of disenfranchisement are overblown. Here’s How New Yorkers Feel About Ranked-Choice Voting 2021-06-21T04:00:00Z The meeting came amid rumblings by many in the civil rights community that Biden and his administration weren’t doing enough to thwart what activists fear could become the greatest disenfranchisement since Reconstruction. With voting rights role, Harris takes on weightiest challenge yet as vice president 2021-06-02T04:00:00Z Graf added that the novel was essentially about "the disenfranchisement of a hitherto respected and well-off citizen". The Passenger: Lost German novel makes UK bestseller list 83 years on 2021-05-17T04:00:00Z When you elect people who don’t do that, work for people who don’t do that and obey people who don’t do that, you’re creating circumstances for disenfranchisement. Sebastian Junger coped with loss by taking a long walk to ‘Freedom’ 2021-05-17T04:00:00Z Apartheid is the organizing principle that connects all these forms of colonization and transfer, disenfranchisement and oppression, domination and supremacy. Perspective | Israel has chosen a two-tiered society. Violence is the inevitable result. 2021-05-14T04:00:00Z The 2000 election must have reinforced their belief that Democratic vote suppression and disenfranchisement was a winning strategy because Republicans immediately set about using the federal government to get the job done. Joe Manchin's folly: Republicans don't want bipartisanship — they want power 2021-05-14T04:00:00Z For the sake of our democracy, and the correction of the ongoing injustice of disenfranchisement of our citizens, as an unrepresented citizen living in D.C., Opinion | Mr. Manchin is wrong on D.C. statehood 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z Jones also wants to create a unit to stop voter disenfranchisement and establish satellite attorney general’s offices across the state to stay abreast of local issues. Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring’s stiffest election challenge may come from his own party 2021-05-04T04:00:00Z But there too, Mozley homed in on systems of landownership, tenancy and disenfranchisement — all of which she circles back to in the raucous neighborhood of Soho. Review: A fight for home and history in a novel of gentrifying London 2021-04-21T04:00:00Z And it is as much a story of economic disenfranchisement as it is a meditation on the American myth of individuals seeking freedom on the road. Architecture of the unsettled: Oscars' best picture nominees reveal an America in transition 2021-04-21T04:00:00Z The full disenfranchisement followed a brief flourishing of biracial democracy, not just in D.C. but also across the country. How White fears of ‘Negro domination’ kept D.C. disenfranchised for decades 2021-04-14T04:00:00Z In 1870, during Reconstruction, Congress adopted the 15th Amendment, outlawed disenfranchisement on the basis of race and created the Justice Department in part to empower Black voters. Opinion | Now is the time for a Third Reconstruction — abolishing Jim Crow once and for all 2021-04-12T04:00:00Z Critics say the new law is too restrictive and will lead to voter disenfranchisement. NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week 2021-04-09T04:00:00Z Among those at risk of disenfranchisement, after all, are these companies’ customers and employees. Opinion | Republicans’ unexpected rupture with corporate America 2021-04-08T04:00:00Z But none of that is as important as the disenfranchisement of fellow citizens by the very government elected to serve them. Dear Hollywood, silence on Georgia voting law is not an option 2021-03-31T04:00:00Z Speakers pointed out the bill’s dubious legality, its de facto permission for the state to wrest control of county elections, its crippling cost burden, its blatant disenfranchisement of minority, immigrant, working-class voters. Opinion | Georgia Republicans were quiet about their attack on voting rights, but, oh, did they laugh 2021-03-27T04:00:00Z "One person, one vote" is used to push voter disenfranchisement laws. Philosopher Jason Stanley: Fascism's definitely not beaten — but there's reason for hope 2021-03-29T04:00:00Z In our popular imagination, the snarling legacy of disenfranchisement does not as easily attach to Asian America, writ large. Perspective | Why don’t we treat Asian American history the way we treat Black history? 2021-03-26T04:00:00Z It would seek to restore elements of the Voting Rights Act that were struck down by the Supreme Court in 2013, a decision that Democrats say left minority voters vulnerable to disenfranchisement. Voting rights, hate crimes on Senate’s ‘big, bold’ agenda 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z She said that tying civil disenfranchisement to crime “is about taking power away from certain communities, most specifically communities of color.” Bill restoring voting rights to Washingtonians with felonies heads to Gov. Inslee for signature 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z The narrower bill would seek to restore elements of the Voting Rights Act that were struck down by the Supreme Court in 2013, a decision that Democrats say left minority voters vulnerable to disenfranchisement. Democrats plan Senate action on hate crimes, voting rights 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z “Making progress on protecting people from disenfranchisement efforts and from gun violence — all of that probably can’t be done as long as the filibuster is still in place.” Biden urges gun controls as another mass shooting alters his pandemic-relief tour 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z Even as more states adopted voting by mail, AP reporting showed the process is viewed skeptically by Black voters because of historical disenfranchisement and distrust of government institutions. One very jumbled year: Glimpses of AP’s pandemic journalism 2021-03-13T05:00:00Z This evaluation of adequate alternatives, to make sure states impose no danger of disenfranchisement, contrasts sharply with the approach taken by H.R. Opinion | Saving voting rights is an emergency. Here’s a modest fix Republicans might support. 2021-03-08T05:00:00Z The requirement fell under the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the civil rights era law that curtailed the disenfranchisement of Blacks in the South. In Georgia, Republicans Take Aim at Role of Black Churches in Elections 2021-03-06T05:00:00Z In the last quarter of the 19th century, African Americans increasingly faced segregation and disenfranchisement. Review | He escaped a lynch mob, then sued its members in court 2021-02-19T05:00:00Z This year, 19 states have introduced bills to restore voting rights or ease felony disenfranchisement policies. The fight for voting rights — in 2021 2021-02-19T05:00:00Z “It’s a form of disenfranchisement, and it’s not just from guys that stormed the Capitol. It’s from the government itself.” In Philadelphia, a mass vaccination clinic opened with fanfare, then closes amid rifts of trust 2021-02-14T05:00:00Z “We were able to make the Washington team a symbol of systemic racism and disenfranchisement. But when FedEx, Nike and large corporations got involved, that was the final straw.” ‘End racism,’ the NFL implored. So what about the Chiefs’ name? 2021-02-05T05:00:00Z Black disenfranchisement wasn’t the goal from D.C.’s start; rather, it resulted from the confluence of population growth, demographic shifts and the Framers’ quest for neutrality at the center of government. Opinion | Scrap the filibuster and make D.C. a state 2021-01-29T05:00:00Z Sept. 22: Thomas Andrews, the U.N. human rights investigator to Myanmar, says polls will fail to meet international standards because of the disenfranchisement of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya. Timeline: Events in troubled Myanmar since Suu Kyi's NLD party came to power 2021-02-01T05:00:00Z There were no reports of widespread system meltdowns, voter disenfranchisement or fraud. GOP lawmakers seek tougher voting rules after record turnout 2021-01-31T05:00:00Z In an interview, Ms. Boockvar said the purpose of the hearings was to further undermine voters’ confidence in democracy and to “lay the groundwork for disenfranchisement.’ After Record Turnout, Republicans Are Trying to Make It Harder to Vote 2021-01-30T05:00:00Z Independent rights groups before and after the polls criticized the disenfranchisement of Rohingya Muslims and the cancellation of the vote in certain areas. Myanmar military denies claims it was threatening a coup 2021-01-30T05:00:00Z It is part of a long history of African American disenfranchisement, as old as the United States, whose Constitution counted our enslaved ancestors as three-fifths of a person. Opinion | Scrap the filibuster and make D.C. a state 2021-01-29T05:00:00Z Fond du Lac County GOP Chairman Rohn Bishop, who called efforts to invalidate the election results disenfranchisement, said the response from Trump supporters “almost broke me.” In evenly split Wisconsin, partisan divides may only grow 2021-01-30T05:00:00Z That hopeful progress was destroyed by the Ku Klux Klan’s reign of terror, Black Codes and Jim Crow laws created by Southern governors and state legislatures, along with the deliberate disenfranchisement of Black Americans. Opinion | Democrats have prevailed, but Trumpism is still here. We can’t be complacent. 2021-01-29T05:00:00Z “We’ve been studying the true impact that Memorial inflicted on our neighbors through housing segregation and redlining, through disenfranchisement of Black voters, and through inequity in school and youth programs here in Baltimore.” Church established by slave owners creates reparations fund 2021-01-29T05:00:00Z Allen called on congressional leadership to find a way to boost security without walling off the complex, saying the issue reflects the disenfranchisement of D.C. residents who live in a district that lacks statehood. Police want to permanently fence off U.S. Capitol, prompting outrage from D.C mayor and some lawmakers 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z Allen called on congressional leadership to find a way to boost security without walling off the complex saying the issue reflects the disenfranchisement of D.C. residents who live in a district that lacks statehood. Proposal for permanent Capitol fence draws ire 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z It is shocking to a lot of people how much they didn’t know about the various forms disenfranchisement has taken over our history. 'All In' sheds light on flaws in the system, finds hope in fighting voter suppression 2021-01-26T05:00:00Z Most Senate Republicans, however, voted against the mass disenfranchisement of minority voters. Opinion | Many Republicans are choosing collective amnesia of Jan. 6. That would be disastrous. 2021-01-25T05:00:00Z It disseminates false accusations of voter fraud and then uses those accusations to justify voter suppression and disenfranchisement. Opinion | We Have to Make the Republican Party Less Dangerous 2021-01-22T05:00:00Z In June, House Democrats passed a bill to grant statehood to Washington, D.C., which would end one of the most appalling cases of systematic disenfranchisement in the country. Opinion | Democrats, Here’s How to Lose in 2022. And Deserve It. 2021-01-21T05:00:00Z Well, for starters, it’s worth remembering that almost every historically Black sorority and fraternity was formed in the early 1900s, in the ashes of slavery and at a time of deep disenfranchisement and overt racism. Column: How Kamala Harris' decision to join a sorority helped her become vice president 2021-01-21T05:00:00Z In exchange for certification of his election, Hayes ended federal interference in the South, ushering in widespread disenfranchisement of African Americans and the Jim Crow era. Relief, optimism, foreboding: Black Americans feel mixed emotions on Inauguration Day 2021-01-20T05:00:00Z The Supreme Court condoned this system, interpreting the 14th Amendment to protect corporations but not people of color; to permit disenfranchisement but not redistribution; to allow lynch mobs but not labor protections. Opinion | The challenges of teaching the Constitution in the age of Trump 2021-01-18T05:00:00Z “By deliberately promoting baseless theories suggesting the election was somehow stolen, the president created a combustible environment of misinformation, disenfranchisement and division,” Katko said. Led by Cheney, 10 House Republicans back Trump impeachment 2021-01-13T05:00:00Z I am actively still trying to find the funding and the support to film “Freeze Frame … Stop the Madness,” which is my dance-driven theater piece about disenfranchisement of Black and Latino youth in America. 'Grey's Anatomy,' now Kennedy Center Honors: Debbie Allen on hitting her peak 2021-01-13T05:00:00Z After meeting with Trump in December, Gosar vowed that he would "not accept disenfranchisement" of Trump voters and said "this sedition will be stopped." Lawmakers worry their own pro-Trump colleagues could aid potential plot to attack Capitol: report 2021-01-12T05:00:00Z But Mr. Gosar cast the meeting to his followers as a call to action, pledging not to “accept disenfranchisement” of those who voted for Mr. Trump. Before Capitol Riot, Republican Lawmakers Fanned the Flames 2021-01-11T05:00:00Z Mr. Graham said this deal permitted the disenfranchisement of African Americans and the imposition of Jim Crow. Opinion | The mob in our Capitol 2021-01-08T05:00:00Z Whether motivated by a sense of economic disenfranchisement or distrust of government, bigotry, conspiracy, or a belief that Trump is God’s way of preparing for the rapture, they shared a fealty to the president. ‘Our president wants us here’: the mob that stormed the Capitol 2021-01-09T05:00:00Z “This hiding in the shadows, hiding in the tents, hiding in the alleyways is undoubtedly the result of the criminality and the social disenfranchisement by the war on drugs,” he said. The powerful synthetic opioid fentanyl is behind rising deaths in the homeless population 2021-01-07T05:00:00Z These corrupt and violent deeds short-circuited Reconstruction in Georgia and started the state down the road to what would be nearly a century of disenfranchisement, segregation and lynching. Opinion | Georgia has come a long way to reach this moment 2021-01-06T05:00:00Z Thanks to Mr. Raffensperger and his team’s decision to record the call, there is no contesting what Mr. Trump was seeking: the disenfranchisement of millions of American voters. Editorial Roundup: New York 2021-01-06T05:00:00Z In the cause of his own advancement, the senator from Missouri is willing to endorse the disenfranchisement of millions of Americans — particularly voters of color — and justify the attempted theft of an election. Opinion | Josh Hawley’s heedless ambition is a threat to the republic 2020-12-31T05:00:00Z But supporting the challenge would mean reversing their recent stance, endorsing the disenfranchisement of millions of voters in swing states and potentially undercutting a new American president just as he prepares to take office. Hawley’s plan to contest electoral college vote certification ensures drawn-out process 2020-12-30T05:00:00Z Intensified income inequality went hand in hand with political disenfranchisement. After a year of hardship, let 2021 be an ‘answering year’ of justice and hope 2020-12-28T05:00:00Z Two Black mayoral candidates, Mr. Adams, the borough president of Brooklyn, and Mr. McGuire, a businessman, both expressed concerns about Black voter disenfranchisement. 5 Takeaways From the Mayor’s Race: A Subway Pledge and Police Scrutiny 2020-12-21T05:00:00Z “For years, its legacy was the disenfranchisement of the Native people of this country, of displacement, of cultural genocide.” In historic pick, Biden taps Haaland as interior secretary 2020-12-17T05:00:00Z The brief signed by Kaufer and the others sought to open the door to the disenfranchisement of millions to satisfy the bruised ego of a rejected president. Editorial Roundup: Pennsylvania 2020-12-16T05:00:00Z Abrams characterized Kemp, then secretary of state, as an architect of the disenfranchisement of hundreds of thousands of Georgians, mostly people of color, through an extensive culling of the state’s voter roll. Inside the ‘nasty’ feud between Trump and the Republican governor he blames for losing Georgia 2020-12-13T05:00:00Z The states also urged the justices to reject what they said was the radical remedy sought by Texas: the disenfranchisement of tens of millions of voters. In blistering retort, battleground states tell Texas to butt out of election 2020-12-10T05:00:00Z The credibility of democratic institutions and electoral politics, already deeply corrupted by PACs, the Electoral College, lobbyists, the disenfranchisement of third-party candidates, gerrymandering and voter suppression, is being eviscerated. The ruling elite's war on truth: America's leaders are increasingly disconnected from reality 2020-11-24T05:00:00Z Such feelings, along with a sense of disenfranchisement, currently grip many Americans, according to surveys. People Drawn to Conspiracy Theories Share a Cluster of Psychological Features 2020-11-23T05:00:00Z “In the United States of America, this cannot justify the disenfranchisement of a single voter, let alone all the voters of its sixth most populated state,” he wrote. Judge Dismisses Trump Lawsuit Seeking to Delay Certification in Pennsylvania 2020-11-21T05:00:00Z And the G.O.P. risks being seen as standing for disenfranchisement and the undemocratic position that a high level of voting is somehow detrimental. Duty or Party? For Republicans, a Test of Whether to Enable Trump 2020-11-21T05:00:00Z “In the United States of America, this cannot justify the disenfranchisement of a single voter, let alone all the voters of its sixth most populated state,” U.S. Trump’s quest to overturn election runs into quiet resistance from local and state Republicans 2020-11-21T05:00:00Z “There is no justification on any level for the radical disenfranchisement they seek,” Boockvar’s lawyers wrote in a brief filed Thursday. Judge throws out Trump bid to stop PA vote certification 2020-11-21T05:00:00Z “There is no justification on any level for the radical disenfranchisement they seek,” Boockvar’s lawyers wrote in a brief filed Thursday. Judge throws out Trump bid to stop PA vote certification 2020-11-21T05:00:00Z They cited “numerical anomalies” and “procedural irregularities” that would leave “the distrust and sense of procedural disenfranchisement felt by many Michigan voters to fester for years” if unresolved by the board. Michigan GOP and RNC ask state to delay certification as Monday deadline looms 2020-11-21T05:00:00Z There must be real consequence for open racism and attempted disenfranchisement, if Democrats hope to hold onto the voters who delivered victories for Biden in so many crucial states. A new #Resistance hero emerges amid the Trump endgame: The dutiful civil servant 2020-11-19T05:00:00Z But the Maricopa County Board of Elections, the State Director of Elections, and the State Attorney General all confirmed that the use of Sharpies did not result in disenfranchisement. Robert Reich debunks Trump’s post-election lies 2020-11-18T05:00:00Z “And then in the next breath, you now are trying to disqualify voters in cities with large Black populations, in ways that look like disenfranchisement and voter suppression.” The Cities Central to Fraud Conspiracy Theories Didn’t Cost Trump the Election 2020-11-16T05:00:00Z It also made state registration databases more critical: an attack that froze or sabotaged voter-registration data — by switching addresses, marking registered voters as unregistered or deleting voters entirely — risked mass digital disenfranchisement. Christopher Krebs Hasn’t Been Fired, Yet 2020-11-13T05:00:00Z Independent rights groups have criticized the disenfranchisement of the Muslim Rohingya ethnic minority and cancellation of the vote in certain areas. Official Myanmar vote count affirms Suu Kyi’s party control 2020-11-13T05:00:00Z What we don’t need is the last-minute court fights that change the rules in late October, disrupt previous decisions and cause disenfranchisement. Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent Wisconsin editorials 2020-11-11T05:00:00Z But what his office saw as maintaining voting records, others, like Ms Abrams, decried as disenfranchisement. Stacey Abrams: The woman behind Biden's biggest surprise 2020-11-09T05:00:00Z While enthusiasm was high in Yangon, analysts warned that the mass disenfranchisement of ethnic-minority voters could exacerbate tensions and ongoing civil conflict. Aung San Suu Kyi's party claims victory in Myanmar elections as ethnic tensions rise 2020-11-09T05:00:00Z Her government drew criticism from rights groups for how it conducted the election, with a focus on the disenfranchisement of the Rohingya minority. Suu Kyi’s party claims to have won majority in Myanmar polls 2020-11-09T05:00:00Z In September the UN human rights investigator to Myanmar said the election would fail to be free and fair because of the disenfranchisement of the mostly Muslim minority. Myanmar election: Aung San Suu Kyi win expected as vote count begins 2020-11-08T05:00:00Z Legal experts pointed out that the vote should have been suspended, not canceled outright, and wondered whether the disenfranchisement was a deliberate tactic by the governing party. Strong Turnout in Myanmar Shows Voters’ Support for Nascent Democracy 2020-11-08T05:00:00Z On Thursday, Brnovich’s office issued a letter saying it was satisfied that the mere use of the markers didn’t result in the disenfranchisement of voters. Lawyer: Remedies in Arizona’s Sharpie suit are unworkable 2020-11-05T05:00:00Z The judge later chided Mr. Breth for referring to “this disenfranchisement game.” With His Path to Re-election Narrowing, Trump Turns to the Courts 2020-11-04T05:00:00Z “The international community must unequivocally condemn the disenfranchisement of Rohingya and other ethnic nationalities or risk paving the path for future violations.” Suu Kyi’s party claims to have won majority in Myanmar polls 2020-11-09T05:00:00Z The report also referred to the disenfranchisement of felons and former felons. International observers say US elections 'tarnished' by Trump and uncertainty 2020-11-04T05:00:00Z He then minced no words in his rebuke of Trump for declaring victory prematurely late in the evening, accusing the president of disenfranchisement based on race. Michael Moore predicts Biden victory in post-election night analysis, calls Trump ‘bigot’ and ‘psychopath‘ 2020-11-04T05:00:00Z There is no evidence for Trump’s allegation of disenfranchisement. 'Authoritarian': Trump condemned for falsely claiming election victory 2020-11-04T05:00:00Z If anything, time has made “Recount” all the more pungent: To know that 20 years on we’ve learned nothing from the disenfranchisement it depicts is a form of electoral despair all its own. Doomscrolling? Distract yourself with these election-themed TV episodes 2020-11-03T05:00:00Z Desmond Meade, a voting rights campaigner in Florida, offered the most powerful words to describe his experience voting for the first time in more than 30 years after experiencing disenfranchisement. Black women shed blood, sweat and tears to gain a voice. Granny, this vote is for you 2020-11-03T05:00:00Z Here’s the good news: We hold in our hands the power to defeat this strategy of disenfranchisement, lies and lawlessness. Opinion | We can defeat Trump’s lies and lawlessness. We have to vote. 2020-11-02T05:00:00Z New Orleans Democratic Mayor LaToya Cantrell criticized the Republican-led secretary of state’s office Sunday for “failing to fulfill its duty” in providing the generators needed for polling sites, risking disenfranchisement of voters. Gulf storm damage cause polling place moves, power outages 2020-11-02T05:00:00Z “We focus on “What to do if there’s a coup?” so other groups can keep their focus on other important efforts: voter outreach, preventing voter disenfranchisement, defending vote-by-mail, and making things better whoever wins.” Leftist activists plan unrest in D.C., warn of a potential Trump coup after the election 2020-11-02T05:00:00Z Gore, the Equal Protection Clause forbids the state from luring "its voters into a procedurally arbitrary vote-by-mail trap that results in their disenfranchisement." Why Bush v. Gore Still Matters in 2020 2020-11-02T05:00:00Z There was widespread, unjust disenfranchisement of minorities in Florida, which the Gore campaign did little or nothing to challenge. Dear fellow progressives: The lesson of history is clear — vote for Joe Biden 2020-11-02T05:00:00Z When people talk about voter disenfranchisement, they often characterize it as an intentional act. Perspective | Voting while blind has brought frustration, confusion, tears — and lots of legal fights across the country 2020-10-31T04:00:00Z Sept. 22: Thomas Andrews, the U.N. human rights investigator to Myanmar, says the polls will fail to meet international standards because of the disenfranchisement of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya. Timeline: Myanmar's troubled recent past, ahead of November 8 polls 2020-10-30T04:00:00Z Mr Hudson is one of scores of activists pushing to prevent the mass disenfranchisement of up to 750,000 people in US jails. US election 2020: The 750,000 people you didn’t know could vote 2020-10-29T04:00:00Z It might take awhile, and the tragic story of disenfranchisement in the United States continues, but elections officials have vowed to deliver an accurate count. Could the 2020 US election really be decided by the supreme court? 2020-10-28T04:00:00Z But disenfranchisement is not a feature of modern liberal democracy. Opinion | End Minority Rule 2020-10-23T04:00:00Z Again and again, voters on Monday echoed that distrust and voiced a desire to prevent their own disenfranchisement. Citing a history of voter suppression, Black Marylanders turn out to vote in person 2020-10-25T04:00:00Z There were also balancing passages about the state as guarantor of the freedom of religion, economic disenfranchisement, and the French colonial legacy. Macron’s clash with Islam sends jolt through France’s long debate about secularism 2020-10-26T04:00:00Z It made her think about the long history of voter disenfranchisement and oppression of the Black vote in America. 'What will happen?' Among an anxious electorate, some plan to move, others buy guns 2020-10-26T04:00:00Z “My clients are concerned by the disenfranchisement caused by the public officials’ conduct accepting the private money,” he said. Conservative lawyer floats challenge of election outcome 2020-10-20T04:00:00Z “My clients are concerned by the disenfranchisement caused by the public officials’ conduct accepting the private money,” he said. Conservative lawyer floats challenge of election outcome 2020-10-20T04:00:00Z "As a result, those voters face complete disenfranchisement, and thus, their right to vote is at stake," he wrote. Texas doesn’t have to tell voters their mail-in ballots were rejected until after election: court 2020-10-20T04:00:00Z The long history of voter disenfranchisement in the United States is a central theme that guides Ms. Griggs’s family reunions, held every other year in Shreveport, La. Covid Hinders Vital Get-Out-the-Vote Events: Black Family Reunions 2020-10-19T04:00:00Z The decisions from the Pennsylvania supreme court and US supreme court offer important insurance against that kind of disenfranchisement. US supreme court denies Republican bid to limit Pennsylvania mail-in-voting 2020-10-19T04:00:00Z "That led to a failure of the mainstream business community and economists and politicians to recognize the challenges that led to the disenfranchisement of blue collar workers." Robert Lighthizer just blew up 60 years of trade policy. Nobody knows what happens ne 2020-10-18T04:00:00Z We’ve heard about felony disenfranchisement in black communities, especially in states like Florida. How Native Americans’ right to vote has been systematically violated for generations 2020-10-16T04:00:00Z “President Trump is absolutely right: mass voting by mail is a recipe for chaos, confusion and disenfranchisement,” McDonald said in an email to Reuters. Democrats urge early voting, massive turnout as Trump stokes fears of contested election 2020-10-15T04:00:00Z Expressing concern about voter fraud and disenfranchisement, Fitton called on the audience to find a way to prevent mail-in ballots from being sent to voters. Videos show closed-door sessions of leading conservative activists: ‘Be not afraid of the accusations that you’re a voter suppressor’ 2020-10-14T04:00:00Z Rejection of ballots over signatures poses “a grave risk of disenfranchisement on an arbitrary and wholly subjective basis,” Boockvar’s court filing said. Pennsylvania high court to settle voter signatures fight 2020-10-14T04:00:00Z Arguably more fundamental is the mistake we make in assuming that racism is the inevitable expression of financial insecurity and disenfranchisement. Idles v Fat White Family: what the indie showdown tells us about class 2020-10-14T04:00:00Z For example, Idaho put in place felony disenfranchisement around when it became the state, at a time when census data shows there were only 88 black people – it was designed to disenfranchise Native people. How Native Americans’ right to vote has been systematically violated for generations 2020-10-16T04:00:00Z After the elimination of slavery, American Blacks fought an uphill battle against legal disenfranchisement. Review | The Americans who aren’t seen as full citizens 2020-10-08T04:00:00Z There is no denying that the possibility of widespread disenfranchisement from mail-in ballots is real. Democratic voters beware: "Vote by mail" in U.S. battleground states is a trap 2020-10-10T04:00:00Z “Many of these voters face certain disenfranchisement through no fault of their own,” the challengers’ brief said. Supreme Court Revives Witness Requirement for South Carolina Absentee Ballots 2020-10-05T04:00:00Z "Ultimately, anything that's done to decrease voter convenience, to put obstacles in the way of the voter, is voter suppression, and will lead to disenfranchisement," he said. Voters sue Republican Gov. Greg Abbott over his order to shutter ballot drop-off locations in Texas 2020-10-05T04:00:00Z At the same time, the extended counting deadline appeared to have saved nearly 80,000 people whose ballots had arrived after Election Day from disenfranchisement. How Trump’s ‘Voter Fraud’ Lie Is Disenfranchising Americans 2020-09-30T04:00:00Z The risk of disenfranchisement is great and the “narrowly tailored” remedy of extending the deadline by three business days is appropriate, she wrote. Court reinstates Georgia’s Election Day mail ballot deadline 2020-10-02T04:00:00Z The risk of disenfranchisement is great and the “narrowly tailored” remedy of extending the deadline by three business days is appropriate, she wrote. Court reinstates Georgia’s Election Day mail ballot deadline 2020-10-02T04:00:00Z The result is widespread voter disenfranchisement, say experts with the Prison Policy Initiative. Voting nearly impossible for eligible voters behind bars 2020-10-02T04:00:00Z One state official told the Post that only sending new envelopes would result in "massive disenfranchisement of tens of thousands of Brooklynites." Cuomo's office reportedly pushing against sending new ballots after voters received mismarked envelopes 2020-09-30T04:00:00Z But Stanley Bastian, a federal judge in Washington, who would temporarily block DeJoy’s postal changes before the election, ruled, “At the heart of DeJoy’s and the Postal Service’s actions is voter disenfranchisement.” How Trump’s ‘Voter Fraud’ Lie Is Disenfranchising Americans 2020-09-30T04:00:00Z "Election fraud, particularly an organized mail ballot fraud scheme orchestrated by political operatives, is an affront to democracy and results in voter disenfranchisement and corruption at the highest level." Texas' largest county is approving voter registrations for noncitizens, lawsuit claims 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z Speaking to the practical and moral issues of that disenfranchisement, Justice Ginsburg wrote, “The majority of this Court declares that this case presents a ‘narrow, technical question.’ Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent Wisconsin editorials 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z The ruling on Monday stipulates how receipts should be mailed and it also requires the state to provide greater education opportunities as a means to prevent disenfranchisement. Wisconsin voters win protection against strict voter ID law 2020-09-28T04:00:00Z “Part of that work includes our goal of shining a light on voter disenfranchisement, and leading an effort to register and engage 50,000 Kentuckians.” Musician starts virtual festival to promote civic engagement 2020-09-27T04:00:00Z “Election fraud, particularly an organized mail ballot fraud scheme orchestrated by political operatives, is an affront to democracy and results in voter disenfranchisement and corruption at the highest level.” Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announces 134 felony voter fraud charges in connection with 2018 Dem primary 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z “But it’s not to the point where it’s a systemic disenfranchisement of people in uniform,” Wong said. Alaska borough assembly passes police discrimination measure 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z “While I do not doubt the good faith of my colleagues, the court’s order, I fear, will result in massive disenfranchisement,” she wrote. Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death brings new uncertainty to the battle over voting rights in 2020 2020-09-21T04:00:00Z That ruling drew a scathing dissent from Ginsburg, who warned it would cause “massive disenfranchisement.” If U.S. election winds up in Supreme Court, Ginsburg's death will loom large 2020-09-20T04:00:00Z Unfortunately, time to even marginally rectify this widespread disenfranchisement is running out. Democrats are overlooking a big opportunity to increase voter turnout and take on the Trump machine 2020-09-19T04:00:00Z It won’t end all our debates about disenfranchisement and election fraud. Review | How to track your ballot like a UPS package 2020-09-18T04:00:00Z Also to avoid disenfranchisement, LaRose urged voters to be wary of the words and deeds of some fellow Republicans, reiterating an “effective deadline” of Oct. Election chief: Ohio positioning for smooth Election Night 2020-09-08T04:00:00Z And whatever the stated intentions of lawmakers who support such measures, it’s disenfranchisement. Editorial Roundup: 2020-09-01T04:00:00Z They leveraged the basketball great’s likeness to lure voters into believing, falsely, that ballots sent in from afar this November would lead to large-scale disenfranchisement and fraud. Opinion | Deceptive ads are still slipping past Facebook — and finding the voters Trump needs to win 2020-08-31T04:00:00Z It should not be overlooked that this outcome—the disenfranchisement of hundreds of thousands of new immigrants—fits pretty neatly into Trump's anti-immigrant agenda. Democrats are overlooking a big opportunity to increase voter turnout and take on the Trump machine 2020-09-19T04:00:00Z But she said the risk of disenfranchisement is great and the “narrowly tailored” remedy of extending the deadline by three business days is appropriate. Judge orders Georgia to extend deadline for absentee ballots 2020-08-31T04:00:00Z Perhaps the biggest concern with states ramping up to handle almost all of their ballots by mail, however, is accidental disenfranchisement rather than malicious fraud. What is the difference between absentee voting and universal vote-by-mail? 2020-08-31T04:00:00Z The article went for a more alarmist approach, raising the fear of voter disenfranchisement. Opinion | An alarmist take on mail ballots rattled voters unnecessarily 2020-08-30T04:00:00Z This trend toward disenfranchisement is not only unconstitutional – it flies in the face of the state’s own interests. Excerpts from recent South Dakota editorials 2020-08-26T04:00:00Z My ballot represented how delivery problems resulted in disenfranchisement, thanks to a problematic rule: Florida’s 7 p.m. Perspective | I mailed my ballot in on time. Florida tossed it. 2020 will be much worse. 2020-08-21T04:00:00Z “Colored” is considered an outdated term because many people associate it with slavery and the Jim Crow era of racial segregation and disenfranchisement. Reference to Kamala Harris as ‘colored’ costs Cleveland radio anchor, 26, his job: reports 2020-08-21T04:00:00Z Like them, Croft saw the disenfranchisement of voters in a heavily African American city — denied voting representation in Congress — as a natural extension of the voting rights battle of the 1960s. Howard Croft, longtime D.C. activist and social justice crusader, dies of covid-19 2020-08-18T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, the website claims to present evidence showing that rampant fraud and widespread disenfranchisement result from mail balloting, which is not borne out by facts. Disinformation campaign stokes fears about mail voting, using LeBron James image and boosted by Trump-aligned group 2020-08-20T04:00:00Z Litigation is pending in a number of other states, including Georgia and Wisconsin, where federal lawsuits seek to extend the deadlines for receiving mail-in ballots beyond Election Day to prevent voter disenfranchisement. Mail-delivery concerns put spotlight on ballot deadlines 2020-08-20T04:00:00Z Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, responding to a national outcry over service disruptions and fears of voter disenfranchisement, said this week he would suspend many planned changes until after the election. ‘Like Armageddon’: Rotting food, dead animals and chaos at postal facilities amid cutbacks 2020-08-20T04:00:00Z A lawsuit filed Tuesday by Washington and 13 other states included similar accusations of delays and disenfranchisement. Decision to Halt Postal Changes Does Little to Quell Election Concerns 2020-08-19T04:00:00Z Jacobson told the judges the law is tainted by racial bias, pointing to the state’s history of denying Black residents the right to vote through felony disenfranchisement starting with Reconstruction. North Carolina judges hear arguments on ex-offender voting 2020-08-19T04:00:00Z It is, in other words, precisely the same sense of disenfranchisement felt by fans, ultras or not, of almost every other major club in Europe. RB Leipzig Ultras: German Soccer’s Great Contradiction 2020-08-18T04:00:00Z In 2016, an estimated 6.1 million Americans were barred from voting because of felon disenfranchisement laws, a number that had quintupled over four decades. Opinion | Iowa’s lifetime ban on felon voting gets tossed on history’s ash heap, finally 2020-08-07T04:00:00Z The war on drugs era made it difficult for civil rights groups to fight disenfranchisement. Civil death: how millions of Americans lost their right to vote 2020-08-07T04:00:00Z This potential wave of mass voter disenfranchisement comes as new voter registration has already dropped dramatically amid the coronavirus pandemic, largely because most state DMV offices shut their doors and voter contact programs paused. Trump has promised to stop evictions — but the GOP has a powerful incentive not to 2020-08-06T04:00:00Z The results portend growing disenfranchisement for millennials and Gen Z and potential vulnerability to internet hoaxes and conspiracy theories, which flourish online, say the study’s authors. Americans’ distrust in media at alarming levels, poll reveals 2020-08-04T04:00:00Z The hangup is a massive black eye for the Democratic-led state, and has raised serious concerns about the viability of expanded mail-in voting with a strategically impeded Postal Service, as well as cries of disenfranchisement. Sen. Lindsey Graham, who has voted by mail, claims the practice is prone to fraud 2020-08-04T04:00:00Z Much of the effort is aimed at signing up young people who traditionally vote at lower rates and racial minorities who “historically faced disenfranchisement,” she said. McGrath looks to win over supporters of primary opponent 2020-08-03T04:00:00Z One supreme court case, Richardson v Ramirez upheld criminal disenfranchisement in California, ruling that that states are granted an “affirmative sanction” to disenfranchise those convicted of crimes. Civil death: how millions of Americans lost their right to vote 2020-08-07T04:00:00Z Felony disenfranchisement laws are often characterized as ancient anachronisms. Perspective | Five myths about felony disenfranchisement 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z Decades of disenfranchisement are at the heart of the uneasy choice facing Black voters, one of the Democratic Party’s most important voting groups. Despite virus threat, Black voters wary of voting by mail 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z Orlando Magic Coach Steve Clifford added “How To Be An Antiracist” to his library and got involved with the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition, which works to end the disenfranchisement of people with felony convictions. With the NBA focused on social justice, white coaches say they’re stepping off the sidelines 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z This precious tool is now in grave danger in many states, where voters face potential disenfranchisement in the November election. Time is running out to protect voting rights. Here’s how to do it. 2020-07-27T04:00:00Z Though felony disenfranchisement disproportionately burdened people of color, the criminality aspect of civil death made it difficult for these laws to be ruled discriminatory under the Voting Rights Act. Civil death: how millions of Americans lost their right to vote 2020-08-07T04:00:00Z The New York Times also described the practice as “guided by the ghosts of the post-Civil War era, when disenfranchisement laws were aimed at newly freed blacks.” Perspective | Five myths about felony disenfranchisement 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z “I’m much more concerned about the potential for disenfranchisement — especially inadvertent disenfranchisement — than I am about fraud,” said Richard Hasen, a law professor at the University of California at Irvine and a voting law expert. Trump keeps touting New Jersey fraud case to attack mail voting. Local leaders say he’s not telling the whole story. 2020-07-26T04:00:00Z The result is disenfranchisement for even small errors — like forgetting to sign in the right place, failing to sign in a way that resembles one’s signature on file or sealing a ballot envelope with tape. Opinion | New York shows one of the many ways Election Day can go wrong this year 2020-07-22T04:00:00Z "Democrats’ plot to rapidly implement nationwide vote by mail is a recipe for disaster, disenfranchisement and massive dysfunction in our elections." Mail-in voting faces slew of issues nationwide, as emergency USPS memo sounds alarm 2020-07-22T04:00:00Z The roots of criminal disenfranchisement in the United States lie in ancient Athens, Rome and medieval Europe. Civil death: how millions of Americans lost their right to vote 2020-08-07T04:00:00Z One page on the website of the organization Let America Vote is titled “Felony disenfranchisement is voter suppression. Let’s fight it.” Perspective | Five myths about felony disenfranchisement 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z Powered by feelings of “disenfranchisement,” it offered permission to embrace the same old racism, sexism and homophobia under the guise of a new political ideology. Commentary: Trump's failures leave conservative media figures exposed 2020-07-20T04:00:00Z The July 16 Supreme Court decision to allow the continued disenfranchisement of Florida’s ex-convicts is one more case of voter suppression. Opinion | A blow to voting rights 2020-07-19T04:00:00Z Voting-rights groups have also been alarmed by reports of thousands of disqualified ballots, raising the specter of widespread voter disenfranchisement. 3 Weeks After Primary, N.Y. Officials Still Can’t Say Who Won Key Races 2020-07-17T04:00:00Z In the period following the civil war, at least 13 of the United States’ then 38 states enacted broad criminal disenfranchisement laws in rapid succession. Civil death: how millions of Americans lost their right to vote 2020-08-07T04:00:00Z While suppressing votes may be disenfranchisement’s purpose, it’s not its effect. Perspective | Five myths about felony disenfranchisement 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z The disqualification of thousands of ballots for small technical errors has also raised the specter of widespread voter disenfranchisement, and concerns about how prepared officials are for an even bigger turnout in November. Jamaal Bowman Proves Ocasio-Cortez Was No Fluke 2020-07-17T04:00:00Z “People across the country have considered more closely that centuries of discrimination, segregation and economic disenfranchisement have lasting impacts today, including discriminatory effects in housing,” Mr. DeVito wrote. Big Banks’ ‘Revolutionary’ Request: Please Don’t Weaken This Rule 2020-07-16T04:00:00Z According to data from the Southern Poverty Law Center, their dedications correspond to periods of disenfranchisement for African Americans, along with another resurgence during the civil rights movement. Legal change could be slow for controversial SC memorials 2020-07-13T04:00:00Z After the civil war the 1867 election marked the starting point of southern states tailoring criminal disenfranchisement laws to block black voters. Civil death: how millions of Americans lost their right to vote 2020-08-07T04:00:00Z He advocated for political disenfranchisement and the prohibition of Black people from becoming teachers or pursuing higher education. Racial reckoning draws in namesakes of Virginia Tech’s past 2020-07-11T04:00:00Z Facebook said it would attach labels to all posts across its network that discuss the subject of voting, in a move intended to hamper any disenfranchisement of voters in the November election. Facebook Adds Labels for Some Posts as Advertisers Pull Back 2020-06-26T04:00:00Z Top Democrats, several wearing masks with a symbol of the statehood movement, took to the floor to argue passionately for its passage, denouncing the disenfranchisement of Washington residents. In Historic Vote, House Approves Statehood for the District of Columbia 2020-06-26T04:00:00Z When the majority of citizens are excluded from meaningful, credible and nonmanipulated information, and excluded from decent opportunities to participate economically, their disenfranchisement will inevitably destabilize our democracy. Working together for democracy, civility and truth 2020-06-26T04:00:00Z It’s a concept that has been reshaped and reinterpreted over many generations, persisting in the form of felony disenfranchisement, through which a citizen loses their right to vote due to a felony conviction. Civil death: how millions of Americans lost their right to vote 2020-08-07T04:00:00Z In a state with election laws such as Kentucky's, business as usual means that disenfranchisement can squeeze potential voters out as a matter of course, even without pandemic-related obstacles. Kentucky's pandemic primary was no "disaster," but there's work to do before November 2020-06-26T04:00:00Z It was characterized by separate housing and public facilities for blacks and whites, bans on interracial relations and disenfranchisement of the Black majority. Israeli annexation plan draws apartheid comparisons 2020-06-24T04:00:00Z And, by whose disenfranchisement and suffering were our beautiful parks created? Opinion | The new legacy of Teddy Roosevelt 2020-06-23T04:00:00Z The statue is a symbol of white, patriarchal authority and the disenfranchisement of Alaska Natives, she said. Petition seeks removal of statue of Alaska purchase official 2020-06-23T04:00:00Z Eleven of these state constitutions established forms of criminal disenfranchisement, citing “purity of the ballot box” and claiming that convicted criminals could commit election fraud, or otherwise sully the democratic process. Civil death: how millions of Americans lost their right to vote 2020-08-07T04:00:00Z Thomas is the founder and chief executive officer of Thrivance Group, an organization that serves people vulnerable to disparity, displacement and disenfranchisement. Ask An Expert: How can transportation planners better serve Black and brown people? 2020-06-23T04:00:00Z Judge Simpson pointed in his ruling to absentee ballots as a guardrail against voter disenfranchisement, but recent reporting shows cause for concern. Kentucky election expected to be a "disaster" after polling locations cut: voting rights advocates 2020-06-22T04:00:00Z But any possible disenfranchisement is a stain on the electoral process, and several voters expressed frustration as they waited to receive ballots. Vote-by-Mail Ballot Requests Overwhelm New York City Elections Agency 2020-06-19T04:00:00Z “Violence, mass lynchings, and lawlessness enabled white Southerners to create a regime of white supremacy and Black disenfranchisement alongside a new economic order that continued to exploit Black labor.” At least 2,000 more Black people in U.S. were lynched by mobs than previously known, new research finds 2020-06-16T04:00:00Z But even while they extended voting rights to more white men, lawmakers cracked down on those with criminal convictions and a wave of criminal disenfranchisement followed, probably to restrict lower-income voters. Civil death: how millions of Americans lost their right to vote 2020-08-07T04:00:00Z For non-binary people, as well as the transgender community as a whole, barriers to getting an appropriate ID leave hundreds of thousands people vulnerable to disenfranchisement. Hundreds of thousands of trans and non-binary people face barriers to voting in November 2020-06-16T04:00:00Z “Georgia is the poster child for this dysfunction and disenfranchisement of African American voters, as it has been repeatedly.” Voting rights activists sound alarm on issues with U.S. election infrastructure 2020-06-11T04:00:00Z The snarl of voting problems also revived long-standing complaints about the disenfranchisement of voters of color in the state, with many residents saying that predominantly African American communities appeared hardest hit. In Georgia, primary day snarled by long lines, problems with voting machines — a potential preview of November 2020-06-09T04:00:00Z “However, in terms of the disenfranchisement of the inner cities, in terms of the black community not being given access to healthcare and so forth, jobs, housing, it’s exactly the same.” George Floyd protests: New York city curfew lifted as demonstrations enter second week – live 2020-06-07T04:00:00Z Three pieces of major legislation would later affect how felony disenfranchisement has been challenged. Civil death: how millions of Americans lost their right to vote 2020-08-07T04:00:00Z In 2016, black voter turnout fell for the first time in two decades, the result of disillusionment, compounded by voter disenfranchisement and Russia interference targeting African Americans online. Can Joe Biden convince protesters he would be a 'transformational' president? 2020-06-04T04:00:00Z He sees the issue of police violence and the protests as a mental health issue, an expression of anger in the face of disenfranchisement. Royce White towers above the Minneapolis protests, and thousands are looking up to him 2020-05-31T04:00:00Z Still, she said a variety of options are needed to prevent disenfranchisement in black communities, such as an expanded period for early voting and drive-through voting. Black voters don't trust mail ballots. That's a problem for Democrats 2020-05-29T04:00:00Z If that requires telling lies about absentee balloting, making false voter-fraud charges, and misrepresenting disenfranchisement and voter-suppression schemes, so be it. Opinion | Trump is lying to sway his reelection, and Democrats aren’t paying attention 2020-05-22T04:00:00Z The lawsuit also says that a dramatic increase in absentee ballots “would be a logistical nightmare and increases the risk of disenfranchisement.” Lawsuit says absentee voting not needed for coronavirus 2020-05-21T04:00:00Z Dickey, who says he is working closely with the Trump campaign, argues the push to vote entirely by mail is “irresponsible and the latest in a very long trend of voter disenfranchisement” by Democrats. Voting registration activists are shifting their message to health care during the coronavirus pandemic 2020-05-18T04:00:00Z Instead, they'll defend D.C. residents' disenfranchisement by citing tradition or claiming that representation for the city somehow creates a conflict of interest in the federal government. President Trump just admitted why Republicans don't want the District of Columbia to become a state 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z In Milwaukee, the City Council responded to the chaos and disenfranchisement by passing a resolution asking Albrecht, the election director, to send Milwaukee’s 300,000 registered voters an application for a mail-in ballot for November. Will Americans Lose Their Right to Vote in the Pandemic? 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z Now this poor, formerly homeless African American male is about to do something unthinkable — end felony disenfranchisement at its very epicenter, and maybe even point the way toward a new kind of politics. How Desmond Meade built a movement that restored voting rights in Florida — almost 2020-05-03T04:00:00Z Trump’s predecessors, they say, didn’t do enough to halt the expansion of Israeli settlements or face up to the reality of Palestinian disenfranchisement that already exists. Analysis | Israel nears a point of no return 2020-04-29T04:00:00Z Post-crack epidemic, it was indelibly altered by disinvestment — economic disenfranchisement, falling property values and black exodus. Review: The cowboys of Compton, first a curiosity and then a legacy 2020-04-28T04:00:00Z The law resulted in confusion, court challenges, disenfranchisement and, ironically, shortened the early voting period from 40 days to 29. Iowa Editorial Roundup: 2020-04-20T04:00:00Z In 2018, more than two-thirds of Florida voters endorsed a constitutional amendment to end felon disenfranchisement. Opinion | Trump Wants 50 Wisconsins on Election Day 2020-04-10T04:00:00Z For as long as blacks have had the right to vote, Florida has weaponized the law and used felon disenfranchisement as a tool to keep black citizens away from the ballot box. How Desmond Meade built a movement that restored voting rights in Florida — almost 2020-05-03T04:00:00Z Indeed, in her passionate dissent, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg observed that the court’s decision “will result in massive disenfranchisement” – which of course is exactly what Wisconsin Republicans hoped for in taking their case to court. Yes, Wisconsin Republicans used the pandemic to stop people from voting | Lawrence Douglas 2020-04-09T04:00:00Z “While I do not doubt the good faith of my colleagues,” she wrote, “the court’s order, I fear, will result in massive disenfranchisement.” Rulings on Wisconsin Election Raise Questions About Judicial Partisanship 2020-04-07T04:00:00Z Supreme Court, left many would-be Wisconsin voters no option between danger and disenfranchisement. Opinion | Wisconsin’s debacle may be the most infuriating of the coronavirus failures 2020-04-07T04:00:00Z “I do not consider this a legitimate election, and I myself have experienced disenfranchisement,” she said. Long lines, anger and fear of infection: Wisconsin proceeds with elections under court order 2020-04-07T04:00:00Z This final disenfranchisement is the culmination of a lifetime of health care deprivation, resulting in the prevalence of chronic diseases like diabetes and heart disease in this population. Activists and first responders: "We have no idea what the death toll is" in NY 2020-04-07T04:00:00Z Leaders have managed to get the worst of both worlds for their constituents: A significant public health risk and the disenfranchisement of many voters. Wisconsin and the problem of too much democracy 2020-04-07T04:00:00Z The court’s four liberal members dissented, with Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg writing that “the court’s order, I fear, will result in massive disenfranchisement.” Wisconsin Election Fight Heralds a National Battle Over Virus-Era Voting 2020-04-06T04:00:00Z “The Court’s order, I fear, will result in massive disenfranchisement,” she wrote. Pandemic politics: Wisconsin primary moving forward 2020-04-07T04:00:00Z On Thursday, a federal judge declined to postpone the election in a ruling on a number of lawsuits that aimed to postpone the primary due to health concerns and worries about voter disenfranchisement. Wisconsin to hold primary amid coronavirus pandemic: What to know 2020-04-03T04:00:00Z This is particularly true of vote-by-mail operations; if not done correctly, they can create a whole new set of problems, including even the possible disenfranchisement of voters. Opinion | Americans should not have to choose between their health and democracy 2020-03-18T04:00:00Z And that’s bad enough without talking about mass disenfranchisement and the purging of voter registration rolls. Biden dominates again – is it time for Sanders to quit? Our panelists' verdict 2020-03-17T04:00:00Z “That is a diagram for disenfranchisement,” he said of the instructions. Long lines, voting problems prompt an investigation, grilling of L.A.'s elections chief 2020-03-10T04:00:00Z “After centuries of disenfranchisement and social injustices, the Pamunkey Tribe is on the verge of ensuring the long-term success of the tribe,” tribe spokesman Jay Smith said. Virginia to expand gambling options, legalize casinos 2020-03-08T05:00:00Z “Continued disenfranchisement is indisputably punitive in nature,” the judges wrote, adding, “Felons who are unable to pay are subject to continued punishment solely because of their inability to pay.” Appeals court says Florida rule barring certain ex-felons from voting is unconstitutional 2020-02-19T05:00:00Z Unpaid fines and fees create a “nearly inescapable cycle of disenfranchisement,” Kubic said. Florida courts struggle to collect fines owed by ex-felons 2020-02-10T05:00:00Z The 2018 amendment, which was approved by nearly 65 percent of Florida voters, ended the state’s permanent disenfranchisement of felons. Florida sees confusion a year after allowing convicted felons to vote 2020-02-09T05:00:00Z But the commonwealth is an outlier in felony disenfranchisement. Virginia Democrats promised criminal justice reform. Have they delivered? 2020-02-08T05:00:00Z There’s no call for a national conversation to fix this epidemic of mismanagement and disenfranchisement. Perspective | Think Iowa was a mess? Black voters deal with similar chaos all the time. 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z Jackson Day was added shortly after the 1902 Constitutional Convention that codified into law black disenfranchisement. Opinion | Readers critique The Post: How dare we disparage Rich Uncle Pennybags? 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z No more dark money, no more mass disenfranchisement. What to make of the Iowa fiasco? Our panelists react 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z “These senators thrive on disenfranchisement,” it added, “so it’s our job to make sure voters show up to kick them out.” Trump impeachment: Republican Senate 'coverup' prompts backlash 2020-02-01T05:00:00Z The ballot measure’s supporters said Wednesday that about 312,000 Kentuckians of voting age were not allowed to vote last year because of the state’s “harsh voter disenfranchisement laws.” Lawmaker promotes measure to restore felon voting rights 2020-01-29T05:00:00Z It is by far the largest such disenfranchisement in the United States. Editorial Roundup: Florida 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z In some states, this disenfranchisement remains in effect for life. I asked people why they don’t vote, and this is what they told me 2020-01-19T05:00:00Z It would require bias training for police, teachers and federal contractors, and address voter disenfranchisement practices such as ID requirements, poll purging and gerrymandering. Bloomberg offers plan to tackle racial economic inequality 2020-01-19T05:00:00Z The Alaska setting underscores not only the state’s remoteness, but reveals an unsettling sense of disenfranchisement and lack of connection both geographically and emotionally as characters fight for survival against their environment and each other. United we read: Writer roams a fractured nation with 52 books (or more) in 52 weeks 2020-01-10T05:00:00Z However, she lost due to what some experts describe as “the largest mass disenfranchisement in U.S. history.” Voter suppression exposes the paradox of black citizenship in a racist society 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z Democrats decried the ruling as a wholesale disenfranchisement that targeted college students and Democrat strongholds like Milwaukee. Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent Wisconsin editorials 2019-12-30T05:00:00Z Just as the civil-rights movement fought back against racist segregation, disenfranchisement, and lynchings of Black people, the 2010s have seen people come together to address some of the most pressing social issues of our time. A look back at 10 of the biggest social movements of the 2010s, and how they shaped Seattle 2019-12-29T05:00:00Z “The remedy for such disenfranchisement lies within the political, not judicial, process,” he wrote. Guam judge rules against lawsuit to continue cockfighting 2019-12-21T05:00:00Z A state Senate study committee spent the fall reviewing Georgia’s criminal disenfranchisement laws. Georgia Senate panel urges no change to felon voting ban 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z With about 10% of Kentuckians and 25% of the state’s African American population not allowed to vote, the commonwealth has one of the highest voter disenfranchisement rates in the country. Editorial Roundup: Kentucky 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z And in 1903, Charles Aycock, then governor of the state, openly spoke about how disenfranchisement was part of solving the “negro problem”. A black woman faces prison because of a Jim Crow-era plan to ‘protect white voters’ 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z To detractors, it’s a recipe for disenfranchisement - a cumbersome addition to an already stringent voter identification system. AP Exclusive: Thousands of Ohio absentee applications denied 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z To detractors, it’s a recipe for disenfranchisement — a cumbersome addition to an already stringent voter identification system. AP Exclusive: Thousands of Ohio absentee applications denied 2019-12-15T05:00:00Z “The fewer states you have with permanent disenfranchisement, the easier it is to move the baseline.” Kentucky Gives Voting Rights to Some 140,000 Former Felons 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z Before signing the executive order on Thursday, Mr Beshear criticised the state's high rate of disenfranchisement for convicts. Kentucky restores voting rights to ex-felons 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z Kentucky was just one of two states with lifetime disenfranchisement laws that barred convicted felons from voting, regardless of the crime. Kentucky's Beshear restores voting rights to over 100,000 convicted felons days after inauguration 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z In the process I learned a great deal about his background, his feelings of disenfranchisement and hopelessness. Perspective | In this angry and stressed-out time, research says we can learn to be kinder 2019-11-29T05:00:00Z He warned there could be “widespread disenfranchisement” among talented and creative people, who decide to forgo the U.S. and opt for Paris or Beijing. Ballroom dancers say immigration clampdown hurting business 2019-12-02T05:00:00Z “Texas has a long history of disenfranchisement of people of color, and this is just part of it,” said Jose Garza, a longtime voting rights lawyer who is representing the teachers’ union. Texas Is Taking Over Houston’s Schools, Prompting Charges of Racism 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z Since the infamous 2000 Florida recount, the U.S. has had multiple close elections end in charges of voter suppression, disenfranchisement and ultimately, a Republican taking office. Republicans won't concede: They react to sweeping losses by attacking democracy 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z This voter disenfranchisement is not done by accident, but by design. If America wants to be the world's leading democracy, it should start acting like one 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z Until recently, Florida had one of the strictest felon disenfranchisement rules in the country. Is America a democracy? If so, why does it deny millions the vote? 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z On Friday, a federal district court declined to stop the country’s most egregious example of such disenfranchisement. Off-year Election Day in Kentucky, Virginia and elsewhere: Big impact, bad for democracy 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z That was the beginning of what would become a generation-long disenfranchisement with baseball around here that was absolutely not the fans’ doing. Perspective | What did we lose when the Senators skipped town? The Nationals just reminded us. 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z If gender-based, xenophobic and gang violence is to stop, we need more than policies and diplomatic apologies –we need approaches that recognise the pain of disenfranchisement; that heal, and build trust and empathy across differences. Violence is hurting South Africa: we need new thinking to break the cycle 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z Mr. Bodden has been a vocal critic of the islands’ unchecked development and what he sees as the disenfranchisement of the island population. Why Is a Secretive Billionaire Buying Up the Cayman Islands? 2019-10-18T04:00:00Z Forty-eight states have some form of felon disenfranchisement, but three states – Iowa, Kentucky and Virginia – disenfranchise people for life. Is America a democracy? If so, why does it deny millions the vote? 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z Tyrone Walker, an associate at the Justice Policy Institute, spoke about how his parents’ disenfranchisement because of their felony convictions went on to affect him and his siblings. D.C. Council hears support for letting jailed felons vote 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z The cost of Puerto Rico’s disenfranchisement was clear after the Hurricane Maria disaster in 2017. Opinion | If Democrats take Congress, statehood for D.C. and Puerto Rico should be a priority 2019-10-02T04:00:00Z They wanted student disenfranchisement to stop, but the chairman delayed that discussion for two weeks. Why a local showdown over voting technology in N.C. is a harbinger for elections across the U.S. 2019-09-29T04:00:00Z The events being staged this week by D.C. officials ahead of Thursday’s House hearing on D.C. statehood are part of a campaign to raise awareness about the injustice of D.C. disenfranchisement. Opinion | This is D.C. statehood’s only way forward 2019-09-17T04:00:00Z The goal - and it is a worthy goal - was to expand participation and prevent the disenfranchisement of people who might be prevented from participating by their jobs, mobility issues, overseas military service or other conflicts. Recent editorials published in Iowa newspapers 2019-09-09T04:00:00Z |
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