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In October 2024, investigative journalist Greg Palast published to YouTube a documentary, Vigilantes Inc., detailing voter suppression by "vigilante" challenges by self-appointed vote-fraud hunters, not government officials, who are targeting people to challenge and block the counting of their ballots. [182]
Dozens of big law firms are hosting call centers and making other efforts to protect voting rights in Tuesday's highly charged midterm elections. As Voter Suppression Fears Rise, Law Firms Step Up ...
Voter suppression in the United States consists of various legal and illegal efforts to prevent eligible citizens from exercising their right to vote. Such voter suppression efforts vary by state, local government, precinct, and election. Voter suppression has historically been used for racial, economic, gender, age and disability discrimination.
The Secretary of State wrote to the Shasta County Board of Supervisors after voting rights groups raised the alarm about the upcoming election. ... California’s Secretary of State has told the ...
“This is a story as old as the South,” Senator Jon Ossoff (D-GA) said on Yahoo Finance Live, adding: “One of the most threatening aspects of this current voter suppression push is that it ...
Critics, including former House Representative Beto O'Rourke, have decried the efforts as "voter suppression". [235] [236] The Texas Democratic Party called the bills an "assault on voting rights". [237] On July 12, 2021, at least 59 Democratic lawmakers left the state to prevent Republicans from having quorum to act on their legislation. [238]
Members from six different voting rights groups called for an “urgent, decisive, and sustained response” from Secretary of State Shirley Weber. Voting rights groups urge Shasta County ...
The California Voting Rights Act of 2001 (CVRA) is a State Voting Rights Act (SVRA) in the state of California.It makes it easier for minority groups in California to prove that their votes are being diluted in "at-large" elections by expanding on the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965. [1]