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Voting Rights Roundup: Trump keeps losing in court, but his attempt to overturn loss harms democracy Leading Off ● 2020 Election Litigation: Donald Trump's presidential campaign has lost all but one of the 21 lawsuits and counting it has filed since Election Day in a last-ditch attempt to overturn Trump's Electoral College loss, with judges repeatedly...	Stephen Wolf	11/13/2020	10	31	-	-
Voting Rights Roundup: Democracy took a heavy blow on Tuesday, but paths forward remain Leading Off ● Election Results: The results of Tuesday's elections have huge implications for the future of voting rights, and overall they were a major disappointment for Democrats and fair elections. There were, however, a few key silver linings, and...	Stephen Wolf	11/06/2020	42	51	-	-
GOP gerrymandering may grow even more extreme in the coming decade thanks to the Supreme Court Nov. 3 delivered a crippling blow to fair elections for the coming decade after Republicans scored a sweeping victory in the battle for control over redistricting following this year’s census, giving them the power to gerrymander up to half of the...	Stephen Wolf	11/06/2020	80	71	-	-
The 2020 elections were a disaster for a decade of redistricting, further securing GOP minority rule Election night delivered nothing short of an unmitigated catastrophe for Democrats—and democracy—heading into the coming redistricting cycle. Before the 2020 elections, Republicans would have been able to draw three to four times as many...	Stephen Wolf	11/05/2020	161	83	-	-
When it comes to vote counting on election night, be prepared to wait for final returns More than 100 million voters cast their ballots before Election Day, smashing previous records and indicating that 2020 will see the highest voter turnout in decades despite the coronavirus pandemic. With tens of millions of these advance votes coming...	Stephen Wolf	11/03/2020	33	65	-	-
These states will vote on ballot measures on health care, voting rights, criminal justice, and more While 2020 will see critical battles for control of the White House, Senate, and many state governments, voters will also weigh in on many important issues directly through ballot initiatives at the ...	Stephen Wolf	11/02/2020	18	48	-	-
Voting Rights Roundup: Key 2020 court battles take shape as Supreme Court threat to mail votes looms Leading Off ● Supreme Court: This week, the Supreme Court set the stage for what could be the most important legal battle of the 2020 elections with its rulings in major cases over whether mail ballots may count if they are postmarked by Election Day...	Stephen Wolf	10/30/2020	60	65	-	-
Majority of Supreme Court now confirmed by senates where GOP represented fewer Americans than Dems On Monday, Senate Republicans confirmed Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court and in doing so have officially brought minority rule to the highest court in the land: Five of the six conservative justices—a majority of the Supreme Court—have been...	Stephen Wolf	10/26/2020	107	127	-	-
Voting Rights Roundup: Supreme Court poised to upend federalism itself to gut voting protections Leading Off ● Pennsylvania: The U.S. Supreme Court deadlocked 4-4 on Pennsylvania Republicans' request to stay two state Supreme Court rulings that had sided against Republican requests to restrict voting access and enable voter intimidation, leaving...	Stephen Wolf	10/23/2020	57	86	-	-
These are the 2020 elections to watch that will affect how redistricting plays out after the census Next month’s elections are the last that will take place before states are required to redraw their congressional and state legislative districts to reflect population changes in the 2020 census. That makes them critical in the fight against...	Stephen Wolf	10/22/2020	31	102	-	-
These states will vote on ballot measures shaping voting rights and fair elections for years to come One common refrain this year amid Trump's unprecedented assault on free and fair elections is that democracy itself is on the ballot. That's literally the case in many cities and states across the country, with voters set to decide on dozens of...	Stephen Wolf	10/21/2020	26	63	-	-
Voting Rights Roundup: New report finds felony disenfranchisement bans 5 million people from voting Leading Off ● Felony Disenfranchisement: The Sentencing Project has released a report with updated estimates on the number of Americans disenfranchised for a felony conviction in every state, finding that more than 5 million people overall are barred...	Stephen Wolf	10/16/2020	12	71	-	-
Voting Rights Roundup: Using Jim Crow logic, federal court greenlights age discrimination in voting Leading Off ● Indiana: A panel of three Republican-appointed judges on the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled against plaintiffs who were challenging a GOP-backed restriction that Indiana voters must present a non-COVID excuse to vote by mail this...	Stephen Wolf	10/09/2020	24	68	-	-
Our comprehensive 2020 candidate guide shows how Democrats look like America, the GOP not so much Daily Kos Elections is pleased to present our comprehensive guide to all the major-party nominees running in every Senate, House, and gubernatorial election this November. Our guide includes data on age, gender, race or ethnicity, religious...	Stephen Wolf	10/07/2020	5	52	-	-
Voting Rights Roundup: Texas GOP launches attack on Dems and voters of color by limiting mail voting Leading Off ● Texas: On Thursday, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott issued an executive order that prohibited Texas' 254 counties from setting up more than one location for voters to drop off their absentee mail ballots regardless of population size,...	Stephen Wolf	10/02/2020	52	88	-	-
Voting Rights Roundup: Judge tosses GOP's deceptive summary of measure to gut redistricting reform Programming Note: The Voting Rights Roundup will be on hiatus the weeks of Aug. 29 and Sept. 5 and will return the week of Sept. 12. Leading Off ● Missouri: A state court has thrown out the GOP's ballot summary for a constitutional amendment that...	Stephen Wolf	08/21/2020	22	86	-	-
Voting Rights Roundup: Iowa at last becomes final state to end its total ban on voters with felonies Leading Off ● Iowa: On Wednesday, Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds issued an executive order automatically restoring voting rights for citizens who have completed felony sentences, including parole or probation, except for those convicted of homicide...	Stephen Wolf	08/07/2020	7	55	-	-
Reformers submit signatures to put a measure to end gerrymandering on Arkansas' ballot this fall Backers of putting an initiative on Arkansas' November ballot to create an independent redistricting commission have announced that they have filed 50,000 more signatures following a 30-day deadline extension by Arkansas' Supreme Court while...	Stephen Wolf	08/07/2020	14	67	-	-
Voting Rights Roundup: Trump sabotages postal service and census to rig elections in 2020 and beyond Leading Off ● Postal Service, 2020 Census: Donald Trump's war on fair elections escalated to new extremes as recent reporting has detailed his administration's efforts to sabotage both the U.S. Postal Service and the 2020 census. Multiple news reports...	Stephen Wolf	07/31/2020	57	88	-	-
Voting Rights Roundup: Trump order to remove noncitizens from key census data sparks lawsuits Leading Off ● 2020 Census: Donald Trump signed a new executive order on Tuesday directing the census to exclude undocumented immigrants from the data that determines how many House seats and Electoral College votes each state will get following the...	Stephen Wolf	07/24/2020	23	55	-	-
Voting Rights Roundup: Pennsylvania GOP aims to gerrymander the court that blocked their gerrymander Leading Off ● Pennsylvania: Republican legislators have passed a constitutional amendment out of both legislative chambers that would effectively gerrymander the Pennsylvania Supreme Court and two intermediate appellate courts. This move is a...	Stephen Wolf	07/17/2020	17	70	-	-
In major blow to Black voting rights, Supreme Court allows Florida GOP's poll tax to stay in effect On Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to overturn a ruling from the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals that had itself blocked a lower court ruling that had struck down the Florida GOP's modern-day poll tax, meaning that the voting restriction is...	Stephen Wolf	07/16/2020	271	173	-	-
Voting Rights Roundup: Conservative judges deal twin setbacks to democracy in two Wisconsin cases Leading Off ● Wisconsin: Conservative judges in two separate Wisconsin cases decided in the last two weeks have handed down decisions reinforcing Republican efforts to entrench themselves in power and leaving Democrats with little recourse to reform...	Stephen Wolf	07/10/2020	18	58	-	-
Voting Rights Roundup: House approves statehood for D.C. in historic vote Programming Note: The Voting Rights Roundup will be on hiatus the week of July 3 but will return the following week. Leading Off ● District of Columbia: On Friday, House Democrats passed a bill to grant statehood to Washington, D.C., marking the first...	Stephen Wolf	06/26/2020	64	59	-	-
Voting Rights Roundup: Iowa GOP wants absentee voters to provide PIN that no one knows Leading Off ● Iowa: With no advance notice, Republican legislators in Iowa passed a budget bill just before adjourning that included an expansion of the state's voter ID requirement, violating a compromise that the GOP had reached with Democrats to...	Stephen Wolf	06/19/2020	20	74	-	-
House Democrats are poised to pass statehood for Washington, D.C. next week as Senate support grows On Tuesday, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer announced that the full U.S. House will vote on granting statehood to Washington, D.C. on June 26. With a majority of House members already in support, Washington, D.C.’s statehood is expected to soon pass...	Stephen Wolf	06/16/2020	252	181	-	-
Voting Rights Roundup: Major problems plagued Georgia's primaries. It's a warning sign for November Leading Off ● Georgia : On Tuesday, Georgia held its statewide primaries, which unfolded as nothing less than a disaster for voters . Countless reports flooded the media relaying stories of ...	Stephen Wolf	06/12/2020	42	66	-	-
Voting Rights Roundup: Wisconsin GOP plots to block Dem governor's power to veto new gerrymanders Leading Off ● Wisconsin: Wisconsin Republicans have launched an assault on Democratic Gov. Tony Evers' power to block new gerrymanders after the 2020 census by asking the state Supreme Court to change the state's procedural rules in an attempt to...	Stephen Wolf	06/05/2020	23	79	-	-
Voting Rights Roundup: Court axes Florida GOP's poll tax, restoring voting rights to roughly 775,000 Leading Off ● Florida : In a historic victory against Republican voter suppression, a federal district court struck down a law that Republicans passed to ...	Stephen Wolf	05/29/2020	24	119	-	-
Voting Rights Roundup: Missouri GOP's ballot measure would gut redistricting reform but may yet fail Programming Note : The Voting Rights Roundup will be on hiatus the week of May 22 and will return the following week. Leading Off ● Missouri : Republicans in the Missouri House followed their ...	Stephen Wolf	05/15/2020	6	62	-	-
Voting Rights Roundup: Court ruling means Oregon may finally adopt limits on campaign donations Leading Off ● Oregon: The Oregon Supreme Court has unanimously overturned a 1997 precedent that the state constitution bars all limits on state and local campaign contributions. It also declined to overturn limits on donations in county races that...	Stephen Wolf	05/08/2020	15	79	-	-
Voting Rights Roundup: Court upholds ruling blocking Kansas voting restriction backed by Kris Kobach Leading Off ● Kansas: The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a lower court ruling that blocked Kansas from enforcing a requirement in violation of federal law that voters provide documents proving they are citizens when registering to vote,...	Stephen Wolf	05/01/2020	26	88	-	-
Voting Rights Roundup: Delay in 2020 census data release could heavily disrupt redistricting process Leading Off ● 2020 Census: The Trump administration is asking Congress to extend the deadline for the Census Bureau to release population data from the 2020 census that all 50 states will use for redistricting, requesting that the current March 31...	Stephen Wolf	04/24/2020	12	49	-	-
After Wisconsin, these four states' Supreme Court elections are key for stopping GOP gerrymandering Progressives just celebrated a decisive victory for the Wisconsin Supreme Court last week, one that sets them up to flip the court in just a few years and finally put them in a position to police ...	Stephen Wolf	04/22/2020	18	117	-	-
Voting Rights Roundup: VA Dems expand voting access and reform redistricting in historic session Leading Off ● Virginia: Over the weekend, Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam signed several election bills into law, the culmination of a historic legislative session that saw Democrats exercise full control over state government for the first time in a...	Stephen Wolf	04/17/2020	12	81	-	-
Virginia Democrats just enacted a huge range of voting reforms, including automatic registration Over the weekend, Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam signed several election bills into law, the culmination of a historic legislative session that saw Democrats exercise full control over state government for the first time in a quarter century. Among...	Stephen Wolf	04/13/2020	51	108	-	-
Voting Rights Roundup: Court blocks New Hampshire GOP's law targeting young voters' access to voting Leading Off ● New Hampshire: On Thursday, a New Hampshire state court struck down a voting restriction Republicans passed in 2017 that imposed new voter residency requirements and made it more difficult for young voters in particular to cast their...	Stephen Wolf	04/10/2020	14	99	-	-
Conservative WI Supreme Court blocks Democratic governor's order to delay election over coronavirus On Monday, Wisconsin's conservative-majority Supreme Court ruled 4-2 along ideological lines to block Democratic Gov. Tony Evers' executive order that had canceled in-person voting in Tuesday’s presidential primary and competitive state Supreme Court...	Stephen Wolf	04/06/2020	128	90	-	-
Wisconsin governor orders delay in Tuesday's Supreme Court election, but GOP will fight it in court On Monday, Democratic Gov. Tony Evers of Wisconsin issued an executive order cancelling in-person voting and postponing Election Day from April 7 to June 9 in Wisconsin's presidential primary and competitive state Supreme Court general election, citing...	Stephen Wolf	04/06/2020	102	110	-	-
Voting Rights Roundup: U.S. Postal Service could run out of funds and cause crisis for vote-by-mail Leading Off ● Congress: House Democrats, led by Oversight and Reform Committee chairwoman Carolyn Maloney, have warned that the U.S. Postal Service is at serious risk of shutting down by June if Congress does not swiftly act to guarantee its solvency...	Stephen Wolf	04/03/2020	40	80	-	-
Voting Rights Roundup: Congress' new stimulus law doesn't do enough to protect voting in November ● Public Service Announcement: If you haven't yet filled out the 2020 census, please do so by clicking here. This way, census workers won't have to come to your door. The Census Bureau advises completing the census now even if you haven't received your...	Stephen Wolf	03/27/2020	27	44	-	-
Congress' new stimulus bill doesn't do enough to protect voting in November. The next bill must On Friday, the U.S. House followed the Senate and passed a $2.2 trillion stimulus bill, sending it to Donald Trump, who signed it that afternoon. However, while this stimulus package is the biggest since World War II, it failed to ensure that Americans...	Stephen Wolf	03/27/2020	32	62	-	-
Pelosi's new stimulus bill includes national mail voting. Dems must not pass any stimulus without it On Monday, Speaker Nancy Pelosi unveiled House Democrats' stimulus package to battle the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, which, critically, includes funding for states to carry out a mandate to ensure America can still hold its November elections...	Stephen Wolf	03/23/2020	66	198	-	-
Instead of ensuring elections can be held amid coronavirus, Kentucky GOP passes new voter ID bill With virtually no notice, Kentucky Republicans revised their photo voter ID bill to make it much more restrictive and passed it out of the legislature on Thursday before the final bill version was even made public—and after Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear...	Stephen Wolf	03/23/2020	29	59	-	-
Voting Rights Roundup: These states could delay primaries and change how to vote amid coronavirus Leading Off ● Election Changes: In an effort to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus, officials across the nation are rescheduling elections and altering voting procedures to allow citizens to vote safely so that our democracy can continue to...	Stephen Wolf	03/20/2020	18	50	-	-
These states still won't let voters register to vote online for the November general election As the coronavirus pandemic continues to wreak havoc with the administration of U.S. elections, experts are exhorting states to switch to voting by mail to keep the public and poll workers safe—and to ensure democracy carries on. For safety’s sake,...	Stephen Wolf	03/17/2020	41	59	-	-
These states must change their laws to let voters cast absentee mail ballots without an excuse With the coronavirus pandemic threatening to disrupt in-person voting, election experts have urged Congress to mandate that every state make it easier to vote by mail and provide funding for it—and have asked state governments to take immediate action...	Stephen Wolf	03/16/2020	62	107	-	-
Voting Rights Roundup: Coronavirus may disrupt elections. The U.S. must enact universal vote-by-mail Leading Off ● Coronavirus: As the coronavirus pandemic grows worse, schools and public services have shut down as authorities urge people to distance themselves from others to avoid spreading the disease. Thanks in large part to Donald Trump lying to...	Stephen Wolf	03/13/2020	49	92	-	-
Georgia attorney general confirms Brian Kemp abused his power by baselessly accusing Dems of hacking In a damning report laying bare Republican Gov. Brian Kemp's serious abuse of power, GOP state Attorney General Chris Carr's office announced there was no evidence that Democrats had hacked the state's voter registration system in the 2018 elections.	Stephen Wolf	03/10/2020	67	174	-	-
Coronavirus could heavily disrupt election processes. States should prepare by adopting vote-by-mail As the coronavirus outbreak increasingly becomes a pandemic, schools, public events, and public services are shutting down as government authorities such as the Centers for Disease Control urge people to distance themselves from those who could spread...	Stephen Wolf	03/09/2020	81	132	-	-
Virginia Democrats voted to adopt bipartisan redistricting reform for 2021. Here's how it would work On Friday, Virginia's Democratic legislature moved forward with reforms to the state's redistricting process by approving a constitutional amendment that the Republican-led legislature had passed in 2019 before the GOP lost its narrow majorities in...	Stephen Wolf	03/09/2020	39	70	-	-
Montana's governor will run for Senate, putting another GOP-held seat into play for Democrats On Monday, Montana Gov. Steve Bullock announced that he would challenge Republican Sen. Steve Daines, giving Democrats their first choice to take on the GOP incumbent. Montana is a decidedly red-leaning state, but Bullock is far and away the best...	Stephen Wolf	03/09/2020	80	151	-	-
Voting Rights Roundup: Dems share blame for Super Tuesday voting lines but will work to avoid repeat Leading Off ● California, Texas : On Super Tuesday, millions of voters in 14 states cast ballots in presidential and downballot primaries, but while voting ran smoothly in much of the country, ...	Stephen Wolf	03/06/2020	36	54	-	-
Accuracy over speed: Patience is a virtue for election watchers eager for California primary results On Tuesday, California held its top-two primary, which sends the two candidates with the most votes to the general election regardless of party, but it may be a while before we know exactly who will advance to November. There are quite literally...	Stephen Wolf	03/04/2020	90	89	-	-
In a major boost to Democrats, Montana governor reportedly may run for Senate against GOP incumbent On Wednesday, The New York Times reported that Democratic Gov. Steve Bullock would likely reverse himself and run for Senate against GOP incumbent Steve Daines after all. Bullock, who mounted a failed bid for the Democratic presidential nomination last...	Stephen Wolf	03/04/2020	81	116	-	-
Voting Rights Roundup: Virginia nears final passage of several bills to expand voting access Leading Off ● Virginia: In a busy session that will soon wrap up, Democrats in both chambers of Virginia's legislature have advanced a broad array of bills to make voting easier and reform the state's election procedures. These measures, which we've...	Stephen Wolf	02/28/2020	12	73	-	-
Voting Rights Roundup: Kentucky GOP moves to strip Democratic governor of his power after election Leading Off ● Kentucky: Republicans in Kentucky's state Senate have passed a bill along party lines that would effectively remove Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear’s control over the state’s Department of Transportation, the latest move in an accelerating...	Stephen Wolf	02/21/2020	96	134	-	-
Major win for voting rights: Court blocks Florida GOP's poll tax on up to 1.1 million people On Wednesday, a panel of three judges of the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower-court ruling that held that Florida can’t enforce Republicans' modern-day poll tax on people who have served their felony sentences by requiring them to pay all...	Stephen Wolf	02/19/2020	101	206	-	-
Court blocks North Carolina GOP's voter ID law for intentionally discriminating against black voters On Tuesday, a panel of three judges on North Carolina's Court of Appeals unanimously overturned a lower court's ruling and ordered it to grant a preliminary injunction blocking Republicans' voter ID law until the case gets decided on the merits. The...	Stephen Wolf	02/18/2020	39	138	-	-
Voting Rights Roundup: Virginia Democrats advance a bundle of voting rights and election reforms Leading Off ● Virginia: Democrats in Virginia, who won control of state government last year for the first time in a quarter century, have now used their new majorities to advance a slew of bills to expand voting access and reform how elections work....	Stephen Wolf	02/14/2020	20	78	-	-
North Dakota GOP settles voter ID lawsuits in a major victory for Native American voting rights North Dakota's Republican Secretary of State Al Jaeger has agreed to settle two lawsuits that had argued that the GOP's strict voter ID law had intentionally discriminated against Native American ...	Stephen Wolf	02/14/2020	49	256	-	-
Virginia state House just voted to join the National Popular Vote Compact for the Electoral College On Tuesday, state House Democrats passed a bill that would add Virginia’s 13 Electoral College votes to the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact. This agreement would assign each member ...	Stephen Wolf	02/11/2020	119	67	-	-
Voting Rights Roundup: Virginia Democrats advance redistricting reform measures Leading Off ● Virginia: Lawmakers in Virginia's Democratic-run state legislature have advanced a constitutional amendment in the state Senate and state House that would create a bipartisan redistricting commission, a compromise that lawmakers passed...	Stephen Wolf	02/07/2020	10	55	-	-
Voting Rights Roundup: Court rules Arizona GOP intentionally discriminated against voters of color Leading Off ● Arizona: The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, with 11 judges participating en banc, has overturned a ruling by a panel of three of the circuit's judges that had upheld restrictions backed by Arizona Republicans on counting votes cast in the...	Stephen Wolf	01/31/2020	7	82	-	-
Voting Rights Roundup: Proposed Ohio ballot measure would enact sweeping expansion of voting rights Leading Off ● Ohio: Voting rights advocates in Ohio have filed a proposed ballot initiative that would amend Ohio's constitution to implement a massive expansion of voting accessibility if it qualifies for the ballot and passes. The initiative would...	Stephen Wolf	01/24/2020	12	80	-	-
Congressional Republicans won't restore the Voting Rights Act, so New York is passing its own Over the Martin Luther King Jr. Day weekend, state Sen. Zellnor Myrie and his fellow New York Democrats have unveiled a bill that they'...	Stephen Wolf	01/24/2020	19	93	-	-
Voting Rights Roundup: Florida's top court validates GOP poll tax on voters with felony convictions Leading Off ● Florida: The new conservative majority on Florida's Supreme Court issued an advisory opinion on Thursday validating the modern-day poll tax Republicans passed last year by requiring citizens who've served their felony sentences to also...	Stephen Wolf	01/17/2020	42	76	-	-
How Democrats can avoid handing Senate seats to the GOP if Warren or Sanders wins the presidency Among the leading contenders for the Democratic presidential nomination, both Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders hail from states where GOP governors could appoint a Republican replacement to the Senate. That outcome would not only defy the will...	Stephen Wolf	01/15/2020	107	148	-	-
Voting Rights Roundup: Trove of secret files from leading drawer of GOP gerrymanders now made public Leading Off ● Redistricting: Making good on her promise, Stephanie Hofeller has uploaded over ten thousand files online that came from the personal hard drives of her deceased father, Thomas Hofeller, who was one of the most consequential Republican...	Stephen Wolf	01/10/2020	17	98	-	-
Check out our demographics guide for every 2020 general election candidate for Congress and governor With deadlines to run for office in 2020 having begun to pass in several states , Daily Kos Elections is unveiling our 2020 general election candidate guide for every election for Senate, House, and ...	Stephen Wolf	01/08/2020	3	24	-	-
A comparison of Pennsylvania's court-drawn congressional map with proposals by parties and amici In 2018, Pennsylvania's Supreme Court struck down the state’s congressional map for violating the state constitution's guarantee of "free and equal" elections. Because the legislature declined to ...	Stephen Wolf	01/07/2020	3	11	-	-
Voting Rights Roundup: Missouri GOP vows to try to gut a voter-approved redistricting reform in 2020 Leading Off ● Missouri: Missouri Republicans are vowing to promptly move ahead with a power grab in the coming session of the state legislature to undo the redistricting reforms that voters enshrined into the state constitution in 2018.​ Campaign...	Stephen Wolf	01/03/2020	11	68	-	-
If redistricting began today, Republicans would dominate: A state-by-state guide This story has been updated as of Oct. 13, 2020 following the 2019 elections in several states, the release of 2019 population estimates for 2020 reapportionment, and 2020 reform efforts, court cases, and other developments. Democrats made major gains...	Stephen Wolf	01/02/2020	60	79	-	-
New census data projects which states could gain or lose House seats after 2020 On Dec. 30, the Census Bureau released its newest population estimates for every state, detailing how many residents each state has gained or lost since the last census in 2010. We’ve used these figures, along with estimates from previous years, to...	Stephen Wolf	12/30/2019	166	104	-	-
Voting Rights Roundup: Top Trump aide recorded vowing bigger voter intimidation effort for 2020 Programming Note: The Voting Rights Roundup will be on hiatus for the holidays and will return the first week of January. Leading Off ● Voter Suppression: In a damning audio recording obtained by the Associated Press, the Donald Trump re-election...	Stephen Wolf	12/20/2019	19	101	-	-
Voting Rights Roundup: Kentucky's new Democratic governor restores voting rights for roughly 140,000 Leading Off ● Kentucky: Making good on a campaign promise, Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear signed an executive order in his first week on the job that will restore voting rights for roughly 140,000 citizens in Kentucky, around 4% of the state's total...	Stephen Wolf	12/13/2019	31	82	-	-
After gaining full control of Virginia's government, Democrats unveil bills to expand voting rights After gaining full control of state government in last month's elections, Virginia Democrats have unveiled additional voting and election reform bills ahead of the upcoming legislative session set to begin in January. One measure would significantly...	Stephen Wolf	12/13/2019	34	142	-	-
New data from November election shows Mississippi's Jim Crow constitution still harms black voters Last month, Republican Tate Reeves defeated Democrat Jim Hood by a modest 52-47 margin to become the next governor of Mississippi, but thanks to a unique relic of Jim Crow that’s still very much ...	Stephen Wolf	12/12/2019	8	69	-	-
Republican who once called for bringing back property requirements to vote will retire from House On Tuesday, Florida Republican Rep. Ted Yoho   announced he would retire   in 2020, holding true to his long-running pledge not to serve more than four terms. Yoho has never had any trouble ...	Stephen Wolf	12/10/2019	11	19	-	-
Florida could vote on an election reform in 2020 that has failed to work as intended in other states A proposed Florida constitutional amendment to implement a top-two primary system for state offices has attained enough valid signatures to qualify for the 2020 ballot, setting up a battle over an ...	Stephen Wolf	12/09/2019	20	19	-	-
Voting Rights Roundup: House Democrats pass bill to restore the Voting Rights Act's protections Leading Off ● Congress: On Friday, House Democrats passed the Voting Rights Advancement Act, a bill that would restore and expand the protections of the Voting Rights Act that the Supreme Court's Republican majority gutted in 2013.​ The bill passed...	Stephen Wolf	12/06/2019	12	61	-	-
House Democrats pass bill to restore the Voting Rights Act after Supreme Court decision gutted it On Friday, House Democrats passed the Voting Rights Advancement Act, a bill that would restore and expand the protections of the Voting Rights Act that the Supreme Court's Republican majority gutted in 2013.​ The bill passed 228-187 with all 227...	Stephen Wolf	12/06/2019	100	197	-	-
Court refuses to block North Carolina GOP's new House gerrymander in a setback for fair elections This story has been updated to reflect the fact that Democrats chose not to appeal. In a setback in the fight against Republican gerrymandering, a 2-1 Democratic panel of state court judges has unanimously refused to block the congressional map that...	Stephen Wolf	12/02/2019	40	83	-	-
Kentucky GOP moves to strip Democratic governor of his authority, accelerating trend of power grabs GOP leaders in the Kentucky legislature are pushing a bill that would effectively remove Democratic Gov.-elect Andy Beshear’s control over the state’s Department of Transportation, the latest ...	Stephen Wolf	11/26/2019	253	267	-	-
Voting Rights Roundup: New effort seeks to put redistricting reform on the 2020 ballot in Oregon Note: The Voting Rights Roundup will be on hiatus next week and will return the following week. Leading Off ● Oregon : Redistricting reformers have filed three related initiatives seeking to ...	Stephen Wolf	11/22/2019	48	54	-	-
Democrats just won Louisiana's governor election—which could mean fairer redistricting after 2020 Last week, Democrat John Bel Edwards won re-election to a second term as Louisiana’s governor while at the same time, Republicans narrowly failed to win a supermajority in the state House, which ...	Stephen Wolf	11/19/2019	10	22	-	-
Voting Rights Roundup: North Carolina GOP passes new congressional map, but litigation continues Leading Off ● North Carolina North Carolina Republican legislators passed a new congressional map (shown here) along party lines on Friday, over objections from Democrats. Because Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper lacks the constitutional authority to veto...	Stephen Wolf	11/15/2019	12	48	-	-
North Carolina GOP enacts new congressional map, but litigation remains likely to continue On Friday, North Carolina Republican legislators passed a new congressional map, shown at the top of this post (see here for a larger version), along party lines, over Democratic objections, and we'll analyze the new districts below and how they still...	Stephen Wolf	11/15/2019	22	58	-	-
Voting Rights Roundup: Democratic legislative wins pave the way for voting reforms in Virginia Leading Off ● Virginia: Democrats flipped both chambers of Virginia's state legislature on Tuesday, a victory made possible in part because Republicans' state House gerrymander was struck down for discriminating against black voters and replaced with a...	Stephen Wolf	11/08/2019	12	53	-	-
Democrats lead in Kentucky governor's race and could restore voting rights to 140,000 citizens On Tuesday, Democrat Andy Beshear holds a roughly 5,000 vote lead over Republican Gov. Matt Bevin with all precincts reporting, and he appears to have pulled off an upset victory in heavily Republican Kentucky. If Beshear's victory is confirmed, it...	Stephen Wolf	11/06/2019	19	72	-	-
Democrats win full control of Virginia's government, paving the way for a voting rights expansion Democrats flipped both chambers of Virginia's state legislature on Tuesday, giving them full control over state government for the first time in a quarter century—and opening the door to a wave of reforms that would make voting easier and protect the...	Stephen Wolf	11/05/2019	119	238	-	-
New York City just became the largest place in America to adopt instant-runoff voting On Tuesday, voters in New York City approved a ballot referendum  to adopt instant-runoff voting (also known as ranked-choice voting) for all primaries and special elections for city offices, making�	Stephen Wolf	11/05/2019	19	45	-	-
These are the key November 2019 elections to watch for voting rights and fairer election reforms On Tuesday, voters will go to the polls in states and cities with important elections that could affect the state of voting rights and fair elections. Below, we'll explore some of the key contests and what's at stake. Virginia state legislature:...	Stephen Wolf	11/05/2019	9	35	-	-
Proposed 2020 ballot initiative would create an independent redistricting commission in Oklahoma In late October, redistricting reformers   filed a ballot initiative   for 2020 that would create an independent redistricting commission to draw Oklahoma's congressional and legislative maps. ...	Stephen Wolf	11/02/2019	8	16	-	-
Voting Rights Roundup: Arizona voters could pass a sweeping expansion of voting rights in 2020 Leading Off ● Arizona: Voting rights advocates have filed a ballot initiative that would significantly expand voting access if it makes the ballot and is approved by voters in 2020. The proposed measure would establish automatic voter registration...	Stephen Wolf	11/01/2019	3	57	-	-
Court won't block Mississippi Jim Crow law but sends strong signal it may do so after Election Day On Friday, a federal district court declined to grant a preliminary injunction blocking a provision of Missisippi's 1890 Jim Crow constitution that could prevent Democratic state Attorney General Jim Hood from becoming governor even if he wins more...	Stephen Wolf	11/01/2019	38	94	-	-
Victory over the worst gerrymander in modern history: Court blocks North Carolina GOP's House map On Monday, a bipartisan panel of state court judges delivered a monumental victory against the worst gerrymander in modern history when it blocked North Carolina from using its Republican-drawn congressional map in the 2020 elections, clearing the way...	Stephen Wolf	10/28/2019	74	195	-	-
Red and blue states alike deny Trump citizenship data that could weaponize census against Democrats After failing in his quest to add a question on citizenship status to the 2020 census, Donald Trump issued an executive order directing the Census Bureau to use existing administrative records to ...	Stephen Wolf	10/25/2019	28	113	-	-
North Carolina GOP holds hearings on redistricting 'reform' bills that are anything but fair North Carolina Republican legislators held hearings on several pieces of legislation on Thursday that would ostensibly reform redistricting, but the bills (HB 140, HB 69, and HB 648) include provisions that raise serious doubts as to whether they would...	Stephen Wolf	10/25/2019	23	46	-	-
Voting Rights Roundup: House committee passes bill to restore and expand the Voting Rights Act Leading Off ● Congress: On Thursday, Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee passed the Voting Rights Advancement Act, a bill that would restore and expand the protections of the Voting Rights Act that the Supreme Court's Republican majority gutted...	Stephen Wolf	10/24/2019	9	76	-	-

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