A Deep Dive Into Line-Warming Bans as Federal Court Overturns New York’s Law
A federal court just overturned New York’s line-warming ban, so now people will be able to hand out food and water to voters in line at polling places.
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A federal court just overturned New York’s line-warming ban, so now people will be able to hand out food and water to voters in line at polling places.
On Friday, the Arkansas State Conference of the NAACP and Arkansas Public Policy Panel decided not to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to weigh in on a ruling that gutted an important section of the Voting Rights Act (VRA) in seven states.
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Cases in Wisconsin and California regarding voting rights for people with disabilities, especially blind voters, both have hearings coming up on June 24. As the 2024 election approaches, disability rights and pro-voting groups are pushing for people to have access to electronic absentee voting.
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The far-right legal organization Judicial Watch has emerged as one of the biggest disseminators of voting misinformation thanks to its election lawsuits and its president, Tom Fitton.
In the harrowing days after the violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol in which rioters attempted to block the peaceful transfer of power, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito’s house was photographed with a troubling symbol. Like his flag, Sam Alito has an upside down vision of democracy.
United Sovereign Americans is trying to disrupt the 2024 election through a series of anti-voting lawsuits and building a grassroots movement of volunteers radicalized to believe there’s mass fraud in the elections system.
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The Public Interest Legal Foundation (PILF), a right-wing legal group, has filed lawsuits in numerous states to try to gain access to their voter registration records ahead of the 2024 election.
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