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(Washington, D.C.) — President Biden said on Thursday during a CNN town hall that he was open to ending the Senate filibuster to pass voting rights legislation and other...
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Senate Republicans on Wednesday again blocked Democrats from advancing sweeping federal voting rights legislation, escalating one of the most important fights for the future...
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Senate Democrats' biggest and perhaps last push this year for major voting rights legislation is headed for near-certain defeat on Wednesday because of widespread opposition...
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Texas leaders assiduously laid the groundwork after the 2020 presidential election for new restrictions on voting by repeatedly referencing a “lack of confidence” in Texas’s...
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The Green Party of Philadelphia released the following statement following the march for Reparations on Saturday in Philadelphia:
The Green Party of Philadelphia...
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CHICAGO — The Illinois legislature’s S.B. 927 redistricting plan, creates unconstitutional racially gerrymandered districts for the Illinois House of...
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Thursday, New American Leaders Action Fund (NALAF) announced its final three political candidate endorsements in 2021, bringing the total number of endorsements to 45.
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WASHINGTON — The Senate will hold a procedural vote next week on voting legislation, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has announced.
In a letter to his caucus...
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Early voting locations opened across Georgia on Tuesday, kicking off a three-week sprint before election day on Nov. 2.
Featuring the race for mayor of Atlanta...
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Officials in Georgia's most populous county, where election operations are already under review by the state, have fired two workers accused of shredding paper voter...
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Washington, D.C. (October 7, 2021)—Thursday, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, held a hearing on the months-long,...
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Tuesday, the U.S. Senate version of the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act (VRAA) was introduced. A version of the bill passed in the House of...
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The U.S. Senate recently took another step toward passing transformative voting rights and election reform legislation, with Senate Democrats introducing the Freedom...
In the following piece, PeaceVoice director Dr. Tom Hastings argues for the abolishment of the antiquated Electoral College to improve democracy in America.
Conventional wisdom tells...
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The 2020 federal election drew the United States’ highest voter turnout in more than a century, breaking records despite the Covid-19 pandemic and efforts to undermine the...
Milton, are you denying or finding it insignificant that the TPLF attacked a federal army base...
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