voting rights

'No One Is Safe.' These Americans Share Their Struggles to Vote

By Melissa Chan

New Hampshire’s Midnight Primary Is Using Accessible Voting Machines For the First Time

By Abigail Abrams

Smartphone Voting Could Expand Accessibility, But Election Experts Raise Security Concerns

By Abigail Abrams

99 Years After Women’s Suffrage, the Fight for the Vote Continues

By Elaine Weiss
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Ask Your Questions to TIME 100 Honoree Desmond Meade in a Reddit AMA

During the 2018 midterm elections, Florida voted to pass Amendment 4 which restored the voting rights of 1.4 million Floridians with felony records. Executive Director of the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition Desmond Meade led the...

By Kat Moon

What Does the Supreme Court’s Ohio Decision Mean for Voting Rights?

When the U.S. supreme court upheld Ohio’s method of cleaning up its voter rolls in a 5-4 decision on June 11, the ruling focused in large part on technical interpretations of federal voting law–but it...

By Abigail Abrams

Black Voters in Alabama Mattered Way Before Doug Jones Beat Roy Moore

If there’s anything to learn from the Jones-Moore race, it is that black voters care about the direction of their state

By Sherrilyn Ifill

Primary Voting Problems Have Advocates Concerned About November

Problems with mail-in ballots in California. Overcrowded polling places in Arizona. Missing names on the voter rolls in New York.Those are just some of the problems that Democratic and Republican primary voters faced over the...

By TIME Staff

John Oliver Votes Against Voter ID Laws

Voter impersonation fraud is as rare as "deadly knife play by crabs," according to Oliver

By Melissa Locker

Red States Move to Add Voting Restrictions

Voters in red and blue states could have very different experiences in 2016.Millions more Californians could head to the polls for the first time next year, thanks to a law passed by the Democratic legislature...

By Alex Altman and Maya Rhodan

Watch John Oliver Sing for Voting Rights for Washington, D.C.

So long, Florida!

By Melissa Locker

Indian Party Calls for Voting Rights of Muslims to be Revoked

The party hastily back-tracked after the editorial in its official publication caused outrage

By Rishi Iyengar

Watch John Oliver Cast His Ballot for Voting Rights for U.S. Territories

Rock the vote

By Melissa Locker

Democrats in Selma Gear Up for Long Fight on Voting Rights

But getting legislation passed through a Republican Congress is easier said than done

By Charlotte Alter / Selma, Ala.

The Long Road from Selma

Two cities separated by 600 miles and 50 years

By Charlotte Alter

These Four Policy Issues Got Our Attention at the Oscars

Hollywood is never shy about sharing its thoughts on politics, especially on Oscar night. But after the acceptance speeches fade, what happens next? Here’s a look at the status of several issues raised at the...

By Justin Worland

Conservative, Liberal Groups Try—and Fail—to Make Peace on Voting Laws

“I’m still waiting for the focus on how we get people to vote," said Sherrilyn Ifill of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund

By Maya Rhodan

Courts Shoot Down Voter ID Laws in Texas and Wisconsin

Some say voter ID laws are discriminatory, while others argue they prevent voter fraud

By Maya Rhodan

Hear What Lewis Black Really Thinks About Voter ID Laws

Just one day after the Supreme Court ruled to allow North Carolina’s voting law to stand this November.

By Maya Rhodan

North Carolina Asks Supreme Court to Intervene in Voting Rights Fight

North Carolina's voting law is one of several tied up in the courts as Election Day draws near.

By Maya Rhodan
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