Category: Voter Suppression

Get in touch with your local office, request a ballot, and, most importantly, start early. By Nylah Burton, Shondaland For many Americans, November 3rd will feel like the most high-stakes election of their lives. We’re in the midst of a global pandemic with staggering rates of mortality and infection in the U.S., the threat of […]

By Erin Cox, Elise Viebeck, Jacob Bogage and Christopher Ingraham, The Washington Post Anticipating an avalanche of absentee ballots, the U.S. Postal Service recently sent detailed letters to 46 states and D.C. warning that it cannot guarantee all ballots cast by mail for the November election will arrive in time to be counted — adding another layer of uncertainty […]

By Daniel Politi, Slate Several Democrats accused the Trump administration of trying to sabotage the country’s mail system after a broad restructuring of the United States Postal Service that some have characterized as a “Friday Night Massacre.” Postmaster General Louis DeJoy moved forward with a significant reorganization of the Postal Service leadership along with a hiring freeze […]

By Li Cohen, CBS News As part of a commitment to donate $100 million over the next decade to fight systemic racism, Michael Jordan and Jordan Brand announced Wednesday that they are donating $2.5 million to three partners to combat Black voter suppression.  The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. and the Formerly Incarcerated and Convicted […]

By Democracy Now Staff, Democracy Now Voters went to the polls Tuesday in New York, Kentucky, Virginia and other states for primary elections marred by long lines and fears over the coronavirus. In Kentucky, officials slashed the number of polling places from 3,700 to just 170 — a 95% reduction. In Louisville, which has Kentucky’s largest African […]