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Voter Action Project @voteractionproject.org · 7h

Michigan AG Dana Nessel, alongside a coalition of Democratic state attorneys general, are calling on the Supreme Court to take up a case surrounding an individual’s right to sue to enforce the federal Voting Rights Act.

Nessel joins 22 other state attorney generals backing federal voting rights fight • Michigan Advance

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel, alongside a coalition of Democratic state attorneys general, are calling on the U.S. Supreme Court to take up a case surrounding an individual’s right to sue to ...

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Voter Action Project @voteractionproject.org · 2d

The question in front of the court is whether the law requires a state to make sure that some congressional districts have a majority of Black voters 👇

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https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/supreme-court-term-begins-with-cases-on-voting-rights-tariffs-and-conversion-therapy

Supreme Court term begins with cases on voting rights, tariffs and conversion therapy

The most influential cases before the U.S. Supreme Court this term, which begins on Oct. 6, 2025, address the role of race in elections, conversion therapy and the Trump tariffs. Later cases include c...

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Voter Action Project @voteractionproject.org · 5d

"People of all races died for that voting right privilege. I mean all races participated in that movement. So, to not be apart of that it hurts, right?" - Greg Singleton

Formerly incarcerated advocate shares journey to reclaim voting rights in North Carolina

Many are gearing up to vote, or already have. This election could be the first time some felons are casting their ballot.Over the years, there have been questio

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Voter Action Project @voteractionproject.org · 6d

Trump is breaking the law with his intra-agency efforts to cull protected personal information from millions of Americans to support his immigration and political motives, according to a lawsuit that privacy and voter advocates filed Tuesday in federal court.

Voting rights, privacy advocates sue to stop Trump administration’s ‘national data banks’

The Trump administration is breaking the law with its intra-agency efforts to cull protected personal information from millions of Americans to support its immigration and political motives, according...

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Voter Action Project @voteractionproject.org · 8d

A possible casualty of Trump's ridiculous Texas gerrymandering scheme 👇

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Voter Action Project @voteractionproject.org · 8d

The anticipated legal battle over Texas' new controversial congressional redistricting map is set to begin in court this week.

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Voter Action Project @voteractionproject.org · 11d

JUSTICE SERVED: Unhinged MAGA MyPillow founder Mike Lindell defamed the election technology company Smartmatic with false statements that its voting machines helped rig the 2020 presidential election, a federal judge in Minnesota ruled Friday.

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Voter Action Project @voteractionproject.org · 13d

Effective language access is essential for ensuring that every voter can fully participate in our democracy. Demos' new case study examines how the Connecticut Voting Rights Act (CTVRA) has become a model for expanding language access beyond what federal law requires 👇

Language Access & State Voting Rights Acts | Demos

Our new case study examines how the Connecticut Voting Rights Act (CTVRA) has become a model for expanding language access beyond what federal law requires.

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Voter Action Project @voteractionproject.org · 15d

"There are 3 cases SCOTUS is set to rule on, in one of which a group of white voters sued Louisiana over its current congressional map, which has two majority-Black districts. They argue the map constitutes a racial gerrymander that dilutes the power of white voters."

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Voter Action Project @voteractionproject.org · 16d

A solid majority (58%) favor allowing voters to cast their ballots by mail, but support remains much lower among Republicans than Democrats 👇

Majority of Americans Continue to Back Expanded Early Voting, Voting by Mail, Voter ID

President Donald Trump’s recent pledge to end mail-in voting comes as a 58% majority of Americans favor allowing any voter to cast their ballot by mail.

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Voter Action Project @voteractionproject.org · 18d

“Make it automatic, where as soon as they are completed with their process, probation and parole, or whoever it is that supervising them, sends off notification to the agency that’s handling it, say, ‘Hey, this guy has met all the qualifications.’ It should be automatic."

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 18d

Voting rights groups in North Carolina are asking a federal court to compel election-denying lawyer Cleta Mitchell to testify in their challenge to a voter suppression law they say was designed to keep young people from voting. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Plaintiffs Want Cleta Mitchell to Testify on Law to Suppress Student Voting

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Voter Action Project @voteractionproject.org · 20d

"Long hailed as one of the most important victories of the Civil Rights Movement, and American democracy itself, this achievement is in jeopardy, as Republicans levy attacks and work to dismantle the VRA through the courts."

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Voter Action Project @voteractionproject.org · 21d

"Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill rightly claims that Section 2 of the 1965 Voting Rights Act 'forbids sorting voters by race.' That she and others want that law overturned so that so-called red states can then proceed to sort voters by race stands as another milestone in hypocrisy."

Letters: Attacks on Voting Rights Act couldn't be more disingenuous

Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill rightly claims that Section 2 of the 1965 Voting Rights Act “forbids sorting voters by race.” That she and others want that law overturned so

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Voter Action Project @voteractionproject.org · 23d

"With SCOTUS arguments scheduled to take place Oct. 15, there is considerable concern what remains of the 1965 law after its brutal evisceration in the Shelby County case will be dramatically weakened, if not legally revoked in its entirety, by the conclusion of the high court’s next term."

Elwood Watson: Celebrating the anniversary of the Voting Rights Act … before it’s gone

This year marks the 60th anniversary of the ratification of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 — one of the most consequential laws in the nation’s history. Signed after the Selma-to-Montgomery marches,…

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Voter Action Project @voteractionproject.org · 26d

"Justices fundamentally hostile to the rights of voters place the court increasingly at odds with democracy itself."

The Supreme Court Just Signaled Something Deeply Disturbing About the Next Term

Justices fundamentally hostile to the rights of voters place the court increasingly at odds with democracy itself.

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Voter Action Project @voteractionproject.org · 27d

"As we face mounting challenges to voting rights, the work of registering voters becomes something approaching an act of democratic resistance."

Protecting Democracy Through Nonpartisan Voter Registration - Alliance for Justice

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Voter Action Project @voteractionproject.org · 29d

"The initiative is a significant break from decades of practice by Republican and Democratic administrations, which believed that doing so was federal overreach and ripe for abuse."

Trump Administration Quietly Seeks to Build National Voter Roll

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Voter Action Project @voteractionproject.org · Sep 8

"This decision would prevent voters from challenging unfair maps and racially discriminatory voting practices not only in North Dakota, but also in the six other states under the jurisdiction of the Eighth Circuit: Arkansas, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska and South Dakota."

Bringing the Fight for Fair Voting Maps to the U.S. Supreme Court

Campaign Legal Center (CLC) and our partners asked the U.S. Supreme Court to defend the ability of Americans to use the Voting Rights Act (VRA) to challenge unfair voting maps that dilute voters’ powe...

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Voter Action Project @voteractionproject.org · Sep 5

"The Voting Rights Act gave teeth to the 15th Amendment’s promise that no American could be denied the right to vote because of race."

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https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/louisiana-voting-rights-act-race-redistricting-rcna227767

Opinion | Louisiana wants to pull all the teeth out of the Voting Rights Act

The Voting Rights Act gave teeth to the 15th Amendment’s promise that no American could be denied the right to vote because of race.

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Voter Action Project @voteractionproject.org · Sep 4

We may well see the elimination of the 11 Black-majority districts — all Democratic — in GOP-controlled Southern states 👇

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https://truthout.org/articles/the-supreme-court-asks-why-it-shouldnt-gut-the-voting-rights-act/

The Supreme Court Asks Why It Shouldn’t Gut the Voting Rights Act

We may well see the elimination of the 11 Black-majority districts — all Democratic — in GOP-controlled Southern states.

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Voter Action Project @voteractionproject.org · Sep 3

Native American voters and tribes urged the justices to overturn an Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that stripped voters and organizations of the ability to bring cases under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act — the law’s core protection against racially discriminatory voting laws.

Supreme Court Asked to Decide If Citizens Can Still Enforce Voting Rights Act