Part of the audit by state Republicans will consist of a hand recount of all the votes cast for president there – which will probably breathe life into Trump’s lies The fight to vote is supported byLast modified on Thu 22 Apr 2021 10.06 EDTHappy Thursday,The baseless conspiracy theories that Donald Trump spread about the 2020 election are about to have some of their starkest real-world consequences to date in .Republicans in the Arizona state senate are set to begin an of the presidential vote in Maricopa county, the most populous of the state, this week. Part of the audit will consist of a...…Part of the audit by state Republicans will consist of a hand recount of all the votes cast for president there – which will probably breathe life into Trump’s lies The fight to vote is supported byLast modified on Thu 22 Apr 2021 10.06 EDTHappy Thursday,The baseless conspiracy theories that Donald Trump spread about the 2020 election are about to have some of their starkest real-world consequences to date in .Republicans in the Arizona state senate are set to begin an of the presidential vote in Maricopa county, the most populous of the state, this week. Part of the audit will consist of a...WW…

State representative wanted to witness Governor Brian Kemp sign the new bill, but was denied entry. She wound up handcuffed and dragged out of the state capitol The fight to vote is supported byLast modified on Tue 6 Apr 2021 11.39 EDTWhen the governor of Georgia recently sweeping new voting restrictions into law, Park Cannon, a 29-year-old state representative from Atlanta, was knocking on his door.Cannon wanted to witness Brian Kemp signing the bill, but was denied entry. She wound up , dragged out of the state capitol and charged with two felonies, obstruction of law enforcement and...…State representative wanted to witness Governor Brian Kemp sign the new bill, but was denied entry. She wound up handcuffed and dragged out of the state capitol The fight to vote is supported byLast modified on Tue 6 Apr 2021 11.39 EDTWhen the governor of Georgia recently sweeping new voting restrictions into law, Park Cannon, a 29-year-old state representative from Atlanta, was knocking on his door.Cannon wanted to witness Brian Kemp signing the bill, but was denied entry. She wound up , dragged out of the state capitol and charged with two felonies, obstruction of law enforcement and...WW…

This article is more than 1 year oldThis article is more than 1 year oldPush to get major corporations to oppose significant voting restrictions Republicans in the state are on the verge of approvingThe fight to vote is supported byLast modified on Mon 19 Apr 2021 10.03 EDTGeorgia activists are calling for a statewide boycott of as part of an escalating effort to get major corporations to oppose significant voting restrictions Republicans in the state legislature are on the verge of approving.The call for the boycott, by the Atlanta Journal Constitution, is coming from leaders of the sixth...…This article is more than 1 year oldThis article is more than 1 year oldPush to get major corporations to oppose significant voting restrictions Republicans in the state are on the verge of approvingThe fight to vote is supported byLast modified on Mon 19 Apr 2021 10.03 EDTGeorgia activists are calling for a statewide boycott of as part of an escalating effort to get major corporations to oppose significant voting restrictions Republicans in the state legislature are on the verge of approving.The call for the boycott, by the Atlanta Journal Constitution, is coming from leaders of the sixth...WW…

This article is more than 1 year oldThis article is more than 1 year oldThe fight to vote is supported byFirst published on Thu 25 Mar 2021 18.48 EDTGeorgia lawmakers on Thursday gave final approval to legislation to impose sweeping new restrictions on voting access in the state that make it harder to vote by mail and give the state legislature more power over elections.The measure was signed into law by Governor Brian Kemp, a Republican, on Thursday evening. “Significant reforms to our state elections were needed. There’s no doubt there were many alarming issues with how the election was...…This article is more than 1 year oldThis article is more than 1 year oldThe fight to vote is supported byFirst published on Thu 25 Mar 2021 18.48 EDTGeorgia lawmakers on Thursday gave final approval to legislation to impose sweeping new restrictions on voting access in the state that make it harder to vote by mail and give the state legislature more power over elections.The measure was signed into law by Governor Brian Kemp, a Republican, on Thursday evening. “Significant reforms to our state elections were needed. There’s no doubt there were many alarming issues with how the election was...WW…

Over the last few months, there’s been ‘no attempt to pretend that the intention is not to restrict votes’, says Stacey Abrams The fight to vote is supported byLast modified on Thu 25 Mar 2021 13.45 EDTHappy Thursday,Since I joined the Guardian in 2019 to focus on voting rights, the topic has exploded and moved to the center of the American politics. After focusing on these threats in connection to the 2020 race, this week we launched the next phase of how we’re going to cover these threats, which only have grown since November.Yesterday, we published that explains why American democracy is...…Over the last few months, there’s been ‘no attempt to pretend that the intention is not to restrict votes’, says Stacey Abrams The fight to vote is supported byLast modified on Thu 25 Mar 2021 13.45 EDTHappy Thursday,Since I joined the Guardian in 2019 to focus on voting rights, the topic has exploded and moved to the center of the American politics. After focusing on these threats in connection to the 2020 race, this week we launched the next phase of how we’re going to cover these threats, which only have grown since November.Yesterday, we published that explains why American democracy is...WW…

This article is more than 1 year oldThis article is more than 1 year oldThe US has slipped 11 points in a decade – below Argentina and Mongolia – according the latest report by a democracy watchdogThe fight to vote is supported byLast modified on Wed 24 Mar 2021 17.17 EDTThe US has fallen to a new low in a global ranking of political rights and civil liberties, a drop fueled by unequal treatment of minority groups, damaging influence of money in politics, and increased polarization, by , a democracy watchdog group.The US earned 83 out of 100 possible points this year in Freedom House’s of...…This article is more than 1 year oldThis article is more than 1 year oldThe US has slipped 11 points in a decade – below Argentina and Mongolia – according the latest report by a democracy watchdogThe fight to vote is supported byLast modified on Wed 24 Mar 2021 17.17 EDTThe US has fallen to a new low in a global ranking of political rights and civil liberties, a drop fueled by unequal treatment of minority groups, damaging influence of money in politics, and increased polarization, by , a democracy watchdog group.The US earned 83 out of 100 possible points this year in Freedom House’s of...WW…

Republicans in the state legislature voted to make mail-in voting harder while the leading Democrat in the US House warned senators to find a way to pass voting rights legislationThe fight to vote is supported byLast modified on Thu 11 Mar 2021 10.01 ESTHappy Thursday,There’s been a whirlwind of voting rights stories over the last week. Republicans continue to advance a wave of restrictions in statehouses across the country while there is mounting pressure in Washington for Democrats to to pass significant federal voting rights legislation.This is an indication of how voting rights has only...…Republicans in the state legislature voted to make mail-in voting harder while the leading Democrat in the US House warned senators to find a way to pass voting rights legislationThe fight to vote is supported byLast modified on Thu 11 Mar 2021 10.01 ESTHappy Thursday,There’s been a whirlwind of voting rights stories over the last week. Republicans continue to advance a wave of restrictions in statehouses across the country while there is mounting pressure in Washington for Democrats to to pass significant federal voting rights legislation.This is an indication of how voting rights has only...WW…

This article is more than 1 year oldThis article is more than 1 year oldDemocrats decry ‘modern-day voter suppression’ as Republican-controlled senate votes to curtail no-excuse absentee votingThe fight to vote is supported byLast modified on Tue 9 Mar 2021 08.45 ESTGeorgia lawmakers have that would significantly curtail voting access after a record number of voters propelled Democratic victories in the 2020 race.The measure scraped through 29-20 in the GOP-controlled Georgia senate, which was the absolute minimum number of votes Republicans needed. Four Republicans, including some in...…This article is more than 1 year oldThis article is more than 1 year oldDemocrats decry ‘modern-day voter suppression’ as Republican-controlled senate votes to curtail no-excuse absentee votingThe fight to vote is supported byLast modified on Tue 9 Mar 2021 08.45 ESTGeorgia lawmakers have that would significantly curtail voting access after a record number of voters propelled Democratic victories in the 2020 race.The measure scraped through 29-20 in the GOP-controlled Georgia senate, which was the absolute minimum number of votes Republicans needed. Four Republicans, including some in...WW…

After record turnout in the 2020 election, the state legislature is considering sweeping voting restrictionsThe fight to vote is supported byLast modified on Thu 4 Mar 2021 11.26 ESTHappy Thursday,An effort to restrict voting is under way across America, but there are few places where that assault is more clear, and more urgent, than in . I know we’ve talked about Georgia before, but this week, I want to dig in to exactly what Georgia lawmakers are proposing to make it harder to vote right now and why it matters.On Monday, the Georgia house of representatives approved a bill, , that would...…After record turnout in the 2020 election, the state legislature is considering sweeping voting restrictionsThe fight to vote is supported byLast modified on Thu 4 Mar 2021 11.26 ESTHappy Thursday,An effort to restrict voting is under way across America, but there are few places where that assault is more clear, and more urgent, than in . I know we’ve talked about Georgia before, but this week, I want to dig in to exactly what Georgia lawmakers are proposing to make it harder to vote right now and why it matters.On Monday, the Georgia house of representatives approved a bill, , that would...WW…

This article is more than 1 year oldThis article is more than 1 year oldAudit will include a hand recount of all 2.1m ballots cast in Maricopa county in alarming consequence of Trump’s baseless liesThe fight to vote is supported byLast modified on Thu 22 Apr 2021 11.21 EDTNearly five months after Joe Biden was declared the official winner of the presidential race in Arizona, state Republicans are set to begin of millions of ballots, an unprecedented move many see as a thinly-veiled effort to continue to undermine confidence in the 2020 election results.The GOP-controlled state senate...…This article is more than 1 year oldThis article is more than 1 year oldAudit will include a hand recount of all 2.1m ballots cast in Maricopa county in alarming consequence of Trump’s baseless liesThe fight to vote is supported byLast modified on Thu 22 Apr 2021 11.21 EDTNearly five months after Joe Biden was declared the official winner of the presidential race in Arizona, state Republicans are set to begin of millions of ballots, an unprecedented move many see as a thinly-veiled effort to continue to undermine confidence in the 2020 election results.The GOP-controlled state senate...WW…