voting rights

National

'Based On A Lie' — Georgia Voting Law Faces Wave Of Corporate Backlash

3:50pm April 01, 2021

by Rachel Treisman

A growing number of company executives are speaking out against Georgia's new voting legislation, which critics say will restrict voting access and disproportionately harm people of color.

Politics & Government

Fact Check: Does Voting Rights Bill 'Allow Minors To Vote'?

5:26am March 17, 2021

by Neal Charnoff and Paul Specht, Amy Sherman, PolitifactNC, WRAL

A North Carolina congressman says he opposes the Democrats' voting rights bill in part because it lowers the voting age.

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President Biden, with Vice President Harris behind him, speaks about the American Rescue Plan in the Rose Garden of the White House on Friday.

Politics & Government

The COVID-19 Relief Bill Passed. What's Biden's Next Big Move?

5:12pm March 13, 2021

by Domenico Montanaro

Democrats passed the $1.9 trillion bill on a party-line vote, and Republicans do not appear ready to compromise on infrastructure, voting rights, the minimum wage, immigration or much else.

Nannie Helen Burroughs holds a banner reading, "Banner State Woman's National Baptist Convention" as she stands with other African American women, photographed between 1905 and 1915. Burroughs was an educator and activist who advocated for greater civil r

National

Yes, Women Could Vote After The 19th Amendment — But Not All Women. Or Men

7:24am August 26, 2020

by Melissa Block

The 19th amendment secured all women the right to vote, but in practice many women of color were excluded. This continues to resonate today with voter suppression among marginalized communities.

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Tennessee freshman delegate Harry Burn and his mother Febb, who urged him to vote for the 19th amendment in a letter.

National

The Nudge And Tie Breaker That Took Women's Suffrage From Nay To Yea

5:11am August 17, 2020

by Melissa Block

Tennessee was the final state needed to ratify the amendment that secured women the right to vote. At the last moment, a young state legislator switched his vote to yes after his mom asked him to.

In November 2016, Congressman John Lewis viewed for the first time images and his arrest record from a March 5, 1963, nonviolent sit-in at Nashville's segregated lunch counters.

National

Civil Rights Leader John Lewis Never Gave Up Or Gave In

8:08pm July 19, 2020

by Debbie Elliott

The longtime Georgia congressman died Friday of pancreatic cancer. Lewis, who devoted his life to activism and the civil rights movement, was known as "the conscience of the Congress."

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Protesters march against police violence in Atlanta on Monday. The event coincides with state lawmakers returning to work after the session was halted for three months amid concern about the spread of the coronavirus.

National

Hundreds March On Georgia Capitol As Legislature Reconvenes

6:55pm June 15, 2020

The NAACP event coincided with lawmakers return after a three-month hiatus due to COVID-19 fears. The march took on added urgency after Rayshard Brooks was killed by police over the weekend.

The Democracy Live home page is displayed on an Apple laptop computer. The company is administering a ballot return system for disabled voters in West Virginia, Delaware, and potentially New Jersey.

Politics & Government

States Expand Internet Voting Experiments Amid Pandemic, Raising Security Fears

10:33am April 28, 2020

by Miles Parks

Voters with disabilities, as well as those who serve in the military and live overseas could cast ballots via their phone or home computer even as security experts warn the technology can't be trusted.

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Politics & Government

Klobuchar Campaigns At Civil Rights Museum In Greensboro

4:09pm February 27, 2020

by David Ford

Democratic presidential candidate Amy Klobuchar visited the Triad on Thursday. The Minnesota senator chose the International Civil Rights Museum in Greensboro for the site of a roundtable disc

Stacey Abrams at Fair Fight's headquarters outside Atlanta. She's waging a voting rights campaign aimed at helping Democrats win in 18 battleground states.

Stacey Abrams Spearheads 'Fair Fight,' A Campaign Against Voter Suppression

10:41am February 21, 2020

by Debbie Elliott

Since losing the Georgia governor's race in 2018, the Democrat has launched the voting rights campaign that's active in 18 battleground states ahead of this year's election.

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