Civil Rights
Voter Registration Deadlines
Find out when your states voter registration deadline is in 2016. Rock the Vote provides a list of all the voter registration deadlines important to know before you can vote in the election.
Source: Voter Registration Deadlines
Virginia Republicans Seek to Slow the Restoration of Rights
Republican lawmakers plan to submit a bill to the state legislature that would serve as a setback to the restoration of rights for previously convicted persons. You can read more here.
McAuliffe restores voting rights to 13,000 felons – The Washington Post
The Va. governor acted one month after the state Supreme Court threw out a broader clemency effort.
Source: McAuliffe restores voting rights to 13,000 felons – The Washington Post
http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2016/08/02/trump_s_rigged_comments_are_the_most_dangerous_thing_he_s_said_yet.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2016/08/05/donald-trump-is-wrong-rigging-an-election-is-almost-impossible/?postshare=1591470423682035&tid=ss_tw
Texas, minority groups agree on temporary remedy for voter ID – San Antonio Express-News
Texas has agreed to significantly dilute it’s voter ID law for November’s election, according to a joint filing with minority groups. A federal judge still has to approve the proposed fixes.
Source: Texas, minority groups agree on temporary remedy for voter ID – San Antonio Express-News
Courts Are Recognizing that the Intent of Many New Voter Laws Is Not to Improve Democracy but to Discriminate – The Atlantic
Courts are recognizing that the intent of many new voter laws is not to improve democracy but to discriminate.
Rev. William Barber On DNC Speech, Morality, And The Future Of Civil Rights In America | WGBH News
This is an interesting interview. Rev. Barber led the “Moral Mondays” in North Carolina, years before folks started paying attention to the way that the legislature was disenfranchising its citizens.
Source: Rev. William Barber On DNC Speech, Morality, And The Future Of Civil Rights In America | WGBH News
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