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This series examines the systemic ways that voting rights are denied to so many Americans
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The reason it failed is simple: 50 Republicans didn’t support the proposals and two Democrats opposed changing the filibuster
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Sweeping protections for voters, already passed by House and backed by Biden, fail to clear 60-vote procedural hurdle
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Florida governor wants lawmakers to allocate nearly $6m for Office of Election Crime and Security
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Reporting
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State supreme court to reconsider two recent rulings that struck down state’s voter ID law and congressional districts
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Hervis Rogers, who drew national praise, was arrested by state attorney general Ken Paxton for voting illegally while on parole
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This marks the first time since 1869 that a court removed an official for participating in an insurrection
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Byron Smith registered to vote after a key amendment, but didn’t know he was ineligible – now he faces up to five years in prison
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Law passed in 1890 was tailored ‘to exclude the Negro’ but appeals court says tweaks in 20th century ‘cleansed … discriminatory taint’
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Review of court and election papers raises questions about whether the 19 people charged knowingly committed fraud
Features
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Voter suppression – from strict ID laws to closing polling places to purging voter rolls – is deliberately making it hard to exercise the democratic franchise
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While some states have enacted policies that make it easier to cast a ballot, many have gone in the opposite direction
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Florida voters overwhelmingly supported restoring rights for those with felony convictions. But tens of thousands of people remain disenfranchised
Opinion
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The motivations behind today’s efforts to overturn elections and remove black elected officials are not very different than Reconstruction-era motivations
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Despite the tactics of voter suppression working against them, black people are one of the most stable voting blocs in the US
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The House passed a bill that would restore the 1965 act to its full strength – and the US needs reform to make the 2020 election fair for all
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None of the four top Democratic candidates poll consistently above 30% – ranked-choice voting, however, can determine who people actually support
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Given what’s at stake next year, the effort to prevent people voting will be fierce. We’ve been here before – and we can stop it, writes Guardian columnist Carol Anderson
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