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Voting rights anniversary spotlights America’s enduring anti-Black contempt

  • Roger Chesley

Civil rights stalwarts, politicians and academics held a requiem for the Voting Rights Act on its 61st anniversary last week, lamenting the neutering of a law that had propelled African Americans – especially in the South – into choosing their own leaders without fear of violence, murder or lesser polling place obstacles. Activists didn’t call […]

Virginia

Spanberger restores voting rights to more than 60,000 Virginians

  • Markus Schmidt

Gov. Abigail Spanberger has restored voting and other civil rights to more than 60,000 Virginians since taking office in January, reversing the more restrictive restoration process adopted by her predecessor and reopening voting access for thousands of people with past felony convictions, her administration said Friday.  The 66,085 Virginians whose rights have been restored may […]

Nevada

Republicans sue Nevada over voting by nonresidents

  • By Liam Hibbert | The Center Square contributor

(The Center Square) - In Nevada, as in most states, some American citizens born abroad can vote in the state – even if they've never lived there.