Virginia Democrats Advance Efforts to Protect Abortion, Voting Rights, Marriage Equality
Democratic lawmakers who wield control of the Virginia Legislature are hoping to make good on promises made on the campaign ...
New York Judge Strikes Down State Voting-Rights Law for Emphasizing Rights of Minority Voters
The judge ruled that the law is unconstitutional because it protects certain minority groups from discrimination when it ...
Virginia Mercury16h
Va. House panel advances amendments on abortion rights, marriage equality and voting rights
A Democratic-led House of Delegates panel on Wednesday advanced three proposed constitutional amendments, including a revised ...
Buffalo News6h
Future of election wards in Cheektowaga uncertain after judge strikes down voting equality law
The state law a Cheektowaga man is using to sue the town into establishing voting wards was ruled unconstitutional last week ...
Richmond20h
Virginia Democrats advance amendments to protect abortion, voting rights, marriage equality
The panel passed the proposed amendment on same-sex marriage on a 16-5 vote. The restoration of rights amendment, which would ...
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Judge strikes down New York Voting Rights Act, citing equal protection concerns
New York State Supreme Court Judge Maria Vazquez-Doles struck down the John Lewis Voting Rights Act of New York, ruling that ...
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New York’s Voting Rights Act faces uncertain fate after judge strikes down law
A judge ruled that the entire New York Voting Rights Act was unconstitutional because it provides “enhanced rights” for ...
Judge strikes down New York law intended to protect minority groups’ voting power
A judge has struck down a state law that made it easier for New Yorkers to sue over electoral divisions and voting rules that ...
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It Shouldn’t Be This Hard to Vote When You’re Disabled
Disabled people don’t all have the same preferences—or needs—when it comes to voting. Some people with fatiguing conditions ...
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Judge Rules New York Voting Rights Act Unconstitutional, Impacting Minority Groups' Electoral Power
A judge has ruled against New York's Voting Rights Act, stating its race-based protections are unconstitutional, impacting ...
It’s not the end for local noncitizen voting efforts, supporters of Santa Ana’s Measure DD say
On the ballot, voters were asked if noncitizens in Santa Ana should be granted the right to vote in local elections.
Democrats Deserted Working Poor: Bishop William Barber on Healthcare, Living Wages, Voting Rights
Why is it that the issues that most of the public agrees with — healthcare, living wages, voting rights, democracy — why is it that those issues weren’t more up front?” We speak to Bishop William ...