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A North Carolina Judge Won Two Recounts. Republicans Are Still Trying to Overturn Her Election.

After trailing by more than 10,000 votes on election night, Democratic North Carolina State Supreme Court Justice Allison Riggs pulled off an...

12.12.2024 3

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Democrats Need to Stop Defending a Broken Democratic System

Mother Jones illustration; Getty Hours before the results started coming in on November 5, when Democrats were still full of hope, the exit polls...

21.11.2024 8

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The North Carolina GOP Snuck an Outrageous Antidemocratic Power Grab Into a Hurricane Relief Bill

North Carolina Senate leader Phil Berger (R-Rockingham) speaks alongside Republican Party Chair Jason Simmons Gary D. Robertson/AP On Tuesday,...

20.11.2024 4

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Republicans Defeat Ohio Anti-Gerrymandering Initiative With Brazen Anti-Democratic Tactics

Voters line up to enter their polling place at the Cincinnati Observatory on Election Day. Carolyn Kaster/AP Ohio voters defeated a major ballot...

06.11.2024 9

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A Georgia Judge Just Blocked 7 Rules Passed by MAGA Election Officials

The Georgia State Election Board meets at the Capitol in Atlanta on July 9, 2024. Arvin Temkar/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP A state judge on...

17.10.2024 20

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Georgia Judge Blocks MAGA Election Subversion Rule

People line up to vote in the Atlanta suburb of Tucker, Ga., on Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2024, the first day of early in-person voting in Georgia. Jeff...

16.10.2024 30

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In Major Blow to Trump’s Election Denial Efforts, Georgia Judge Says Results Must Be Certified

Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney looks through paperwork, Aug. 14, 2023, in Atlanta. (Brynn Anderson, AP) A Georgia judge ruled...

15.10.2024 20

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Tim Walz is Right: The Electoral College Should be Abolished

Governor Walz speaks to a crowd in the city of Reno Nevada, during a Harris Walz campaign rally, October 8, 2024. (Hale Irwin/ SIPA USA) At a pair...

09.10.2024 4

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Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp Keeps Trying to Help Trump Win in November

Former President Donald Trump shakes hands with Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp after speaking at a temporary relief shelter as he visits areas impacted by...

05.10.2024 6

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False Claims of Voter Fraud Lead to Real Instances of Voter Suppression

A voter enters Tuscaloosa County Ward 5, Montgomery Fire Department, to vote during a primary election, Tuesday, March 5, 2024, in Northport, Ala. (AP...

05.10.2024 5

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Democrats File New Lawsuit Against MAGA Georgia Election Board

Georgia's State Election Board members discuss proposals for election rule changes at the state capitol, Sept. 20, 2024, in Atlanta. (Mike Stewart/AP)...

30.09.2024 8

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Nebraska GOP State Senator Rejects Trump Scheme to Rig Electoral College

Former president Donald Trump campaigns in Greenwood, Neb., in 2022. (Kenneth Ferriera/Lincoln Journal Star via AP) The Trump campaign’s...

23.09.2024 4

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MAGA Republicans Pass New Election Rules in Georgia That Could Rig the State for Trump

An attendee holds a sign that says "This Meeting is Illegal" during a hastily planned Georgia State Election Board meeting at the Capitol in Atlanta...

20.09.2024 70

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How Republicans Could Block a Democratic Victory in Georgia

An election worker examines a ballot during vote counting in the 2020 election at State Farm Arena, in Atlanta. Brynn Anderson/AP Former...

19.09.2024 9

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“Our Job Is to Make Sure They’re Safe”: America Confronts Election Intimidation

Residents in Anchorage, Alaska wait to vote. Mark Thiessen/AP This article was originally published by  News21 , a Carnegie-Knight and Walter...

03.09.2024 4

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MAGA Election Deniers Are Going All-Out to Rig Georgia for Trump

Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at Georgia State University in Atlanta, Aug. 3, 2024. (John Bazemore/AP) On August 3, Donald Trump held a...

09.08.2024 30

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Tim Walz Has a Stellar Record on Voting Rights

Minnesota Democratic Gov. Tim Walz signs the "Democracy for the People Act" on May 5, 2023, in St. Paul, Minn. Steve Karnowski/AP. Kamala...

06.08.2024 30

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As the Voting Rights Act Nears 60, Conservative Judges Are Gutting It From Every Angle

Mother Jones illustration; Washington Bureau/Getty; Tim Mossholder/Unsplash; National Archives “Today is a triumph for freedom as huge as any...

06.08.2024 20

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Biden’s Call for Supreme Court Reform is Long Overdue

Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call/Getty President Joe Biden called for a series of major reforms to the Supreme Court on Monday that would counteract the...

29.07.2024 40

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The List of Democrats Calling on Biden to Drop Out Is Growing

Kyle Mazza/AP Joe Biden continues to insist he’s continuing with his presidential campaign, but the list of Democrats pleading with him to drop...

20.07.2024 3

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The Country’s Most Conservative Court Just Reinstated a Jim Crow-Era Voter Suppression Law

Members of voting rights groups hold signs calling for protection of voting rights at a news conference in Jackson, Miss., Dec. 7, 2023. (Rogelio V....

20.07.2024 30

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Republicans Preview the Voter Suppression Policies They’ll Enact if Trump Wins

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., holds a news conference with Donald Trump on April 12, 2024, at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla. Wilfredo...

11.07.2024 70

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The Supreme Court Just Made It Easier for Republicans to Get Away With Racial Gerrymandering

Mother Jones; Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/ZUMA; Tim Mossholder/Unsplash The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the constitutionality of a South Carolina...

23.05.2024 30

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The Supreme Court Delivers a Rare Win for Black Voters in the South

On Wednesday, the Supreme Court allowed a lower court decision requiring a second majority-Black congressional district in Louisiana to move...

16.05.2024 10

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University leaders are indulging vile lies about Israel and Hamas

Elie Wiesel once warned of the “perils of indifference.” Reflecting on the horrors of the 20th century, he recognized that indifference can be...

10.05.2024 20

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How Michigan Ended Minority Rule

Advertisement Supported by Guest Essay By Ari Berman Mr. Berman is the national voting rights correspondent at Mother Jones and the author of...

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Why the Big Lie Is Still Dominating Wisconsin Politics

Donald Trump at a 2020 campaign rally in Green Bay, Wisconsin Alex Brandon/AP Two big pieces of news emerged from the world of Wisconsin politics...

17.03.2024 10

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Russians Found a Different Way to Make Their Votes Matter

Voters line at a polling station at noon in Moscow. AP Vladimir Putin’s fifth term as Russian president is guaranteed. Opposition leaders have been...

17.03.2024 8

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The Long Era of Republican Gerrymandering in Wisconsin May Finally Be Over

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers raises a bill which re-defines the state's legislative maps after signing it at the Wisconsin State Capitol in Madison,...

20.02.2024 5

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Trump-Appointed Judge Upholds Georgia Runoff System That Curbs Voting Access

People gather during a get out the vote rally Nov. 27, 2022, in Atlanta, during early voting for the Senate runoff election. Ben Gray/AP A federal...

13.01.2024 60

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Kansans Voted to Protect Abortion Rights. Republicans Are Still Trying to Ban Them.

A yard sign urges Kansas voters to protect abortion access in the November elections. John Hanna/AP In August 2022, Kansans decisively voted to...

13.01.2024 20

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How Leonard Leo’s Dark Money Network Orchestrated a New Attack on the Voting Rights Act

Mother Jones; Carolyn Kaster/AP; Unsplash On November 20, a three-judge panel on the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that private plaintiffs could...

18.12.2023 10

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