A century ago, the Nineteenth Amendment was added to the Constitution, prohibiting state-sponsored voting discrimination on account of sex, and women’s status as equal citizens was formally etched in the Constitution’s text.Source: How the Right to Vote Became Fundamental ...
On October 25, the opponents of the California legislature’s size filed this brief in the Ninth Circuit. The case is Citizens for Fair Representation v Padilla, 18-17458.Source: Brief Filed in California Case on Size of Legislative Districts...
Voting is not mandatory in the United States, as it is in Australia. But does that mean that American citizens who have the right to vote in elections also have the right not to vote?Source: After Years of New Voting Restrictions, Momentum Swings the Other Way...
The Supreme Court agreed to hear arguments early next year on lawsuits challenging the addition of a question about citizenship to the 2020 census, acting with unusual speed in a politically charged case.Source: Supreme Court Will Hear Fast-Track Arguments in Census Case...
There are two competing theories about how American elections fail to accurately capture the sentiment of the electorate. One theory, propagated by President Trump, holds that rampant voter fraud is committed by people unable to vote, swaying elections unfairly.Source: Americans see voter suppression as a bigger problem than voter fraud...
The Georgia Secretary of State is defending at least five voting rights lawsuits in U.S. District Court in Atlanta: 1. Georgia Coalition for the Peoples’ Agenda v Kemp, 1:18cv-4727, has a hearing on October 29.Source: Georgia is Facing At Least Five Federal Voting Rights Lawsuits, Some of them Time-Urgent...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – Gov. Jerry Brown has agreed to restore the voting rights of convicted felons serving time in county jails. The bill that Brown announced signing Wednesday also reinstates the voting eligibility of felons on probation or under community supervision beginning next year.Source: Gov. Brown Signs Bill Allowing Felons To Vote In Jail...
Several men in green "L.A. County Jail" jumpsuits stood behind bars and listened to Esther Lim speak about this year's elections. "How many here didn't know they could vote?" Lim asked them. Some men came out of their cells or turned around as Lim explained their voting rights.Source: Voting registration drive makes inroads in unexpected territory: county jails...
