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New Mexico OKs Legislation to Restore Voting Rights to Former Felons

Posted by Minh Nguyen
|Date: April 04, 2023
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New Mexico OKs Legislation to Restore Voting Rights to Former Felons

By Tommy Nguyen WASHINGTON, DC - New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham late last week signed into la ...

By Tommy Nguyen WASHINGTON, DC - New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham late last week signed into law the New Mexico Voting Rights Act, historic legislation that automatically restores voting rig ...

April 04, 2023
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Guest Commentary: My Conviction Meant 40 Years without a Vote. Not Anymore.

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: March 25, 2023
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Guest Commentary: My Conviction Meant 40 Years without a Vote. Not Anymore.

Minnesota just restored the right to vote for people with felony convictions, like me. By Jennifer Schroe ...

Minnesota just restored the right to vote for people with felony convictions, like me. By Jennifer Schroeder When I was convicted of a felony, I knew I wouldn’t be able to vote, but it didn’t sink in ...

March 25, 2023
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Minnesota Supreme Court Votes against Restoring Voting Rights for Felons – Opponents Charge Ruling Disproportionately Affects People of Color, People of Indigenous Descent

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: February 19, 2023
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Minnesota Supreme Court Votes against Restoring Voting Rights for Felons – Opponents Charge Ruling Disproportionately Affects People of Color, People of Indigenous Descent

By Destiny G MINNEAPOLIS, MN - The Constitution does not automatically give those who have been released ...

By Destiny G MINNEAPOLIS, MN - The Constitution does not automatically give those who have been released from incarceration but are still on felony probation the right to vote, according to the ACLU o ...

February 19, 2023
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How Tennessee Disenfranchised 21% of Its Black Citizens

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|Date: November 10, 2022
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How Tennessee Disenfranchised 21% of Its Black Citizens

by Bianca Fortis ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story ...

by Bianca Fortis ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. Leola Scott recently decided to bec ...

November 10, 2022
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Georgia Absentee Voters Given Leeway to Vote in Midterm Elections

Posted by Britney Cao
|Date: November 08, 2022
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Georgia Absentee Voters Given Leeway to Vote in Midterm Elections

By Britney Cao and Rena Abdusalam ATLANTA – The Cobb County Superior Court, in an emergency ruling, has e ...

By Britney Cao and Rena Abdusalam ATLANTA – The Cobb County Superior Court, in an emergency ruling, has enabled hundreds of Cobb County voters who requested absentee ballots and have not acquired them ...

November 08, 2022
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REPORT: No Voting Rights for 4.6 Million Americans with Felony Convictions

Posted by Perla Brito
|Date: October 28, 2022
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REPORT: No Voting Rights for 4.6 Million Americans with Felony Convictions

By Perla Brito WASHINGTON, D.C. - A report published by The Sentencing Project this week revealed 4.6 mil ...

By Perla Brito WASHINGTON, D.C. - A report published by The Sentencing Project this week revealed 4.6 million Americans with felony convictions will be denied voting rights in the 2022 midterms—meanin ...

October 28, 2022
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Upcoming Election Prompts NAACP to Ask DOJ for Election Monitors

Posted by Britney Cao
|Date: October 28, 2022
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Upcoming Election Prompts NAACP to Ask DOJ for Election Monitors

By Britney Cao WASHINGTON, D.C. –The NAACP this week wrote the U.S. Assistant Attorney General a letter t ...

By Britney Cao WASHINGTON, D.C. –The NAACP this week wrote the U.S. Assistant Attorney General a letter to request election monitors for the upcoming election to ensure voters are able to cast their b ...

October 28, 2022
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Majority of Voters Support Right to Vote for All Citizens, Regardless of Criminal Status

Posted by Amy Berberyan
|Date: August 25, 2022
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Majority of Voters Support Right to Vote for All Citizens, Regardless of Criminal Status

By Amy Berberyan WASHINGTON, D.C – A national poll has revealed that 56 percent of voters “[support] a la ...

By Amy Berberyan WASHINGTON, D.C – A national poll has revealed that 56 percent of voters “[support] a law to guarantee the eligibility to vote for all citizens 18 and older.” The survey was run by La ...

August 25, 2022
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California Attorney General Joins Coalition in Amicus Brief Supporting Voting Rights of Previously Incarcerated Felons in North Carolina

Posted by Wayne Chan
|Date: August 21, 2022
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California Attorney General Joins Coalition in Amicus Brief Supporting Voting Rights of Previously Incarcerated Felons in North Carolina

By Wayne Chan OAKLAND, CA — Joining a coalition of 15 attorneys general across the country, California At ...

By Wayne Chan OAKLAND, CA — Joining a coalition of 15 attorneys general across the country, California Attorney General Rob Bonta filed an amicus brief last week urging the North Carolina Supreme Cour ...

August 21, 2022
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Sentencing Project Releases Report on Jail-Based Voting for 2 Million Incarcerated

Posted by Michele Chadwick
|Date: August 01, 2022
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Sentencing Project Releases Report on Jail-Based Voting for 2 Million Incarcerated

By Michele Chadwick WASHINGTON, D.C.- The Sentencing Project has released a new report, "Voting in Jails: ...

By Michele Chadwick WASHINGTON, D.C.- The Sentencing Project has released a new report, "Voting in Jails: Advocacy Strategies to #UNLOCKtheVOTE," which examines strategies to improve ballot access for ...

August 01, 2022
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Sentencing Project Applauds Passage of Measure to Allow Incarcerated to Vote

Posted by Mihajla Milovanovic
|Date: June 28, 2022
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Sentencing Project Applauds Passage of Measure to Allow Incarcerated to Vote

By Mihajla Milovanovic BOSTON, MASS – Massachusetts has joined other states in giving voting rights to th ...

By Mihajla Milovanovic BOSTON, MASS – Massachusetts has joined other states in giving voting rights to those incarcerated, as Gov. Charlie Baker signed a new act into law here, called “VOTES,” which a ...

June 28, 2022
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ACLU, Others File Voting Rights Suit in Mississippi for Diluting Black Votes

Posted by Ashleen Herrarte
|Date: April 26, 2022
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ACLU, Others File Voting Rights Suit in Mississippi for Diluting Black Votes

By Ashleen Herrarte GREENVILLE, MISS – Mississippi civil rights groups have challenged Supreme Court-appr ...

By Ashleen Herrarte GREENVILLE, MISS – Mississippi civil rights groups have challenged Supreme Court-approved district lines that have been unchanged for over 35 years, after those lines decreased the ...

April 26, 2022
| by Ashleen Herrarte

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Court Blocks Montana Laws that Restrict Voting Rights for Native Americans

Posted by Jaanvi Kaur
|Date: April 08, 2022
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Court Blocks Montana Laws that Restrict Voting Rights for Native Americans

(Photo: Steve Cordes, Unsplash) By Jaanvi Kaur and Ankita Joshi BILLINGS, MT – A Montana court stopped tw ...

(Photo: Steve Cordes, Unsplash) By Jaanvi Kaur and Ankita Joshi BILLINGS, MT – A Montana court stopped two state laws that restrict Native American participation in the state’s voting process. Montana ...

April 08, 2022
| by Jaanvi Kaur

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As Expected, U.S. Senate Blocks John R. Lewis Act

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: January 21, 2022
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As Expected, U.S. Senate Blocks John R. Lewis Act

By Matthew Torres WASHINGTON, DC - After lengthy debate Wednesday night, the Senate has voted not to pass ...

By Matthew Torres WASHINGTON, DC - After lengthy debate Wednesday night, the Senate has voted not to pass the voting rights bill named after late congressman and civil rights icon John R. Lewis, falli ...

January 21, 2022
| by Vanguard Court Watch Interns

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Martin Luther King III Calls for Voting Rights Support from AZ Senator Sinema during Weekend Demonstration

Posted by Jake Romero
|Date: January 18, 2022
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Martin Luther King III Calls for Voting Rights Support from AZ Senator Sinema during Weekend Demonstration

By Anna Olsen and Jake Romero PHOENIX, AZ — The family of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., led a rally a ...

By Anna Olsen and Jake Romero PHOENIX, AZ — The family of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., led a rally and march over the holiday weekend where organizers called on President Biden and the Senate—sin ...

January 18, 2022
| by Jake Romero

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House Passes John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act – Moves to Senate

Posted by Peter Eibert
|Date: August 26, 2021
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House Passes John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act – Moves to Senate

By Peter Eibert WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. House of Representatives passed the John R. Lewis Voti ...

By Peter Eibert WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. House of Representatives passed the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, otherwise known as H.R. 4, Tuesday in an effort to restore defunct p ...

August 26, 2021
| by Peter Eibert

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Local Activists Push for Congressional Law to Protect Voting Rights Amid State Laws Putting Them Under Fire

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: July 17, 2021
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Local Activists Push for Congressional Law to Protect Voting Rights Amid State Laws Putting Them Under Fire

Special To the Vanguard On Thursday July 8th, at a rally organized by Indivisible Yolo and Sister Distric ...

Special To the Vanguard On Thursday July 8th, at a rally organized by Indivisible Yolo and Sister District CA3, over a hundred people gathered near the downtown Davis office of Congressman John Garame ...

July 17, 2021
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Guest Commentary: In Support of the For the People Act

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: July 12, 2021
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Guest Commentary: In Support of the For the People Act

By Steve Murphy (Editor’s Notes: The following remarks were delivered Thursday at the rally with Represen ...

By Steve Murphy (Editor’s Notes: The following remarks were delivered Thursday at the rally with Representative John Garamendi.) Welcome to the Davis Rally for Voting Rights. Glad to see you all. My ...

July 12, 2021
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Guest Commentary: 21st Century Impasse for Democracy

Posted by Eric Gelber
|Date: July 10, 2021
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Guest Commentary: 21st Century Impasse for Democracy

By Scott Steward The following is based on the article “Facing Down Jim Crow, Again” by Ari Berman (Mothe ...

By Scott Steward The following is based on the article “Facing Down Jim Crow, Again” by Ari Berman (Mother Jones July August 2021) and my own research… I am unabashedly in support of independent journ ...

July 10, 2021
| by Eric Gelber

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Garamendi in Davis to Rally for Senate Passage of Voting Rights

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 09, 2021
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Garamendi in Davis to Rally for Senate Passage of Voting Rights

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA – Veteran legislator John Garamendi, who represents Davis and portions of ...

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA – Veteran legislator John Garamendi, who represents Davis and portions of Yolo County in the House, was in Davis in the heat on Thursday afternoon at an event sponsored ...

July 09, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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