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In 2021, States Passed 117 Laws Making Voting Easier. What That Means for You
If you go by the headlines, you may think that we have a big problem with voter fraud in this country. We don’t. The Brennan Center for Justice at New York University’s School of Law, which has studied voter fraud for years, has found rates of fraud to be between 0.0003 and 0.0025%. That means an American is more...
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Amid Misguided Beliefs About Voter Fraud, These States are Making Voting Easier
Of the 301 bills related to elections that became law in 2021, 117 improved voter access, and 47 restricted it. (The rest were neutral or mixed.) NBCLX storyteller Jalyn Henderson breaks down why voter fraud in the U.S. is not actually a widespread problem and how many states are actually making it easier to vote.
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Formerly Incarcerated People Can Vote in Illinois. But They Must Take a Civics Class First
It’s a common misconception that all formerly incarcerated people lose the ability to vote. In fact, in most states, after you’re released from prison or after your parole or probation ends, your right to vote is automatically restored. But laws allowing the formerly incarcerated to vote don’t matter if formerly incarcerated people don’t know about them, right? That’s why...
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Would MLK Be Be Happy With America in 2022? He'd Be Disappointed, Daughter Says
In the book “Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community?” Martin Luther King Jr. called for “a revolution of values” that would help heal American society. In 2022, he would be disappointed that “we didn’t heed his message,” says his daughter Bernice King, a minister and attorney. King joined LX News to talk more about the direction the...
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How 1 Woman's School Project Led to a Law Helping Formerly Incarcerated People Vote
As a student a DePaul University in Chicago, Alex Boutros took a class where she collaborated with incarcerated people at a local prison and surveyed them about their interest in politics. Spoiler: Those surveyed were very interested in voting and civic engagement. Boutros sat down with NBCLX storyteller Jalyn Henderson to talk about the evolution of the project, which led...
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Judge Deals Texas Narrow Defeat Over Mail-In Ballot Limits
A federal judge has handed Texas’ elections overhaul a partial defeat days ahead of 2022′s first primary.
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NBCLX Tracked Voting Laws in Every State. Here's What We Learned
Voting laws vary among all 50 states, and there was no simple tool to track all those differences. So NBCLX built one. Storyteller Peter Hull explains Project Democracy and the ballot access map, and we review some of the most striking differences in voting rights from Texas to Maine, with the help of Morning Consult senior reporter Eli Yokley.
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Bipartisan Senate Group Hits the Gas on a More Modest Election Overhaul Bill
The group plans to meet virtually during next week’s recess to find a path forward on issues from clarifying the Electoral Count Act of 1887 to protecting election officials from threats and intimidation.
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Rep. Jamaal Bowman Arrested During Voting Rights Protest Outside US Capitol
Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) was among a group of demonstrators arrested at a voting rights protest outside the U.S. Capitol Thursday.
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Here's What's in the Voting Rights Bill Senate Dems Want to Pass
The sweeping elections bill now in the Senate deals with much more than voting changes
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Voting Bill Collapses, Democrats Unable to Change Filibuster
Voting legislation that is a cornerstone of the Democratic agenda and a top priority for civil rights leaders is on track for defeat
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On MLK Day, National Leaders Acknowledge Unmet Needs for Racial Equality
Americans must commit to the unfinished work of Martin Luther King Jr., delivering jobs and justice and protecting “the sacred right to vote, a right from which all other rights flow,” President Joe Biden said Monday.
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Martin Luther King Jr.'s Family Is Marching for Voting Rights: Here's Why It's a Civil Rights Issue
The family of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. is honoring him on Monday by leading a voting rights march in Washington D.C. Vote.org CEO Andrea Hailey makes the case that voting rights is this generation’s civil rights issue.
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King Family Crosses DC's Douglass Bridge on Peace Walk
The family of Martin Luther King Jr. crossed over D.C.’s new Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge on Monday as the world honors King’s life and legacy.
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New Texas Voting Law Snags US Citizens, Mail Ballot Requests
The impact of a sweeping new voting law that Republicans pushed through last year over Democrats’ protests is drawing fire again.
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Biden Rallies Senate Dems on Voting Rights Laws
After meeting with Senate Democrats to advocate for the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2021, President Joe Biden on Thursday pledged to challenge a slew of restrictive voting laws.
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Republican National Committee Threatens to Pull Nominees From Official Presidential Debates
The RNC threatened to change its rules to bar presidential nominees from debates held by the Commission on Presidential Debates.
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Biden All But Concedes Defeat on Voting, Election Bills
President Joe Biden is all but conceding defeat for this year on the Democrats’ big elections and voting rights legislation
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WATCH: Biden's Full Voting Rights Speech
Watch President Joe Biden’s full speech on voting rights in Atlanta, Georgia, on Tuesday.
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Biden Challenges Senate on Voting: ‘Tired of Being Quiet!'
President Joe Biden is challenging senators to “stand against voter suppression,” urging them to change Senate rules in order to pass voting rights legislation that Republicans are blocking from debate and votes