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Voting booths in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. Photo: Tim Evanson/Flickr
U.S. midterm results show the fight against voter disenfranchisement is working
Amy Goodman, Denis Moynihan | Grassroots organizing gets results but there is a huge amount of work yet to be done to ensure a fair, representative democracy with an engaged and empowered electorate.
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The tide is turning on U.S. voter suppression, but time is running out
Amy Goodman, Denis Moynihan | The Voting Rights Act, signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson on Aug. 6, 1965, helped enfranchise millions of African-Americans over the decades. Today, the struggle continues.
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Struggles for racial justice and voting rights central to U.S. presidential race
Amy Goodman, Denis Moynihan | Race has been a defining issue in the 2016 U.S. election season, and inextricably linked to it, the struggle for voting rights.
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Are you sure you can vote under Harper's Unfair Elections Act?
Ralph Surette | Are you sure you can vote this election? The centrepiece of the Harper government's assault on democratic process, the Fair Elections Act, may stand in your way.
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Millions of Canadians denied the right to vote in 2015 federal election
Pro Bono, Priya Sarin | Last week, two courts ruled on separate Charter challenges to legislation affecting the rights of certain groups of Canadians to vote in the October 2015 election. Their decisions were surprising.
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Door-to-door democracy can change the game for election 2015
Dylan Penner | We can bring about change by getting organized in our communities and we can start with all of us taking the voter pledge right now.
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Harper's voter suppression plan: Coming soon to a polling station near you
Linda McQuaig | Stephen Harper's re-election strategy depends on a lot of you not voting. And if you mess with his plan by showing up at the polling station on Election Day, he's prepared for that, too.
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2014 U.S. midterm elections marked by widespread voter disenfranchisement
Amy Goodman | Purging of voter rolls is just one way that Republicans are working to limit the vote. Key court decisions have all but guaranteed that many U.S. voters will be denied access to their right to vote.
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Democracy imprisoned: How racial disparities deny voting rights in the U.S.
Amy Goodman | Millions of Americans are prohibited from voting because of felony convictions. Because of racial disparities in the penal system, people of colour are disproportionately denied the right to vote.
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Voting rights and dreams deferred in U.S. elections
Amy Goodman | Following the 2010 Republican sweep, giving the GOP control over many state legislatures and governorships, the nation has seen a wave of new laws that make it harder to vote.
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Right to vote under threat in U.S.
Amy Goodman | As the election season heats up, an increasing number of states are working to limit the number of people who are allowed to vote.
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New wave of laws restricts voter participation in U.S.
Amy Goodman | A battle is being waged by Republicans -- not against each other, but against American voters. Across the U.S. state legislatures and governors are pushing laws to restrict access to the voting booth.