Voter ID
After a ruling by a federal court, it’s been announced that North Carolina voters will NOT need to show identification when voting in the primary election in March of 2020. This applies to early voting and one stop voting. It’s not yet known if voters will be required to provide identification in the November elections. […]
Beginning in 2020, North Carolina voters will be required to provide photo identification to vote when voting in person or by mail. There are some exceptions. Photo ID is not required for any elections in 2019. Click here to learn more about the photo identification requirements and to view a list of acceptable forms if ID. […]
A three-judge panel in San Antonio ruled that Republicans in Texas racially gerrymandered congressional districts.
On the heels of Donald Trump being sworn into office, the DOJ requested that a voter ID law case in Texas be postponed.
Roland Martin spoke with Hillary Clinton about the importance of the 2016 election and why she feels the stakes are so high.
A federal Judge in Texas has ruled the state violated an agreement it made in July to soften its voter ID law, one of the strictest in the country and as a result, will have to reprint their voter education materials. In July, a court ruled that the Texas voter ID law discriminated against Blacks […]
Republican-led voter ID restrictions, which negatively impacted people of color, suffered a major blow last week in three states. On Friday in North Carolina, a federal judge rolled back obstructive voting measures. They included requiring a photo ID card to vote, reducing the number of early voting days, and prohibiting same-day voter registration. The 83-page decision […]
President Barack Obama joined Rev. Al Sharpton on the “Keepin’ It Real With Rev. Al Sharpton” radio show to discuss why African Americans, who skew…
“The right to vote is threatened today in a way that it has not been since the Voting Rights Act was passed in to law…
Former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell was in Raleigh yesterday for a business forum and blasted North Carolina’s new elections law, telling Gov. Pat McCrory point blank it was wrong for him to sign it, according to WRAL. The new, sweeping law calls for voters to present photo identification at the polls, cuts the […]