Four Fights Over Voting Rights
Easing early voting. Or not.
When North Carolina’s Republican legislature ordered all early-voting sites to stay open…
In Midterms, the Right to Vote Is Still at Issue, Too
Damon Johnson is a 19-year-old sophomore studying chemical engineering at historically black Prairie View A&M University. He’s learning a lot about voting, too.
Opinion: Recognize the past and secure the present by voting
Wonder what Frederick Douglass would say as we celebrate his 200th birthday that 30 percent of Rochester’s eligible voters voted in the 2017 general election. Would he be furious? Stunned?
Absentee ballots in New York at 'presidential levels'
While midterm elections typically attract lower voter turnout, absentee ballots counts at county Boards of Elections across the state are greatly outpacing 2014 numbers, with some…
Opinion: Too Poor to Vote
As Election Day approaches, triggering feverish drives to turn out new voters, over six million people will be denied the right to register and cast a ballot this November.
Preparing for election day and protecting voter's rights
New York already held two primary elections this year, but for unaffiliated voters, Tuesday's election is the first time they'll cast a ballot this year.
City Voter Guide Mistakenly Tells Paroled Felons They Can't Vote
A voter guide mailed to more than 4.5 million New York City residents wrongly states felons on parole don’t have the right to vote.
Opinion: How to Punish Voters
The prosecution of individual voters for fraud is a trend that seems intended to intimidate.
How voting rights in America have changed over time
The 2018 midterm elections are just a week away, and millions of Americans are expected to head to the polls to exercise their right to vote.
The Amazing Disappearing Voter
Houston photographer Lynn Lane has voted in every general election and primary over the last five years. He hasn’t changed his address, so he was stunned this year to receive an official letter warning him that he might soon be erased from the rolls.