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Arizona
The Legacy of Voting Discrimination and the Continued Need for the Voting Rights Act in Arizona, Spencer G. Scharff and Scott Caplan, September 2021
Nonwhite Voters at Higher Risk of Being Dropped from Arizona’s Mail Ballot List, Brennan Center for Justice, August 2022
Youth of Color Are Key to 2022 Midterms in Arizona, CIRCLE, June 2022
Arizona Is the Epicenter of the Fight for Voting Rights Today, Brennan Center for Justice, June 2022
Voting Rights in Arizona: An Advisory Memorandum of the Arizona Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, Arizona Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, July 2018
Voting Barriers Encountered by Native Americans in Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada and South Dakota: Survey Research Report Executive Summary and Policy Reform Recommendations, The Native American Voting Rights Coalition, January 2018
Investigation Reveals Widespread Violations of Federal Voting Rights Laws in Arizona, American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Arizona, November 2017
Texas
Current Conditions of Voting Discrimination in Texas, The Leadership Conference Education Fund, 2023
Texas Election Protection: A Post-Election Report, Katya Ehresman for Common Cause Texas, February 2023
Republicans Have Already Filed Dozens of Bills to Restrict Voting in 2023, Kira Lerner for The Guardian, January 2023
Records Show Massive Disenfranchisement and Racial Disparities in 2022 Texas Primary, Brennan Center for Justice, October 2022
Texas Limits Mail Voting, Adds ID Requirements After Surge in Turnout, Karen Juanita Carrillo for The Center for Public Integrity, October 2022
Texas Mail Ballot Rejections Soar Under New Restrictions, Paul J. Weber and Acacia Coronado for The Associated Press, March 2022
The New Texas Voting Law Includes These 7 Major Changes, Eric Bradner for CNN, September 2021
New Texas Voting Bill Deepens Growing Disparities in How Americans Can Cast Their Ballots, Elise Viebeck for The Washington Post, September 2021
A View from Texas: An Assessment of the Voting Rights Act’s Impact and Minority Voter Access 2006-2021, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, August 2021
Explainer: Details of the Final Version of Texas Voting Bill, Acacia Coronado and Nicholas Riccardi for The Associated Press, August 2021
Shelby County and Local Governments: A Case Study of Local Texas Governments Diluting Minority Votes, Sydnee Fielkow for Northwestern Journal of Law & Social Policy, Spring 2019
Voting Rights in Texas: An Advisory Memorandum of the Texas Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, Texas Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, July 2018
Louisiana
Fight for Representation: Louisiana’s Pervasive Record of Racial Discrimination in Voting, The Steadfast Louisianans Who Battle Onward, & The Urgent Need to Restore the Voting Rights Act, Southern Poverty Law Center, August 2021
Louisiana GOP’s Recent Efforts Are Thinly Veiled Voter Suppression, Greg Larose for Louisiana Illuminator, May 2023
Republicans Lead Charge to Ban Noncitizens from Voting in Local Elections, Kira Lerner for The Guardian, December 2022
Voter Rights Guide: Nearly All Strides in Equal Voting Access in Louisiana Have Come from Federal Intervention, Josh Archote for Lafayette Daily Advertiser, August 2022
Barriers to Voting in Louisiana: A Briefing Paper by the Louisiana Advisory Committee for the United States Commission on Civil Rights, Louisiana Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, June 2018
Alabama
Voting Rights in Alabama 2006 to 2021, NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc., August 2021
10 Years After SCOTUS Gutted Voting Rights Act, Alabama Turnout Gap Is Worse, Coryn Grange and Kevin Morris for Brennan Center for Justice, June 2023
Selma, Shelby County, & Beyond: Alabama’s Unyielding Record of Racial Discrimination in Voting, the Unwavering Alabamians who fight Back, & the Critical Need to Restore the Voting Rights Act, The Southern Poverty Law Center, August 2021
Supreme Court: Alabama’s Voting Maps Unfair to Black Residents, Robert Barnes for The Washington Post, June 2023
‘Change the Culture’: New Redistricting Map in Alabama City Is a Victory for Black Voters, But Annexation Plan Could Reverse Historic Progress, Liz Vinson for The Southern Poverty Law Center, January 2023
Fighting for Voting Rights in Alabama: An Unbroken Continuum of Suppression and Resilience, Tanesha Williams for Legal Defense Fund (LDF), May 2022
Alive and Well: Voter Suppression and Election Mismanagement in Alabama, Southern Poverty Law Center, February 2020
When it Comes to Voter Suppression, Don’t Forget About Alabama, Peter Dunphy for Brennan Center for Justice, November 2018
South Carolina
South Carolina’s Recent Voting Rights History: 1996 to July 2021, Mark A. Posner for The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, August 2021
South Carolina Gerrymandering Case Could Further Erode the Voting Rights Act, Benjamin Barber for Facing South, May 2023
Supreme Court Agrees to Take Up South Carolina Racial Gerrymandering Case, Ariane de Vogue for CNN, May 2023
Voting in South Carolina’s Primaries: How Early and Curbside Voting Make the Polls More Accessible, Christina M. Das for Legal Defense Fund (LDF), 2022
South Carolina’s History of Disenfranchisement Looms Over Tight U.S. Senate Race, Matt DeRienzo for The Center for Public Integrity, October 2020
The Continued Suppression of Voters with Disabilities in South Carolina, Protection and Advocacy for People with Disabilities, Inc., 2019
The Right to Vote in South Carolina: People with Disabilities Still Have Unequal Access to the Electoral Process, Protection and Advocacy for People with Disabilities, Inc., January 2015
Mississippi
Freedom Summer, Shelby County, & Beyond: Mississippi’s Continued Record of Racial Discrimination in Voting, the Tireless Mississippians Who Push Forward, & the Critical Need to Restore the Voting Rights Act, The Southern Poverty Law Center, August 2021
Increasing In-Person Voting Access: An Advocacy Toolkit for Mississippi Organizers, Campaign Legal Center (CLC), Legal Defense Fund (LDF), and Thurgood Marshall Institute, August 2022
‘A Wrong Never Righted’: Court Upholds Mississippi’s 1890 Jim Crow Voting Law, Ashton Pittman for Mississippi Free Press, August 2022
One in 10 Mississippians Are Disenfranchised by This Jim Crow-Era Law, John Hammontree for Reckon Media, July 2022
UM Votes: Exploring the History of Voting Suppression in MS, Caroline Leonard for The University of Mississippi, 2021
Analysis: Mississippi Unlikely to Ease Its Election Laws, Emily Wagster Pettus for Associated Press, April 2021
Georgia
Georgia’s Enduring Racial Discrimination in Voting and the Urgent Need to Modernize the Voting Rights Act, Fair Fight Action, April 2021
Here’s How Georgia’s New Voting Law Harms Voters with Disabilities, American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Georgia, May 2023
Georgia’s Racial Turnout Gap Grew in 2022, Brennan Center for Justice, December 2022
Voting Rights Under Attack in Georgia as State Turns Purple, Aaron Mendelson for The Center for Public Integrity, October 2022
Despite High Voter Turnout, Racial Gap Persisted in Georgia Primary, Brennan Center for Justice, August 2022
Current Conditions of Voting Discrimination in Georgia, The Leadership Conference Education Fund, 2021
Here’s Why Voting Rights Activists Say Georgia’s New Election Law Targets Black Voters, Fredreka Schouten for CNN, March 2021
In Georgia, Black Voters See Echoes of Voter Suppression, Associated Press, November 2018
Georgia’s Strict Laws Lead to Large Purge of Voters, Alan Judd for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, October 2018
What’s the Matter with Georgia?, Brennan Center for Justice, October 2018
North Carolina
The Struggle for Voting Rights in North Carolina: 2006 – 2021, Forward Justice, August 2021
North Carolina Supreme Court Upholds Voter ID Law 5 Months After Striking It Down, Robyn Sanders for Brennan Center for Justice, May 2023
Gerrymandering Returns to North Carolina, Michael Li for Brennan Center for Justice, May 2023
N.C. Supreme Court Reverses Previous Opinion, Deems Voter ID Law Constitutional, Michael Praats for WBTV, April 2023
In North Carolina, Voting Controversies Are Common. Here’s the Recent History., Julia Jacobs for The New York Times, December 2018
Judicial Redistricting in North Carolina: A Plan for Second Class Justice, Southern Coalition for Social Justice, January 2018
North Carolina: The New Selma, David R. Goodman for Brennan Center for Justice, February 2016
Virginia
Voting Rights in Virginia: 2006-2021, Campaign Legal Center (CLC), 2021
After Historic Voting Reforms, Virginians Have Unprecedented Access to the Polls, Jordan Pascale for NPR, October 2021
Voters Strike Back and Win Settlement and Apology in Challenge to Voter Intimidation in Virginia, Southern Coalition for Justice, 2018
Virginia Takes Steps to Secure Election Infrastructure, Christopher Famighetti for Brennan Center for Justice, September 2017
Florida
Florida: 2021 Report in Support of Congressional Voting Rights Legislation, Advancement Project, August 2021
Black Residents of Florida City See Hope in New, Equitable Voting Map, Rhonda Sonnenberg for Southern Poverty Law Center, May 2023
‘A Dangerous Trend’: Florida Republicans Poised to Pass More Voter Restrictions, Sam Levine for The Guardian, April 2023
How Ron DeSantis Waged a Targeted Assault on Black Voters: ‘I Fear for What’s to Come’, Sam Levine for The Guardian, April 2023
Florida Eyes More Changes to Voting Laws Ahead of 2024, Gary Fineout for Politico, February 2023
Florida’s Voter Fraud Arrests Are Scaring Away Formerly Incarcerated Voters, Nicole Lewis and Alexandra Arriaga for The Marshall Project, November 2022
Florida Enacts Sweeping Voter Suppression Law, Brennan Center for Justice, April 2021
Voting Rights and Voter Disenfranchisement in Florida: An Advisory Memorandum of the Florida Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, Florida Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, October 2020
Let Florida Vote: Coronavirus Is Only the Newest Barrier to Voting in Florida, American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Florida, April 2020
Vote-By-Mail Ballots Cast in Florida, American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Florida, September 2018
