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Stacey Abrams Is Still Waiting for a Miracle | The Atlantic

November 8, 2018African American Politics, African American Vote ...

The battle over Georgia’s gubernatorial race might not be over anytime soon.

Florida votes to restore ex-felon voting rights with Amendment 4 | Vox

November 7, 2018African American Politics, African American Vote ...

The victory means more than 1 million people will regain the right to vote.

Under new Oregon law, all eligible voters are registered unless they opt out | Los Angeles Times

November 5, 2018African American Politics, African American Vote ...

Americans are required to register if they want to vote; as of this week, Oregonians will have to register not to.

America’s Weaponized Attorneys General | The Atlantic

October 29, 2018African American Politics, African American Vote ...

Both parties have taken the gloves off in the midterm elections as they fight for advantage in more than 30 attorneys-general races across the country.

What if Everyone Voted? | The New York Times

October 29, 2018African American Politics, African American Vote ...

Or at least voted at equal rates.

My Grandmother Calls Me Every Election Day. Here’s Why That Matters. | Forbes

October 17, 2018African American Vote, Black Vote ...

Ferrisa Connell Forbes President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act of 1965 while Martin Luther King and others look on. Featured Image [dropcap]Each[/dropcap] November, my now 93-year-old grandmother dresses up to cast her vote in-person at her local precinct. Perhaps more importantly, she also calls each of her kids and grandchildren to remind […]

Georgia Voters: Here’s How to Legally Vote Even if You’re on Brian Kemp’s Can’t-Vote List | Yahoo News

October 16, 2018African American Vote, Black Vote ...

Kat Armstrong Yahoo News [dropcap]The[/dropcap] Georgia Governor’s race is making even more headlines this week — and not just because Democratic hopeful Stacey Abrams could become the US’s first-ever Black woman governor. News spread Thursday that the Republican candidate, current Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp, has been accused of using his position to suppress […]

A Former Obama Operative Built a New Anti-Republican Attack Machine | Bloomberg Businessweek

October 8, 2018African American Politics, African American Vote ...

Joshua Green Bloomberg Businessweek John Burton PHOTOGRAPHER: MICHAEL FRIBERG FOR BLOOMBERG BUSINESSWEEK Featured Image [dropcap]One[/dropcap] evening in September, Tanya, a consultant at a big New York firm, was on her laptop scrutinizing public records and reading posts on VKontakte, the Russian social network, involving Representative Dana Rohrabacher, the Republican congressman from California. She was looking […]