An estimated 35,000 residents, overwhelmingly Black and Latinx, stand to benefit from Andrew Cuomo’s executive order.
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The Missing Obama Millions | The New York Times
Our analysis shows that while 9 percent of Obama 2012 voters went for Mr. Trump in 2016, 7 percent — that’s more than four million missing voters — stayed home.
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A Year Ago, They Marched. Now a Record Number of Women Are Running for Office | TIME
For years, the hardest thing about getting women elected has been getting women to decide to run.
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Floridians will vote this fall on restoring voting rights to 1.5 million felons | Orlando Sentinel
If the amendment becomes law, it could have a huge effect on elections in a state as evenly split politically as Florida.
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Follow Black Women To Victory In 2018 | New York Amsterdam News
According to the 2017 election exit polls, like they did recently in Alabama, Black women led the way in turning Virginia and New Jersey from red to blue, up and down the ballot.
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After Obama’s 2008 Win, Indiana GOP Added Early Voting in White Suburb, Cut It in Indianapolis | Slate
In 2008, Barack Obama squeaked out an unexpected win in Indiana thanks in part to his huge margin of victory in Marion County, which has a large population of black Democrats.
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Supreme Court Ruling On Ohio Voter Purge Will Have Long-Range Impact on Black Votes – Atlanta Black Star
The United States Supreme Court’s decision to review a challenge to Ohio’s voters roll purge policy brings the question of voter discrimination to the forefront again.
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How Voter ID Laws Discriminate – The Atlantic
A new comprehensive study finds evidence that strict voting laws do suppress the ballot along racial lines.
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Redistricting tops the Black political agenda – The Philadelphia Tribune
When pollster YouGov asked voters what they knew about redistricting after a controversial ruling in the Supreme Court known as Arizona State Legislature v. Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission, No. 13, a massive cut of 40 percent of voters were “not sure.”
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Why People Vote for Counterproductive Policies – The Atlantic
Human beings are really good at picking out cause-and-effect relationships. But they’re bad at predicting future consequences.
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