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Enlisting ethnic media as an advocacy voice to promote voting rights and shine a spotlight on voter repression.

Voting Rights

As Health Care Access Passes in State Ballots, So Do Ballot Restrictions

Selen Ozturk - Nov 26, 2024

As state ballot measures advancing health access are advancing nationwide, so are those restricting ballot access.

Voting Rights

Cutting Through the Confusion of Voter Registration

Ethnic Media Services - Oct 10, 2022

The requirements for registering to vote varies widely by state. This guide offers relevant information hat communities need ahead of the upcoming election.

Voting Rights

Make Up Your Mind — Voting Rights Activists Look Beyond Supreme Ct. to People Power

Khalil Abdullah - Oct 6, 2022

Voting rights advocates rallied in Washington DC this week ahead of a SCOTUS hearing that could further erode federal protections for fair voting laws.

Voting Rights

Gerrymandered Maps Driving Electoral Process Over the Cliff

Peter White - Oct 4, 2022

Unfair election maps are bound to produce unfair results in the upcoming midterm elections with long-lasting negative impacts throughout the South.

Voting Rights

Lawsuits Challenge Second Class Citizenship Status in Southern States

Khalil Abdullah - Sep 21, 2022

A quartet of human rights and community advocates from Alabama and Louisiana met recently to reflect on the challenges to achieving equity and fairness.

Politics

Biden Attacks New Normal in Speech on Democracy

Peter Schurmann - Sep 2, 2022

In a prime time speech Thursday President Biden warned of the threat to America's democracy posed by supporters of the former president.

Redistricting

A Voting Rights Battlefield in ‘Swing State’ Arizona

Mark Hedin - Aug 25, 2022

A proposition on the November ballot could put a stop to some of the new rules that seek to suppress non-white people’s voting power.

Op-Ed

Political Misinformation Meant to Forestall Latino Power Threatens All

Ethnic Media Services - Aug 9, 2022

At this perilous moment for democracy, the country cannot afford to abandon millions of voters to ongoing misinformation campaigns targeting Latinos.

Immigration

What Millions of New Citizens Could Mean for the Next Election Cycle

Peter Schurmann - Jul 21, 2022

A new report shows there were 5.19 million newly minted U.S. citizens between 2016 and 2020, a significant and, in key swing states, decisive voting bloc.

Redistricting

Lawsuits Hope to Extinguish Racist Gerrymandering in Multiple States

Mark Hedin - May 11, 2022

Voting rights advocates have brought an array of lawsuits in states across the country to stop what they say is an attempt to "rig democracy."

Redistricting

Gerrymandered by Redistricting — AAPI Advocates in Texas’ Harris County Vow to Make Up for Lost Ground

Anthony Advincula - May 4, 2022

While the AAPI population in Texas' Harris County has quadrupled in recent decades, new congressional maps diminish their voting power.

Redistricting

Vicar of Orlando Churches Blasts Florida Governor DeSantis for Redistricting Maneuver

Pilar Marrero - Apr 21, 2022

"The governor is treating us like this is a plantation and he is a mini-king," said Father José Rodríguez of Orlando's Jesus of Nazareth Episcopal Church.

Redistricting