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Voting Rights
Ahead of a consequential election, our newsroom is making a renewed commitment to writing about voting rights and the people who make our democracy function. Here’s how we plan to do that as part of our participation in the Advancing Democracy Fellowship.
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‘We never stopped the fight’: The Mississippians carrying on Fannie Lou Hamer’s legacy
Sixty years ago this week, the civil rights activist gave a speech ahead of the Democratic National Convention that helped change history. The work remains unfinished.
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The newest deciders: Almost 2 million women have become U.S. citizens since the 2020 election
Immigration is expected to be a big topic during Thursday’s debate. Among the viewers will be immigrant women, who are becoming eligible voters at a higher rate than men.
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This cartoonist wants to tell the complicated history of women’s voting rights
In her new nonfiction graphic book, Caitlin Cass unpacks the active role that some White women played in suppressing voting rights for all — and the lessons today in the ongoing fight for universal ballot access.
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The 19th is committed to covering the unfinished business of voting rights
Here are our plans in this pivotal election as part of our participation in the Advancing Democracy Fellowship.
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Election workers are committed to 2024 — despite threats, harassment and turnover
Facing a 'new reality' in their work on the frontlines of defending democracy, election administrators — predominantly women — remain cautiously optimistic that they can meet the moment.
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Voting organizers are breathing ‘a deep sigh of relief’ over Supreme Court rulings on elections — for now
Without voting policy on the state and federal level, experts are concerned about big ramifications for how voters will be able to weigh in on issues like abortion, the economy and gun violence.
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Ranked-choice voting is gaining momentum. So are efforts to stop it.
Advocates of ranked-choice voting say it helps women and people of color candidates participate in a more democratic election system. It’s part of why they see efforts to squash it as so alarming.
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Connecticut voters approved early voting. Here’s how their new secretary of state wants to make it happen.
Stephanie Thomas, the first Black woman to be Connecticut’s secretary of state, has several priorities this year, including sorting out the specifics of how voters can get to the ballot box before Election Day.
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Women lawmakers in Minnesota are in the vanguard of the democracy movement
A new “democracy caucus” aims to expand access to voting, part of a movement in statehouses to counter election deniers.