Category: Voting Rights Act (VRA)

Georgia Prepares to Purge a Half Million Voters – 6% of Its Voter Rolls.  Even if You Haven’t Moved, You Can Be Purged Just For Not Voting.

Georgia is preparing to purge an estimated 500,000 of its voters in 2025 – 6% of those registered, employing recommendations from ERIC and other sources. Of those, and estimated 100,000 will be purged not because they’ve moved, but because they haven’t voted recently, under Georgia’s ”use it or lose it” law.

Rebroadcast: ND Native American Nation Prevails in Protecting Majority-Minority Voting Districts.  A Victory for Minority Voters, But GOP Efforts to Neutralize the VRA Continue

Brian is so sick with a cold today that he can barely talk! This story from January is a good follow up to our March 24 story on oral arguments for Louisiana v. Callais held in the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday. It's a reminder that Voting Rights Act Section 2 claims not only come from Black Americans, discriminated against by majority-White governments since the country's founding, but Native Americans as well - also routinely suppressed by drawing of unfair voting districts, and the manipulation of voting rules.