voting rights
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PublishedFebruary 4, 2025
Lawmaker and secretary of state clash over constitutional amendment on voting by noncitizens
Rep. Laurel Libby told fellow lawmakers that her proposal would boost the integrity of Maine's elections, though opponents, including the Maine secretary of state, say it's unnecessary and could foster anti-immigrant sentiment.
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PublishedAugust 22, 2024
Supreme Court allows Arizona voter-registration law requiring proof of citizenship
Arizona election officials must reject state registration forms if voters don’t provide documentation of citizenship.
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PublishedAugust 16, 2024
From Augusta: Honoring Maine’s suffragettes and voting rights
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PublishedMay 31, 2024
Trump’s case casts spotlight on movement to restore voting rights to those convicted of felonies
The movement to let people convicted of felonies vote once they're done serving their sentence has been growing in recent years and is sometimes the rare issue that generates bipartisan support.
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PublishedMarch 3, 2024
Kamala Harris leads Bloody Sunday memorial as marchers’ voices ring out for voting rights
She criticized attempts to restrict voting, including limits on absentee voting and early voting, and said the nation is again at a crossroad.
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PublishedNovember 20, 2023
Federal court deals blow to Voting Rights Act, ruling that private plaintiffs can’t sue
The 2-1 decision found that only the U.S. attorney general can enforce the section of the Voting Rights Act that requires political maps to include districts where minority populations’ preferred candidates can win elections.
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PublishedSeptember 5, 2023
Alabama congressional map struck down again for diluting Black voting power
The federal judges said in the order that they are 'deeply troubled that the State enacted a map that the State readily admits does not provide the remedy we said federal law requires.'
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PublishedJuly 10, 2023
Deep partisanship will be on display as Congress releases competing voting bills
Even as the country prepares for the next presidential election, the separate measures will underscore how the 2 major parties often are completely at odds over voting procedures.
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PublishedMarch 20, 2023
Trump lawyers attack Georgia grand jury and prosecutor
Trump's lawyers are asking a state court to throw out its report and all testimony from the inquiry and bar Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from continuing to investigate or prosecute Trump.
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PublishedMarch 9, 2023
The Maine Idea: Voter ID needn’t be partisan
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