Courts block Voter ID schemes in Texas and Wisconsin
A federal judge likened Texas' strict voter ID requirement to a poll tax meant to suppress minority voter turnout and struck it down less than a month before Election Day.
Voter ID laws tossing hundreds of thousands off rolls
Exclusion from the voting rolls this fall may affect countless close and key political races, such as the neck-and-neck Wisconsin gubernatorial battle.
Wisconsin moving to stop as many as 300,000 from voting
Gov. Scott Walker and corporate extremist backers could suppress 300,000 registered voters.
Arizona voters dump two right-wingers
The majority of Arizonans were delighted to see the state's incumbent attorney general, Tom Horne, and Superintendent of Public Instruction, John Huppenthal, defeated.
NAACP blasts court refusal to halt voter restrictions in North Carolina
A federal judge denied attempts by North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory and his administration to have the NAACP's legal challenge to the massive voter suppression law dismissed.
Voter suppression: NAACP strategizes to turn out vote in 2014
As the 2014 midterm elections quickly approach, the battle against voter suppression is still being waged.
NAACP: "Our agenda is essential" for democracy
The nation's oldest, largest, and most widely known civil rights organization convened to address the need to push back against voter suppression and other significant topics.
Hearing is last chance to block NC restrictions before 2014 election
"The hearing in North Carolina is one with national implications," said Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II, president of the North Carolina NAACP.
Fight to stop vote suppression back in North Carolina courts
"The North Carolina legislature passed the most sweeping, discriminatory voter suppression bill in the country, then sought to hide their hands and skirt the scrutiny of the law."
"Truthful Tuesday": Moral Monday movement spreads to South Carolina
"A goal of our Truthful Tuesday protests was to get people talking, change the dialogue, and reduce the tea party influence on Republicans. That is happening," said Brett Bursey, director of the S. C. Progressive Network.
