#voting rights

[mysharona1987]

Gop flat out admitting they don’t want young people to vote, tho.

They are even acknowledging she isn’t telling anyone how to vote.

Just telling them to vote makes her bad.

#taylor swift #democrats #republicans #politics #colorado #voting rights #trump #maga #music

[reasonsforhope]

"Colorado is poised to be the first state to to expand automatic voter registration to Native American reservations, thanks to a new registration system.

Tribal members have the right to vote in elections, from the local to the national level, just like other U.S. citizens. But actually casting a ballot has been an uphill battle for many tribal residents, including those here in Colorado. Even after obtaining official U.S. citizenship a century ago, Native Americans’ ability to vote has been consistently ignored or actively undermined. In recent decades, unequal access to in-person voting, early voting and election funding on tribal lands has been a particular issue...

Working with Colorado tribes, state lawmakers passed a set of election reforms earlier this year to expand voting access for Native Americans. Those reforms include the nation’s first automatic voter registration program of its kind for Native Americans. The program will cover both of the federally-recognized Native American reservations in the state—the Southern Ute Indian Tribe and the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, and will allow the tribes’ governments to submit lists of members to be registered through the Secretary of State Jena Griswold’s office.

Griswold said the new registration system could make a big difference for Colorado's tribal communities.

"Seeing registration rates and turnout rates being much, much lower on tribal lands is a big problem that we want to solve,” Griswold said. “I personally believe automatic voter registration is one of the best ways to register voters in the state of Colorado, and all of our data shows how highly effective it is.”

Colorado is one of more than two dozen states that have automatic voter registration systems, but Colorado is the only state so far to extend its system to cover Native American reservations. When Colorado rolled out its system for the first time in 2020, about 250,000 people were added to the state’s voter rolls within the first year.

Now, [Secretary of State] Griswold hopes the new registration program will have a similar effect on tribal lands in the state. She wants to see the program in place in time for the 2024 election. For now, tribal leadership is reviewing the plan and providing feedback on it.

“It will not take us much time to register people once we start receiving data,” Griswold told KUNC. “But I think there's a couple of logistics to still work through.”

Measures to keep tribal members' information confidential were added recently at the request of the Southern Ute tribe, and lawmakers have also increased the number of on-reservation vote centers available for early voting and on Election Day.

This year’s election reforms also build on a slew of changes in recent years. For example, in 2019 Colorado lawmakers guaranteed in-person voting centers on tribal lands and loosened address requirements for voters."

-via GoodGoodGood, December 15, 2023

#colorado #native american #indigenous #first nations #indigenous rights #native american rights #united states #us politics #automatic voter registration #voter registration #election 2024 #2024 election #voting access #democrats #voting matters #voting #voting rights #ute #good news #hope

[whenweallvote]

GOOD NEWS: Alabama’s new congressional map now includes two Black-opportunity districts.

Previously, Alabama’s congressional map was struck down for violating the Voting Rights Act diluting the voting power of Black Alabamians. Despite Black Alabamians making up 27% of the state's population, only one of the state's seven congressional seats regularly went to a candidate preferred by Black voters.

#alabama #voting rights #votingrights #votingrightsnews #goodnews #good news

[socialjusticeinamerica]

#republican assholes #women’s suffrage #voting rights #Republican war on women

[politijohn]

Source

Surprising win for voting rights

Besides in Alabama, this SCOTUS decision may deteriorate Republicans’ gerrymandering scam in Tennessee, South Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi, Louisiana, and North Carolina.

#elections #politics #us politics #government #the left #supreme court #current events #news #voting #vote #voting rights #democracy

[agelessphotography]

A procession of people in front of the Alabama State Capitol to demonstrate against police treatment of voter rights demonstrators, Montgomery, Alabama, Declan Haun, March 17, 1965

#photography #vintage photography #vintage #declan haun #1960s #1965 #civil rights movement #color photography #photojournalism #alabama #montgomery #voting rights #police brutality #100 notes

[soberscientistlife]

Remembering the women that fought for our right to vote

#voting rights #susan b anthony #women's suffrage

[1stpoliticalcartoons]

#political #republicans #politics #democrats #education #humanity #voting rights #please vote #crime #trump #never trump #justice

[vote-democrat-president-congress]

#Democracy #Voting Rights #Codify Roe #Stop White Supremacy #Tax the Wealthy #Increase Equality

[thoughtportal]

eating cake while people are in crisis

#tiktok #Florida #immigration #BT news #activism #reproductive justice #reproductive freedom #reproductive rights #reproductive choice #reproductive health #trans rights #human rights #education #voting rights #voting #collective action #LGBTQ

[reasonsforhope]

"In a 4-3 decision released on Friday afternoon December 22, the Wisconsin Supreme Court held that Wisconsin’s voting maps as currently drawn violate the state constitution and must be redrawn in time for the 2024 election.

Under the Wisconsin Constitution, state legislative districts must consist of “contiguous territory.” [Meaning: continuous] Yet, the majority opinion states, “the number of state legislative districts containing territory completely disconnected from the rest of the district is striking.”

“At least fifty of ninety-nine assembly districts and at least twenty of thirty-three senate districts include separate, detached territory,” states the majority opinion, written by Justice Jill Karofsky.

Contiguous districts are a safeguard against gerrymandering and help keep together groups of voters who live in the same areas and have the same interests, explains the decision, which includes maps highlighting the islands of noncontiguous voting areas in the state’s current districts.

The voters who brought the lawsuit, Clarke v. Wisconsin Elections Commission, argued that the current districts violate the constitution and asked the court to  order the adoption of remedial maps. They also asked the court to declare the November 2022 state senate elections unlawful, and to order special elections for state senate seats that would otherwise not be on the ballot until November 2026.

The court’s ruling agrees with the petitioners that “Wisconsin’s state legislative districts must be composed of physically adjoining territory,” and enjoins the Wisconsin Elections Commission from using the current legislative maps in future elections. But it declined to invalidate the results of the 2022 state senate elections.

Acknowledging that it is the legislature’s role to draw voting maps, the majority opinion urges the legislature to draw new maps that comport with the constitution. However, it also states, since the legislature might not draw such maps or the governor might veto them, the court will plan to adopt remedial maps that can be used in time for the 2024 elections and unless and until new, constitutional maps are enacted through the legislative process...

Wisconsin’s voting maps are widely considered among the most politically gerrymandered in the country. This was reflected in 2018 when Democrats swept every statewide election and earned 53 percent of assembly votes cast statewide but only 36 percent of Assembly seats went to Democrats. Voters in Wisconsin are evenly split along partisan lines, and statewide races are often decided by slim margins. Currently, however, Republicans hold a 22-11 supermajority in the state senate and a 64-35 near-supermajority in the state assembly."

-via The Progressive Magazine

Note: Article is a bit wordy but this is a Big Deal. We're going to get fair election maps in an important swing state. The maps thrown out by this decision were deliberately designed to give Republicans a massive advantage in the election.

This WILL make a huge difference in who's elected in 2024.

#wisconsin #united states #us politics #gerrymandering #elections #election 2024 #fair elections #voting rights #voting #voter suppression #good news #hope

[whenweallvote]

Winter is coming…and all the holiday to-do’s have entered the chat! ❄️🎁☕

Comment below how YOU plan to spread some holiday cheer this month (besides checking your voter registration at weall.vote/check of course 😉)

#holiday season #happyholidays #Home for the Holidays #to do list #check list #voter registration #voting rights

[cyarsk52-20]

I'll keep saying it because it's true: the goal of the Roberts Court is to eradicate equal rights and delegitimize the courts. Expand/ change/ get rid of the corrupt judges of the supreme courts

#donald trump #classified documents #ari melber #hillary clinton #merrick garland #indictment of trump #lock him up! #jack smith #Affirmative action #youtube #us politics #scotus #student loans #the Supreme Court #fuck the supreme court #abolish the Supreme Court #corrupt judges #clarence thomas #samuel alito #voting rights #supreme court #us supreme court #Y’all should have listened to antita hill and Hillary Clinton #and i will die on this hill

[liberaljane]

When you vote, you’re not just voting for a candidate - you’re also voting for a child’s education, policing and public safety, affordable housing and rent, public transit and more 🚌 #Roevember Your vote matters. 💓 Many election outcomes are razor-thin, and your ballot can decide who makes the laws that impact your life and your community. Don't forget to vote, and if possible, vote early!

#roevember #voting #midterms #u.s. elections #vote #gotv #reproductive rights #voting rights #voter turnout #voter disenfranchisement #elections

[agelessphotography]

Crowds of people in front of the Montgomery County Courthouse to demonstrate against police treatment of voter rights demonstrators, Montgomery, Alabama, Declan Haun, March 17, 1965

#declan haun #photography #vintage photography #vintage #montgomery #alabama #civil rights #civil rights movement #1960s #1965 #protest #voting rights #police brutality

[soberscientistlife]

Oh this is a good one!!

#women's rights #voting rights #strong women