Apr 06 McConnell warns businesses to stay out of politics, says it’s ‘stupid’ By Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press Last week Delta Air Lines, Coca-Cola and Major League Baseball voiced opposition to Georgia's new restrictive voting laws. Continue reading
Apr 05 Corporations gave over $50 million to backers of voting restrictions By Associated Press Telecom giant AT&T was the most prolific, donating over $800,000 since 2015 to authors of proposed restrictions, cosponsors of such measures, or those who voted in favor of the bills, the report found. Continue reading
Apr 02 MLB moving All-Star Game in response to voting restrictions By Ronald Blum, Associated Press Major League Baseball has moved the All-Star Game from Atlanta's Truist Park, a response to Georgia enacting a new law last month restricting voting rights. Continue reading
Apr 01 Under pressure, some Georgia corporate leaders slam voting bill By Bill Barrow, David Koenig, Associated Press Some of Georgia’s most prominent corporate leaders are beginning to more forcefully criticize the state’s sweeping new election law, acknowledging the concerns of civil rights activists and Black business executives who say the law targets non-white voters. Continue reading
Mar 24 WATCH: Senate committee holds hearing on ballot access, campaign financing and ethics By Associated Press The hearing comes as state legislatures across the country consider bills that would create hurdles for millions of voters. Continue reading
Mar 07 Biden marks ‘Bloody Sunday’ by signing voting rights order By Aamer Madhani, Associated Press A new executive order from President Joe Biden directs federal agencies to take a series of steps to promote voting access, a move that comes as congressional Democrats press for a sweeping voting and elections bill to counter efforts to… Continue reading
Mar 03 House prepares to pass landmark voting rights, ethics bill By Associated Press House Democrats are poised to pass a sweeping elections and ethics bill, offering it up as a powerful counterweight to voting rights restrictions advancing in Republican-controlled statehouses across the country. Continue reading
Mar 02 LISTEN: Supreme Court hears arguments in voting rights case By Mark Sherman, Associated Press Eight years after carving the heart out of a landmark voting rights law, the Supreme Court is looking at putting new limits on efforts to combat racial discrimination in voting. Continue reading
Dec 14 Momentum builds for letting people vote while on parole By Associated Press Colorado, Nevada and New Jersey passed measures in 2019, and California voters approved a constitutional amendment, Proposition 17, in November to automatically restore voting rights to people on parole. Continue reading
Nov 03 Push to relax drug laws gains big victories on state ballots By David A. Lieb, Associated Press Voters in Arizona and New Jersey added their states to the list of places legalizing marijuana for adults. And Oregon became the first state to decriminalize possession of small amounts of hard drugs. Continue reading