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PHOENIX – The American Civil Liberties Union has taken the state of Kansas to court over its controversial voting laws for the second time in six months. The suit, filed…
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PHOENIX – Two texts. That’s all it takes to erase the uncertainty in the voting process, 82-year-old Colorado resident Charles Blackwell said. Blackwell lives in Boulder County, where a voter…
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SALT LAKE CITY – Members of the LGBT community in Salt Lake City have pushed for change in Utah. In the past year, the city has elected an openly lesbian…
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PHOENIX – Throughout the year, Black Lives Matter supporters and activists have held protests across the country partly to call on elected leaders to address issues of police brutality and…
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PHOENIX – A new report by a coalition of civil rights and activists groups suggested that new voter laws enacted by several states may negatively affect minority voters and could…
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CHICAGO – Despite consistently low voter turnout, who says millennials don’t care about politics? Many in this generation – roughly ages 18 to 34 – say they simply prefer to…
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MIAMI – Raphael White was released from a Florida prison last year after serving time for burglary and armed robbery. But as a convicted felon, he can’t vote in this…
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TOPEKA, Kan. — Outside the Kansas Capitol building, a trumpet’s patriotic tunes cut through the thick, humid 102-degree air. Richard Jacobson has been traveling from coast to coast since April,…
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Former Alabama civil rights activist calls voter ID laws a ‘gimmick’ to discourage black votes
by Alex AmicoWHITE HALL, Ala. – Once the mayor of White Hall in poverty-stricken Lowndes County, John Jackson now owns the Piggly Wiggly off Route 80, where the shelves are nearly bare…