Supreme Court weakens Voting Rights Act, voiding Louisiana congressional map
The Supreme Court rule 6-3 in a decision that has implications for the scope of the landmark Voting Rights Act.
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The Supreme Court rule 6-3 in a decision that has implications for the scope of the landmark Voting Rights Act.
Just weeks before the presidential election, new rules are going into effect in some states that can jeopardize people's right to vote, from challenges to voter registrations, to limits on when and how ballots may be cast.
Richard Bell, Voting Rights Advocate and NYC Trial Attorney joins CBS New York to discuss what voters need to know when registering to vote.
Gov. Kathy Hochul plans to make an announcement at the University of Albany.
CBS2's Kevin Rincon spoke to New Yorkers and lawmakers about a state Supreme Court judge's decision to strike down existing law.
Non-citizens living in New York City will not be allowed to vote in local elections. A judge blocked the measure Monday after New York became the first city in the nation to grant those rights to non-citizens back in January. CBS2's Christina Fan reports.
The John Lewis Voting Rights Act was passed by the legislature at the end of May.
The NAACP is among a group of organizations demanding an apology from the mayor of Yonkers over a remark he made about Congressman Jamaal Bowman on a radio show.
Senators returned to the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday to charge ahead with consideration of voting rights legislation.
President Biden in Atlanta on Tuesday announced his support for getting rid of the filibuster in the Senate to get legislation passed that will overhaul the nation's voting access laws and counter a raft of new changes pushed by Republicans at the state level.
Latino Long Islanders are claiming an historic victory in a voting rights case.
The governor say the initiatives are part of what he calls his Second Chance agenda.
A city in Maine is taking another look at granting non U.S. citizens the ability to vote in its local elections.
We began our Black History Month series looking at the marches in Selma, Ala. Voting rights were won, but the fight never ends.
It is not news when Republicans try to block access to the ballot box for poor, minority and elderly voters. What is unusual is that Republicans are admitting it.
It has been argued that "granny" might not be able to vote if they make her have a voter ID. But seriously, why all the concern about taking the extra measure of a voter ID to make sure that every vote cast in a United States election is a legally qualified vote, including "granny's"?
Yesterday the Obama administration put in place provisions of the DREAM Act that brought many young people out of the shadows to participate in the American Dream. On the same day a judge in Pennsylvania let stand what may be the most egregious attempt at voter suppression in a generation.
Pennsylvania Republicans have betrayed their country and devised a scheme to potentially disqualify nearly one tenth of the states' electorate.
Felony disenfranchisement is nothing more than Republican continuation of Jim Crow voter suppression laws.
In right wing politics, ALEC serves as the nexus between corporations and aspiring Republicans always eager to find access to additional campaign cash.
Republicans by creating onerous barriers to voting, including strict ID requirements and shortening of early vote periods have created what amounts to a new version of Jim Crow era poll taxes.
In Texas Republicans have taken efforts to restrict access to voting a step farther. Texas Republicans are calling for the repeal of the Voting Rights Act.
Already known as a refuge for people from other lands, New Haven is tightening its embrace of newcomers as its mayor seeks to extend voting rights to illegal immigrants and other non-citizens, a policy challenge that comes shortly after attacks on "sanctuary cities'' by Republican presidential candidates.
