georgia Georgia's New Voting Laws Didn't Dampen Early Turnout — But Does That Mean Votes Weren't Suppressed? When Georgia passed a controversial law last year putting new restrictions on voting access, many predicted lower turnout would follow. However, that hasn’t been in the case as the state has seen record early turnout ahead of its primary election. But does that mean the law didn’t suppress votes? NBCLX political editor Noah Pransky traveled to Georgia to find out....
voting In 2021, States Passed 117 Laws Making Voting Easier. What That Means for You Of the 301 bills related to elections that became law in 2021, 117 improved voter access, and 47 restricted it. The rest were neutral or mixed.
voting rights Amid Misguided Beliefs About Voter Fraud, These States Are Making Voting Easier Of the 301 bills related to elections that became law in 2021, 117 improved voter access, and 47 restricted it. (The rest were neutral or mixed.) NBCLX storyteller Jalyn Henderson breaks down why voter fraud in the U.S. is not actually a widespread problem and how many states are actually making it easier to vote.
voting rights Formerly Incarcerated People Can Vote in Illinois. But They Must Take a Civics Class First NBCLX sat down with the college student responsible for the Illinois law that empowers formerly incarcerated people to vote.
voting rights Would MLK Be Be Happy With America in 2022? He'd Be Disappointed, Daughter Says In the book “Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community?” Martin Luther King Jr. called for “a revolution of values” that would help heal American society. In 2022, he would be disappointed that “we didn’t heed his message,” says his daughter Bernice King, a minister and attorney. King joined LX News to talk more about the direction the...
voting rights How 1 Woman's School Project Led to a Law Helping Formerly Incarcerated People Vote As a student a DePaul University in Chicago, Alex Boutros took a class where she collaborated with incarcerated people at a local prison and surveyed them about their interest in politics. Spoiler: Those surveyed were very interested in voting and civic engagement. Boutros sat down with NBCLX storyteller Jalyn Henderson to talk about the evolution of the project, which led...
voting NBCLX Tracked Voting Laws in Every State. Here's What We Learned Voting laws vary among all 50 states, and there was no simple tool to track all those differences. So NBCLX built one. Storyteller Peter Hull explains Project Democracy and the ballot access map, and we review some of the most striking differences in voting rights from Texas to Maine, with the help of Morning Consult senior reporter Eli Yokley.
voting rights This US Map Shows Which States Make Voting the Most and Least Accessible NBCLX built a comprehensive map that shows how accessible voting is from state to state, depending on factors like voter ID laws, registering to vote online, early voting and more.
voting rights Martin Luther King Jr.'s Family Is Marching for Voting Rights: Here's Why It's a Civil Rights Issue The family of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. is honoring him on Monday by leading a voting rights march in Washington D.C. Vote.org CEO Andrea Hailey makes the case that voting rights is this generation’s civil rights issue.
Joe Biden WATCH: Biden's Full Voting Rights Speech Watch President Joe Biden’s full speech on voting rights in Atlanta, Georgia, on Tuesday.
