Tag: voting
Marylanders Turn Out for Early Voting
Maryland saw a 57% increase in early voters. Voters discuss the issues that matter to them at the ballot box Visit http://therealnews.com for more stories…
Baltimore’s Women of Color Lead Charge to Get Out the Vote
Khalilah Harris discusses the role of women of color in driving voter engagement during the midterm elections in Baltimore and beyond Visit https://therealnews.com for more…
Gerrymandering – Election Manipulation Tool Reaches Supreme Court (Again)
The corrupting influence of big money receives much of the focus of voters, but gerrymandering has been the behind-the-scenes way both parties have used to…
North Carolina Did What SCOTUS Wouldn’t – Ended GOP Gerrymandering
A North Carolina state court panel stopped the GOP’s gerrymandering plan by ruling that the maps drawn for GOP-dominated voting districts were in violating of…
GOP Voter Suppression Campaign Continues in Georgia
The GOP barely won the Georgia statehouse despite their campaign of suppressing 1.4 million votes. Jacqueline Luqman talks to Anoa Changa about how a new…
Florida Wants To Reinstate A ‘Poll Tax’ For Ex-Felons
The state’s appeal to require payment of court fees before voting access is restored would amount to a poll tax, says Phil Telfeyan. Producer: Ericka…
Third Parties Sue For Ballot Access During COVID-19 Pandemic
Third parties are fighting for survival during the coronavirus pandemic. Director/Video Editor: Will Arenas Subscribe to our page and support our work at https://therealnews.com/donate. **…
Why You Should Give A F*ck | Ep. 4 | Voter Rights
We discuss your rights as a voter, and how in many places those rights are under attack from people in power. Subscribe to our page…
Outrage At Maryland’s Plan For In-Person Voting Despite Pandemic
Eric Cortellessa, digital editor for the Washington Monthly, talks about Md. Gov. Larry Hogan’s plan to make absentee ballots optional—a plan critics say is more…
Trump Has A Path To Victory. It’s Voter Suppression.
The real threat facing the 2020 election isn’t Russian interference or voter fraud, it’s the GOP’s massive voter suppression effort, argues journalist Greg Palast. Subscribe…
How Taylor Swift could affect the 2024 election
More than 35,000 new voters registered after Taylor Swift encouraged her followers to sign up on National Voter Registration Day. Eugene Scott, senior politics reporter…
Black voters get significant boost with new Alabama congressional map
A new congressional map in Alabama gives the state its second black-majority district after three federal judges selected new congressional lines ahead of the 2024…
Georgia’s Latinx community seeks to ‘out-organize’ voter suppression
Georgians went to the polls in record numbers during the May 24 primary ahead of the crucial 2022 midterm elections, despite renewed GOP efforts to…
Florida is arresting people for voting
20 formerly incarcerated people in Florida are facing charges for exercising their right to vote in the 2020 election. Anna Vishkaee Eskamani is a member…
