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Secretary of State David Whitley, left, arrives for his confirmation hearing, Thursday, Feb. 7, 2019, in Austin, Texas, where he addressed the backlash surrounding Texas' efforts to find noncitizens on voter rolls. Whitley denies his office made mistakes over a list of 95,000 voters whose U.S. citizenship was called into question but included thousands of wrongly flagged names. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) Secretary of State David Whitley, left, arrives for his confirmation hearing, Thursday, Feb. 7, 2019, in Austin, Texas, where he addressed the backlash surrounding Texas' efforts to find noncitizens on voter rolls. Whitley denies his office made mistakes over a list of 95,000 voters whose U.S. citizenship was called into question but included thousands of wrongly flagged names. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
Texas Looks To Give Camera-Toting Poll Watchers Free Rein Of Election Sites
Republican bills moving through the legislature will invite “vigilante voter suppression activities” against people of color, critics say.
03.31.21 | 6:00 am
Attorney Marc Elias outside of Sandra Day O'Connor United States Courthouse in Phoenix, AZ, on Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2016, after the hearing for his lawsuit against Arizona over voting rights. Elias is the general counsel for the Hillary Clinton campaign. (Photo by David Jolkovski for The Washington Post) Attorney Marc Elias outside of Sandra Day O'Connor United States Courthouse in Phoenix, AZ, on Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2016, after the hearing for his lawsuit against Arizona over voting rights. Elias is the general counsel for the Hillary Clinton campaign. (Photo by David Jolkovski for The Washington Post)
Violence Targeting Asian Americans Shows The Cost Of GOP’s Grievance Politics
Republicans regularly employ grievance politics and divisive rhetoric as a mask for the lack of a policy platform and their deeply unpopular economic agenda.
03.29.21 | 4:27 pm
Amid Georgia Furor, Other States Look at New Ways To Make Voting Harder Prime Badge
This Week in Voting Rights: A weekly roundup of news on Americans' access to the ballot box.
03.29.21 | 12:57 pm