CANCELED: History Lecture on Voter Suppression Coming to Library
Please Note: This event has been canceled per PFPL on April 30, 2019 Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The Park Forest Public Library, 400 … Read more
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Activists Vow to Continue Fight Against Illinois Voter Suppression
Governor’s Veto of Legislation to Protect Privacy of Voter Data Yet Another Reminder: Elections Matter CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—July 18, 2018 Contact: Steve Held Attention … Read more
Reports from All Over Cook County: Poll Workers Refusing Green Party Voters, Despite “Established Party” Status
COOK COUNTY –(ENEWSPF)—March 20, 2018 Contact: Illinois Green Party Within the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, which covers nearly all … Read more
New Analysis: Voter Suppression Laws a Concern in 2018, Though Many States Looking to Expand Access
New York, N.Y. –(ENEWSPF)—January 23, 2018 By: Rebecca Autrey A first look at voting laws introduced in state legislatures across the country … Read more
Voter Purges Prevent Eligible Americans from Voting, Center for American Progress Fact Sheet Says
Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)—January 5, 2018 By: Danielle Root and Liz Kennedy Next week, the Supreme Court will hear arguments over whether Ohio … Read more
Indivisible Chicago Statement on Trump Efforts to Commit Large Scale Voter Suppression in Illinois and Nationwide
CHICAGO – (ENEWSPF)—June 30, 2017. Indivisible Chicago released the following statement tonight in response to the Trump Administration’s demand for voter data … Read more
North Carolina NAACP Files Federal Suit Charging State Illegally Suppressed Right to Vote of Thousands of Black Residents
In At Least Three Counties, Voters Declared Ineligible Following Bogus Change- in-Residence Claims; Violates National Voting Registration Act DURHAM—(ENEWSPF)–October 31, 2016. The … Read more
Nevada’s Tea Party Secretary of State Rejects Indian Tribes’ Request for Reservation Polling Sites
NEVADA–(ENEWSPF)–October 27, 2016 By Meteor Blades Barb and Oliver Semans, both enrolled members of the South Dakota Rosebud Sioux Tribe, or Sicangu … Read more
New Analysis Highlights Potential Problems for North Carolina Voters in the Wake of the State’s ‘Monster’ Voter Suppression Law
Voters stand in line in Apex, North Carolina, on November 6, 2012. Source: AP/Gerry Broome Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–October 20, 2016. Continuing its … Read more
Common Cause Recruiting Thousands for Election Protection Work to Prevent Voter Suppression & Possible Intimidation Tactics
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 20, 2016. With Election Day less than three weeks away, Common Cause continues to assist potential voters and recruit and … Read more