Although the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 2008 that Indiana’s voter ID law was constitutional, the same court overruled the …
Read More »Court Rejects Virginia's Majority-Black District Map
Yesterday, a three-judge panel of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia ruled 2-1 that a majority-black …
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An off-year election is an opportunity for the winning party to learn the wrong lessons. Such an opportunity beckons for …
Read More »Americans' Civic Duty to Vote Intelligently
Many recent surveys indicate that the vast majority of Americans feel our country is moving in the wrong direction. This …
Read More »Eric Holder's Campaign Against Common-Sense Voter ID Laws
Ken Blackwell didn’t publish a column this week, but he co-wrote an article published in the Wall Street Journal on …
Read More »Will Black Voters Buy What Sen. Rand Paul is Selling?
The Washington Times reports that Sen. Rand Paul is trying to reach out to black voters. He also presented a …
Read More »Republicans and Black Voters, Part 100
What can Republicans do to attract more black voters — that’s the question for the ages. Is it a matter …
Read More »North Carolina's Voter ID Law Stands
…for now. Last month, the Obama administration asked a federal judge to put North Carolina’s “stringent” new voting laws on …
Read More »The Voting Rights Act and Real Voter Suppression
BCN editor’s note: please contact the author for reprint permission. This week marks the 49th anniversary of the signing of the …
Read More »Can Democrats Increase Black Voter Turnout?
Both major political parties seek to reach low-information or otherwise reluctant midterm election voters. The biggest and most divisive weapon …
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