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Court Declines to Reinstate Early Voting Site for Arizona Tribe

By deciding not to intervene, the court has failed a Native American community seeking equal voting access.
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Corey Goldstone
October 22, 2020
Issues
Voting Rights

CLC President Explains Key 2020 Voting Rights Battles in NYT Podcast Interview

CLC's President, Trevor Potter, discussed important voting rights litigation in a recent podcast interview.
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Georgia Lyon
October 20, 2020
Issues
Voting Rights
Campaign Finance

Court Ruling: First-Time Tennessee Voters Will Be Allowed to Vote Absentee

An appeals court upholds a lower court's decision to make voting more accessible for first-time voters in Tennessee.
By
Corey Goldstone
October 20, 2020
Issues
Voting Rights

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I Hope to Vote Absentee with Confidence in November

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How Our Government Put Money and Oil Before the People of North Dakota

The more we learned about our broken political system over the years, the more determined we became to take it back.

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Restore Your Vote Showed Me the Way to Rights Restoration in Tennessee

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Witness Requirement for Voting May Force Me To Sit Out November Election

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Why Fears of Post-Election Chaos Are Overblown

NPR
Here's Where The Threat Of Militia Activity Around The Elections Is The Highest

ABC News
The Supreme Court’s rulings on election deadlines may actually be 'calm before the storm'

Vice News
Trump's DOJ Used Civil Rights Law to Shut Down More Than 100 Polling Stations

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Trump Called The $10 Million A Loan. His Campaign Called It A Donation. Who Paid It Back, And How?

Mother Jones
How Trump Got Away With Hiding His Chinese Business

Who.What.Why
SCOTUS ballot ruling in PA adds to election uncertainty

The Daily Beast
Trump Said He’d Ban Foreign Lobbyist Fundraising. Now They’re Bankrolling His Campaign.

CNN
In the calm before the possible storm, it doesn't look like courts will decide the election