By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia The U.S. Supreme Court declined to impose new restrictions on state courts regarding election-related … [Read more...]
Voting has Gotten Harder in Wisconsin. Organizers Have Found Ways to Help
Two different research initiatives have documented the ways it’s now more difficult to vote in Wisconsin, from disparities in access to added barriers. by Matt Mencarini Wisconsin Watch Around … [Read more...]
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Why do we Need to Vote
African Americans and women have always fought to vote. There’s been a long history of preventing people of color from voting. African Americans knew that the inability to vote resulted in … [Read more...]
Can formerly incarcerated people legally vote in Wisconsin? It depends.
What people with criminal convictions should know about voting rights in Wisconsin. by Jonmaesha Beltran Wisconsin Watch Nearly 4.6 million people in the U.S. were barred from voting due to a … [Read more...]
Voting Rights Panel with Gwen Moore and Mandela Barnes on March 15
Where: North Ave Market, 5900 W North Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53208 Time: 6:30 - 8:00 PM When: Wednesday March 15th … [Read more...]
Federal Judge Rules Disabled Voters can Receive Ballot Return Assistance
By Karen Stokes Republicans have continuously initiated efforts to create more restrictive voting laws. Last month, the conservative majority on the Wisconsin Supreme Court, in a decision … [Read more...]
Four Disabled Voters Sue State in Federal Court
WI Supreme Court ruling on absentee voting bars them from casting ballots, suit says. By Danielle Kaeding Wisconsin Public Radio Four Wisconsin voters living with disabilities want a federal … [Read more...]
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Protecting Voting Rights
By Gov. Tony Evers The right to vote is one of our most basic and fundamental rights – and although we’ve made decades of progress, it’s more important than ever that we work to protect it. … [Read more...]
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They Don’t Know Us
Legislatively Speaking By Senator Lena C. Taylor Voters Will Push Back Against GOP Attacks Watching the news this week was like something out of a bad movie. Not quite “Birth of A Nation” … [Read more...]
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A Charge to Keep I Have
By LaKeshia N. Myers “A charge to keep, I have; a God to glorify! A never dying soul to save and fitted for the sky.” To serve the present age, My calling to fulfill; Oh, may it all my pow’rs … [Read more...]
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