Voting
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Oct- 2024 -25 October
Florida Faith Leaders to Mobilize for Team Harris-Walz
Last week, Team Harris-Walz announced a month-long Souls to the Polls voter engagement initiative that will encourage and empower Black voters across denominations in key battleground states to put their…
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Sep- 2024 -28 September
General Election Sample Ballots Now Available
General Election Sample Ballots Now Available on the Orange County Supervisor of Elections Website The Orange County Supervisor of Elections staff has successfully uploaded the November General Election sample ballots…
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Aug- 2024 -20 August
BREAKING: Florida Voting Results Websites Are Down
Much of Florida Supervisor of Elections sites are down. The Sarasota Supervisor of Elections Office is attributing the technical problems to the vast number of people going to the site.…
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Jul- 2024 -15 July
Vote-By-Mail Requests Increasing but Still Behind 2022
“While there is still plenty of time to request a vote-by-mail ballot, the deadline is now less than a month away.”
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Oct- 2020 -19 October
Black Scholars Form Group to Educate and Dismiss Election Myths on Social Media
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Black voters continue to face enormous hurdles in the U.S. electoral process. Voter disenfranchisement and suppression are at an all-time high, and this includes poll taxes, polling…
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Sep- 2019 -29 September
Abrams Fights to End Voter Suppression
THE AFRO — Many African Americans and Democrats rallied around Stacey Abrams as she took on Brian Kemp in the 2018 run for governorship in the state of Georgia. After a…
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25 September
Judge blocks Tennessee voter signup penalties, citing harm
NEW TRI-STATE DEFENDER — A federal judge has blocked Tennessee’s new restrictions for registering voters from taking effect on Oct. 1 while a challenge of the law proceeds. Judge Aleta…
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22 September
Poll: Black women really dislike Trump
LOUISIANA WEEKLY — President Donald Trump is an unapologetic racist from his policies to his rhetoric. Black women clearly get the memo. On the other hand, Black men appear to be…
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20 September
US House hears testimony on voter discrimination
LOUISIANA WEEKLY — Since the Democrats took control of the U.S. House last November, their efforts to restore the Voting Rights Act (VRA) — gutted by the U.S. Supreme Court…
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20 September
A CLOSER LOOK AT: Dr. Willie. W. Herenton: ‘We’re heading back to City Hall’
NEW TRI-STATE DEFENDER — Dr. Willie W. Herenton recalled the days when he attended segregated public schools and was forced to sit at the back of city buses because of…
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