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The threat to Postal Service is a threat to US values. Harmful changes must be reversed

By Robert Brandon and S. David Fineman | August 23, 2020 Since our country’s infancy, the ability to deliver and receive mail has been...

Poll worker shortages are threatening the 2020 election. Young people can be the solution

By Maya Patel | July 30, 2020 In the 2018 midterm elections, about six out of 10 U.S. poll workers were over the age of 60, and more than...

Older poll workers are afraid to work this fall. Younger Americans should step up.

By Editorial Board | July 29, 2020 With fewer than 100 days until the November election, officials are scrambling to figure out how to...

While Kentuckians are 'Healthy at Home,' lawmakers holding dangerous gatherings

By Cecilia Aguilera and Ben Carter | March 26, 2020 At great risk to their staff and other state workers, the Kentucky legislature...

Virginia making strides to expand voting access

By Cecilia Aguilera | March 22, 2020 During the recently concluded legislative session, Virginia lawmakers initiated a much-needed...

Kentucky must restore voting rights by law, not by a politician's grace

By Cecilia Aguilera, Jon Sherman & Ben Carter | November 21, 2019 On Nov. 5, the nation focused its attention on Kentucky’s gubernatorial...

The great double standard of our election system

By Jon Sherman | April 30, 2019 After years of laws aimed at blocking access to the ballot, a new kind of voter suppression is emerging.

Trying to Restore the Vote to Prisoners Hurts More Than It Helps

By Jon Sherman | April 29, 2019 With every passing week, there seems to be a new litmus test for Democratic presidential candidates.

Strict voter ID law a mistake for Michigan

By Jon Sherman | December 7, 2016 Michigan legislators are trying to ram through a strict voter ID bill in the waning days of this session.

The Original Voter Suppression Data: The Numbers Behind the 1965 Voting Rights Act

By Jon Sherman | August 6, 2016 After a long and difficult battle culminating in the Selma to Montgomery March, the Voting Rights Act ...

It's time to make no-reason absentee voting available to all Michiganders, without restrictions

By Jon Sherman | July 2, 2015 Election Day is the time eligible Michiganders are able to exercise one of their most fundamental American...

A Foreseeable Train Wreck in Arizona's Elections

By Jon Sherman | February 3, 2015 Today, the recount began in the race for Arizona's Second Congressional District seat, and as of now, ...

Rigging the Game for Wisconsin's Voter ID Supporters

By Jon Sherman | December 14, 2014 The full U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has split 5-5 on whether to restore the...

Down to the Haywire in the Badger State

By Jon Sherman | November 18, 2014 The unthinkable has happened in Wisconsin. Just seven weeks before the midterm elections, a panel of...

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