Kira Lerner: Florida authorities arrested a Black man while he was staying in a homeless shelter and charged him with voting illegally in a case tied to Republicans’ drive to root out election fraud.But Kelvin Bolton’s arrest raises questions… Continue reading

Sam Levine for The Guardian: A Memphis prosecutor has dropped all criminal charges against Pamela Moses, the Memphis woman who was sentenced to six years in prison for trying to register to vote.Moses was convicted last year and sentenced in… Continue reading

AP: North Carolina’s law that prohibits people convicted of felonies from registering to vote while they are still serving probation, parole or other supervision discriminates against Black residents and is unconstitutional, a panel of state judges ruled on Monday.The… Continue reading

Sam Levine: A Memphis judge ordered a new trial for Pamela Moses, a woman who was sentenced to six years in prison for trying to register to vote.The case attracted national attention in recent weeks because of the severity of… Continue reading

Sam Levine in The Guardian: I have an update in my reporting on the case of Pamela Moses, the 44-year-old Black Lives Matter Activist in Memphis who was sentenced to six years in prison for trying to register to vote.… Continue reading

Watch Janai Nelson discuss this case on Maddow. Sam Levine: Over the last few months, I’ve been following the case of Pamela Moses, a 44-year-old activist in Memphis who was convicted in November for trying to register to vote… Continue reading

Jesse Wegman and Damon Winter for NYT Opinion: Twenty years ago, Judy Bolden served 18 months in a Florida prison. She has been free ever since, but she is still barred from voting by the state until she pays all… Continue reading

AP: The authors of Mississippi’s 1890 constitution had racist intent when they stripped voting rights from people convicted of some felonies because they chose crimes they thought were more likely to be committed by Black people, an attorney argued Wednesday… Continue reading

News and Observer: Judges have restored voting rights to an estimated 55,000 North Carolinians on parole or probation for a felony.GOP state lawmakers, who were defending the law in court, plan to appeal Monday’s ruling to a higher court.… Continue reading

The following is a guest post from my UCI colleague Bernie Grofman: There are now eleven states that committed to using data on past home addresses of prisoners and locating them for redistricting purposes not in the prison but… Continue reading

WaPo: Hervis Rogers was so intent on casting a ballot in last year’s presidential primary that he waited six hours to vote, catching the attention of a CNN news crew when he became the last person to do so… Continue reading