Politico: Several people who were arrested last week as part of Gov. Ron DeSantis’ voter fraud crackdown were notified by official government entities they were eligible to vote, according to court documents and interviews.The defendants told authorities they had… Continue reading

You can find the per curiam opinion at this link. From the primary dissent by Judge Graves: In 1890, Mississippi held a constitutional convention with the express aim of enshrining white supremacy. The 1890 Convention was a backlash against Reconstruction-era… Continue reading

Tampa Bay Times: When Romona Oliver registered to vote in early 2020 at the Hillsborough Tax Collector’s office, she was asked if she had a felony conviction. She said yes.The women helping her with the form submitted it, Oliver… Continue reading

Sam Levine: Breaking news: Texas' highest criminal court gives a major win to Crystal Mason, the Texas woman sentenced to five years in prison for casting a provisional vote in 2016. The TX Court of Criminal Appeals told a… Continue reading

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