Chaos and Voter Suppression in the Texas Primary Changes to polling place locations in Dallas and Williamson Counties caused major confusion and kept some people from voting.

Confusion caused by changes to polling locations before last week’s Texas primary meant that many citizens couldn’t cast a ballot on Election Day — and studies show that these types of changes typically hit communities of color hardest.

The SAVE Act would be the most anti-voter law in U.S. history. Tell your senators to stop this attack on the freedom to vote: bit.ly/4srDVLB

“I Have Been Here Too Long”: Read Letters from the Children Detained at ICE’s Dilley Facility Hundreds of children are currently being held with their parents at an immigration detention center in Dilley, Texas. In letters and drawings, eight kids convey the pain of feeling trapped with no end...

www.propublica.org/article/ice-...

Prison Gerrymandering Distorts Representation Counting incarcerated people at their homes rather than prisons could result in additional state house seats for some urban communities of color.

Our totally kickass RA Arlyss Herzig just published a big SOLO piece on the effects of prison gerrymandering in the US. Check it out, and share it widely!
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...

Steve Bannon proposes using ICE in elections Steve Bannon has said that ICE agents will "surround the polls" at the midterm elections in November.

Hard to overstate how unusual and dangerous it is that they are laying this groundwork so far ahead of the midterms.
www.newsweek.com/steve-bannon...

The Department of Justice is pressuring states to hand over sensitive information about voters. Here's what you need to know:

‘Disenfranchised and demobilized’: Native Americans face ballot box barriers in Arizona Navajo Nation sued Apache county for a second time over alleged scramble to cure mail-in ballots – on top of other systemic hurdles like long lines and translation issues

Our research found a turnout gap between voters living on tribal lands compared to those who do not.

“Each of those numbers represent hundreds of thousands of people who are not able to or have a harder time participating,” @cnicolejones.bsky.social told @theguardian.com.

In our new #JREP #OpenAccess article, we show that racial attitudes are linked to perceptions of voter fraud and support for the #J6 Insurrection (w/ @cnicolejones.bsky.social @mattbarreto.bsky.social @michaelherndon.bsky.social) Summary: vrp.ucla.edu/vrp-article-... #polisci #politics #insurrection

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