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Showing posts with label voting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label voting. Show all posts
Friday, February 04, 2022

Pamela Moses, a Black woman, sentenced to six years in prison for illegally registering to vote

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Pamela Moses, a Black woman in Memphis tried to figure out if she was a registered voter and eligible to vote. She wound up getting accuse...
Thursday, June 11, 2020

LeBron James starts voting rights group

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LeBron James is creating a voting rights group aimed in part at motivating African Americans to cast ballots in November, the NBA star to...
Wednesday, March 06, 2019

Rep. Ayanna Pressley Introduces Amendment to Lower Voting Age to 16

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WASHINGTON   – Ahead of debate in the House of Representatives on H.R. 1, the  For The People Act  - transformative legislation that ...
Saturday, November 03, 2018

Michelle Obama calls on NAACP members to not only vote but to increase black voter turnout

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In a video released on Saturday, the former first lady teamed up with the NAACP, the country's largest civil rights organization, in...
Wednesday, February 21, 2018

#WakandaTheVote: Activist using Black Panther screening to increase voter registration

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Days after the premiere of "Black Panther," lines are still out the door at theaters across New York City. Now activists ...
Friday, July 07, 2017

Booker asks N.J. to keep data from Trump voter fraud commission

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U.S. Sen. Cory Booker asked NJ state officials to reject any request from President Donald Trump's voter fraud commission for inform...
Saturday, December 10, 2016

Trump: Black voters staying home ‘almost as good’ as those who voted for him

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When many of us tried to warn our fellow black voters that staying home and not voting was a vote for Donald Trump ...
Saturday, October 01, 2016

Early voting boosts voting among minorities

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Here is the real reason Republican led state legislatures have been trying to eliminate or limit early voting in their states. African A...
Saturday, September 10, 2016

Appeals Court blocks Kansas, Alabama, Georgia voter ID laws

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It's been a tough few weeks for Republican attempts at voter suppression. When forced to defend their blatant attempts to keep minor...
Wednesday, September 07, 2016

Black voters sue over Alabama's method of electing judges

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A civil rights group is challenging Alabama's practice of electing appellate judges by statewide vote, saying it has resulted in al...
Tuesday, August 16, 2016

6 Ways Donald Trump Shows He Doesn't Want The Black Vote.

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by George L. Cook III AfricanAmericanReports.Com EMAIL A recent NY Times article states that the G.O.P is urging Donald Trump to bro...
Saturday, July 30, 2016

Judge strikes down Wisconsin voter ID, early voting laws

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This past week has been a busy one on the voting rights front. North Carolina's voter ID law was struck down as discriminatory. We n...
Friday, July 29, 2016

North Carolina voter ID law struck down as discriminatory to black voters

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A U.S. appeals court on Friday struck down a North Carolina law that required voters to show photo identification when casting ballots, ...
Tuesday, June 28, 2016

President Obama Shows Us 5 Things That Are Harder Than Registering To Vote

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President Obama has teamed up with Buzzfeed and TurboVote to launch "Turn Up the Vote," an initiative to encourage people to...
Saturday, April 30, 2016

Check out the grassroots organization Black Girls Vote

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Black Girls Vote (BGV) is a grassroots organization that seeks to uplift the Black community by educating and inspiring voting age Bla...
Sunday, March 27, 2016

U.S. states giving more ex-felons voting rights back

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Baltimore community organizer Perry Hopkins, 55, is looking forward to stepping into a voting booth for the first time in his life thi...
Thursday, August 06, 2015

Federal Appeals Court Tosses Out Texas Voter ID Law

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A federal appeals court Wednesday struck down a voter ID law in Texas, saying it violated the 1965 Voting Rights Act. A 5th Circuit th...
Sunday, March 22, 2015

6 points Stephen A. Smith should keep in mind when discussing blacks voting republican.

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Stephen A. Smith made news for his receding hairline, naw just joking. Mr. Smith made news for his suggestion that in one election A...
Tuesday, November 04, 2014

Vote today 11-04-2014

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Today's mid-term elections are important so go VOTE! This election can effect all aspects of your life so you owe it to yourself a...
Thursday, October 02, 2014

3,200 new registered voters in Ferguson!

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[ SOURCE One response to Ferguson unrest from area leaders has been telling people to register to vote, and it appears they have lis...