Wade Henderson, President of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights is anxiously waiting for the Supreme Court to rule on a key provision of the Voting Rights Act . “At issue in the case is the heart of the law, Section 5, which...    

The story of voting rights in recent years has been largely about conservatives and legislators in Republican states working hard to restrict them, and progressives trying to counter those moves with legal challenges and organizing drives. The most prominent fights have been over voter ID laws, which are supposed to address the "problem" of voter impersonation, something that occurs about ...

The US supreme court ruled on Monday that states cannot demand proof of citizenship when prospective voters register to vote. The 7-2 ruling that struck down Arizona's voter-approved requirement that voters prove they are US citizens in order to use a federal registration form, could affect other states with similar laws, including Alabama, Georgia and Kansas. Twelve additional states are ...

(AP Photo/J. David Ake) People wait in line overnight in front of the Supreme Court for tickets on the eve of oral arguments before the court on President Obama's health care legislation, in Washington, Sunday, March 25, 2012. Arizona's Proposition 200, which passed in 2004, combined two important conservative priorities: voter suppression and anti-immigration demagoguery. It required Arizona voters in ...