The Democracy Policy team is advancing an agenda to win structural reforms that strengthen the U.S. system and give everyone ...

Sixty years after the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. led a rally protesting housing discrimination and segregated schools in ...

Votebeat is a nonprofit news organization reporting on voting access ... approved a 96-word summary of the proposal that will appear on petitions around Michigan. That starts a 180-day clock for the ...

Both Republican and Democratic-led states have eased the voting rights restoration process in recent years. But some states have added complexities, such as Tennessee's 2023 change. In Florida ...

Voting rights and the right to bear arms — along with the right to hold public office and serve as a fiduciary or on a jury — became linked under an interpretation of a 2023 court ruling by ...

FILE - Governor Bill Lee delivers his State of the State address Monday, Feb. 10, 2025, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File) ...

The bill also guarantees privacy, ensures language access, and affirms voting rights under the New York Voting Rights Act. This isn’t about changing who can vote. It’s about making sure everyone who ...

Telangana government has enacted the Telangana Bhu Bharati (Record of Rights) Act and formally launched the Bhu Bharati portal as a solution to land related issues which cropped up after the ...

Tennessee Ties Gun Rights to Restoring Voting Rights After a Felony. That Will Likely Soon Change NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — If you've paid your debts to society after being convicted of a felony ...

Up first: voting rights. What happens to US voting rights if the SAVE or, Safeguard American Voting Eligibility Act, becomes law ... It's that simple. They want to know what you're going to ...

(AP) — If you’ve paid your debts to society after being convicted of a felony and you want to vote in Tennessee, you generally have a persuade a judge to restore your gun rights first.