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Conservatives Have Been Packing the Courts for Years

We deserve a forward-thinking judiciary filled with movement lawyers who want to see progress for our nation.

By Rakim Brooks

August 19, 2022

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We Deserve a Say at the Ballot Box, Too

The last two elections have seen numerous attempts to limit one of the main lifelines of elections in Native American communities: ballot collection.

By Keaton Sunchild

August 15, 2022

Dark blue background with image of a Native American man faded into the background, a red-toned ballot drop box with someone handing in 2 ballots, and the words "House Bill No. 530", "('BIPA')", "Plaintiffs Western Native Voice", as well as other court document quotes cut off on the bottom.

Candidate Q&A: Stacey Abrams on Her Run for Governor of Georgia

In Democracy Docket’s latest candidate Q&A of the 2022 cycle, Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams lays out her pro-democracy platform.

By Democracy Docket

August 10, 2022

Light blue background with blue-toned image of Stacey Abrams, blue sign that reads "Welcome We're glad voting is on your mind" with a picture of a peach, a blue ballot drop box for Fulton County to its right, and a blue-toned pie and vote sticker roll.

Registering Texans to Vote With My Van Named for Barbara Jordan

Nearly 50 years have passed since former U.S. Rep. Barbara Jordan’s (D-Texas) crowning achievement bringing Texas under the protection and authority of the Voting Rights Act

By Tayhlor Coleman

August 5, 2022

Light blue background with a white-toned state of Texas, a blue-toned image of Tayhlor Coleman and her van that she uses to drive around Texas registering people to vote and her van's name "Barb" in blue-toned script over a pink background

The Real Battlegrounds

Our mission is to invest in hyperlocal community organizing in regions of the country that Democrats and progressives tend to overlook.

By Joe Kennedy III

July 29, 2022

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Candidate Q&A: Cisco Aguilar on His Run for Nevada Secretary of State

In Democracy Docket’s first candidate Q&A of the 2022 cycle, Nevada secretary of state candidate Cisco Aguilar lays out his pro-democracy platform.

By Democracy Docket

July 13, 2022

Light blue background with an ink and white toned image of Cisco Aguilar (candidate for Nevada secretary of state) over a white text bubble, a blue sign that says "Early Voting Today" in English and Spanish, a blue-toned mail-in ballot envelope over a red text bubble and a blue-toned Nevada sign saying "Welcome to fabulous voter-friendly Nevada" over a pink-toned text bubble

Focus on State Legislatures, Not Just Congress

We know that the fight is in our own backyards. State legislatures are the soil from which our polity grows, and must be secured against corrosive ideals.

By Andrea Stewart-Cousins

June 28, 2022

Dark blue background with dome of state capitol toned in blue but the dome is made up of mostly blue dots and some red dots to indicate state legislative seats.

How We Broke Voting Records in Harris County

When I was appointed Harris County Clerk in 2020, my focus wasn’t politics. It was problem-solving.

By Chris Hollins

June 17, 2022

Light blue background with the city of Houston split up by ward similar to a puzzle and toned in blue; in black and white, there are voting elements including a sign for a polling place, a sign for the Texas Medical Center, a ballot drop box, an early voting sign and a drive-thru voting sign

Voter Suppression Is Youth Suppression

The youngest, most diverse generation in American history turned out in record numbers for the 2020 presidential election, proving young Americans’ power to shape our country’s future from statehouses to the White House.

By Cristina Tzintzún Ramirez

June 10, 2022

Red hands in surgical gloves holding dentistry tools surround a blue ballot that reads “THE YOUTH VOTE” with several letters missing and instead held by the hands.

Inside Our Fight To Restore Voting Rights to 56,000 North Carolinians

Used as a tool to silence communities and strip them of their power, felony disenfranchisement has no place in our democracy.

By Daryl Atkinson and Caitlin Swain

May 18, 2022

Six hands in black and white reaching up to grab a blue key hanging from the top over a light blue background.

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