Voting Rights & Access

18+ hour, 17+ min ago   (1521+ words) Vernellia R. Randall, Weekly Racial Justice Update: September 6–12, 2026, Racism.org (September 14, 2026). The Census Bureau also proposed excluding millions of immigrant residents from the population used for congressional apportionment and removing race and ethnicity questions from the decennial census questionnaire. That proposal…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (440+ words) A significant legal ruling was made in Nairobi, Kenya, as a court declared the Community Groups Registration Act unconstitutional. This landmark decision has major implications for community organizations operating within the country. The ruling, which stems from a case challenging…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago   (701+ words) Alaska prosecutors are dropping voter misconduct cases against a group of residents born in American Samoa after a state appeals court threw out felony charges against a woman who checked a box saying she was a U.S. citizen. The state's Department…...

1+ day, 56+ min ago   (755+ words) ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Alaska prosecutors are dropping voter misconduct cases against residents born in American Samoa after a state appeals court dismissed felony charges against a woman who checked a box indicating she was a U.S. citizen. The state’s Department of Law…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (100+ words) Juneau Independent Alaska prosecutors are dropping voter misconduct cases against a group of residents born in American Samoa after a state appeals court threw out felony charges against a woman who wrongly checked a box saying she was a U.S. citizen....

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (701+ words) Alaska prosecutors are dropping voter misconduct cases against a group of residents born in American Samoa after a state appeals court threw out felony charges against a woman who checked a box saying she was a U.S. citizen. The state's Department…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (701+ words) Alaska prosecutors are dropping voter misconduct cases against a group of residents born in American Samoa after a state appeals court threw out felony charges against a woman who checked a box saying she was a U.S. citizen. The state’s Department…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (584+ words) The state’s Department of Law announced the decision Friday, after a three-judge Court of Appeals panel ruled a week earlier that state law requires proof that defendants who erroneously filled out voter registration forms had a “consciousness of wrongdoing” and…...

1+ day, 18+ hour ago   (683+ words) FILE - Michael Pese and his wife Tupe Smith stand outside the Boney Courthouse in Anchorage, Alaska, on Jan. 15, 2026. The state’s Department of Law announced the decision Friday, after a three-judge Court of Appeals panel ruled a week earlier that state…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago   (604+ words) FILE - Michael Pese and his wife Tupe Smith stand outside the Boney Courthouse in Anchorage, Alaska, on Jan. 15, 2026. The state’s Department of Law announced the decision Friday, after a three-judge Court of Appeals panel ruled a week earlier that state…...