Voting Rights Archives

In northern North Dakota's Turtle Mountain, Native American students are set to walk out of class and march to polling places with signs encouraging community members to vote.

Social Justice

For Native Americans, the Battle Against Voter Suppression in North Dakota Is Only the Beginning

Indigenous high schoolers are organizing to let their families vote in an election they argue is designed to block them from the polls.

Massoud Hayoun

Social Justice

What You Need to Bring to the Polls to Vote in Every State

Want to vote but unsure of your state's laws? Don't worry, we've got you covered.

Emma Sarappo

A voter heads to a polling station in Athens, Georgia, on November 8th, 2016. In the past decade, the number of registered voters removed from the rolls across the South due to a conviction has nearly doubled.

Social Justice

In the South, an Aggressive Effort to Purge Former Felons From Voting Rolls

Most of the country is making it easier for former felons to vote. But in the South, the number of voters removed due to felonies has nearly doubled in the past decade, an APM Reports/Pacific Standard analysis shows.

Angela Caputo

The Spirit Lake Tribe filed a complaint in federal court Tuesday against North Dakota Secretary of State Alvin Jaeger.

Social Justice

Native Americans Are Suing North Dakota Over Voter Suppression

It now appears Native American North Dakotans are unable to vote, even when they have proof of their residential addresses.

Massoud Hayoun

The Supreme Court ruled last week to uphold a lower decision requiring North Dakota voters to bring proof of residential address to the polls.

Social Justice

How Native American Leaders Are Trying to Tackle Voter Suppression in North Dakota

Rights activists are urging communities of color to get creative about circumventing attempts to suppress their vote ahead of next month's decisive mid-term elections.

Massoud Hayoun

White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on May 10th, 2017, in Washington, D.C.

Social Justice

When Sarah Huckabee Sanders and the American Civil Liberties Union Teamed Up for Voting Rights

Although the Trump administration wants to restrict access to the ballot box, its chief spokesperson once sued to overturn a ban on student voting.

Blake Paterson

A woman takes part in the Women's March on January 21st, 2017, in New York.

News in Brief

How Middle-Aged Women May Save American Democracy

Harvard University political scientist Theda Skocpol argues the conservative takeover of the federal government has a silver lining for liberals: It is inspiring more activism.

Tom Jacobs

A flag flies outside the U.S. Supreme Court on June 26th, 2017.

Social Justice

How Are Trump’s Top Supreme Court Candidates Expected to Vote on America’s Hottest Justice Issues?

Pacific Standard spoke with Supreme Court watchers about how President Trump's nominees might rule on cases about abortion, gay marriage, and voting rights.

Francie Diep