Voter Suppression

• Rick Zamperin: Sports and politics collide over MLB All-Star Game

  Texas Gov. Greg Abbott declined to throw out the first pitch before Monday’s game between Texas and Toronto to protest MLB's decision to pull the All-Star Game out of Atlanta.

  Commentary

  Apr 7, 2021
  
• Republican Party, Trump re-election campaign sue Montana over all-mail voting

  The lawsuit alleges Bullock's directive would dilute the integrity of Montana's election system.

  Politics

  Sep 2, 2020
  
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• Facebook announces plan to label newsworthy posts that break rules

  Facebook has drawn heat from employees and lawmakers in recent weeks over its decisions not to act on inflammatory posts by the president.

  News

  Jun 26, 2020
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• Facebook will ban ads that discourage voting in U.S. ahead of 2020 election

  Facebook pledged to put its new "don't vote" policy prohibition into effect in the fall, before the 2018 U.S. elections, COO Sheryl Sandberg said in a blog post.

  Tech

  Jun 30, 2019
• State of Texas falsely passed off registered immigrant voters as non-citizens: lawsuit

  The lawsuit was filed after Texas' secretary of state gave county registrars a list of 95,000 registered voters who he suggested were illegal non-citizen voters based on faulty drivers license data.

  Politics

  Feb 3, 2019
• NDP leader believes government is suppressing on-reserve votes

  The NDP are pushing for the province to join them in writing to Elections Sask. to include polling places on all First Nations.

  Politics

  Nov 14, 2018
• Midterm ballot results: Michigan legalizes marijuana, Florida allows 1.5M ex-felons to vote

  U.S. voters legalized marijuana in Michigan and granted voting rights to ex-felons in Florida, but refused to limit fracking in Colorado through a series of ballot questions posed during the midterm elections.

  Politics

  Nov 7, 2018
• North Dakota university students told voting could threaten their financial aid

  Students at North Dakota State University say they were told that voting could threaten their financial aid by changing their state residency status.

  Politics

  Nov 8, 2016
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• Voters head to polls amid accusations of intimidation, fraud in run-up to Election Day

  After weeks of competing claims of fraud and intimidation on Election Day, few voters who headed to the polls early Tuesday encountered problems, though there were some long lines.

  Politics

  Nov 8, 2016