NAACP President Derrick Johnson responds to the Supreme Court's decision to gut the Voting Rights Act:

Confusion caused by changes to polling locations before last week’s Texas primary meant that many citizens couldn’t cast a ballot on Election Day — and studies show that these types of changes typically hit communities of color hardest.

The SAVE Act would be the most anti-voter law in U.S. history. Tell your senators to stop this attack on the freedom to vote: bit.ly/4srDVLB

Our totally kickass RA Arlyss Herzig just published a big SOLO piece on the effects of prison gerrymandering in the US. Check it out, and share it widely! www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...

Hard to overstate how unusual and dangerous it is that they are laying this groundwork so far ahead of the midterms. www.newsweek.com/steve-bannon...

The Department of Justice is pressuring states to hand over sensitive information about voters. Here's what you need to know:

Our research found a turnout gap between voters living on tribal lands compared to those who do not. “Each of those numbers represent hundreds of thousands of people who are not able to or have a harder time participating,” @cnicolejones.bsky.social told @theguardian.com.

In our new #JREP #OpenAccess article, we show that racial attitudes are linked to perceptions of voter fraud and support for the #J6 Insurrection (w/ @cnicolejones.bsky.social @mattbarreto.bsky.social @michaelherndon.bsky.social) Summary: vrp.ucla.edu/vrp-article-... #polisci #politics #insurrection

Hi everyone, turns out my bluesky was hacked 🙃. If you saw any previous posts on this account, they weren’t from me. So let’s start fresh!