Description. Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail Park Guide April Baldwin discusses how poll taxes and literacy tests served as barriers to voting in Selma, Alabama prior to the passage of ...

When Alabama rewrote its state’s constitution in 1901, it limited voting to wealthy white men and established white supremacy as a guiding principle for state law. The fact that some clauses clearly ...

It's a process done every four years. However, the letters have raised concerns among some residents and voting rights organizations. Kathy Jones, president of the Alabama League of Women Voters ...

Vivek Ramaswamy wants young voters to pass a civics test. ... In a sample 1965 Alabama literacy test, for instance, one question asked at what time of day a president’s term ends.

On Tuesday, US District Judge R. David Proctor ruled in an injunction that part of Alabama’s voter suppression law SB1—state legislation that made it a felony to assist disabled people in ...

Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen announced Aug. 13 he had instructed all 67 counties in the state to take necessary steps to inactivate voter registrations for those who are not U.S. citizens ...

Missouri Solicitor General Joshua Divine, whom Trump has nominated to a district court judgeship, wrote a college op-ed in support of requiring prospective voters to pass a literacy test.

Alabama voters wishing to cast an absentee ballot in the Nov. 5 election have until Oct. 31 to hand deliver their absentee application. The deadline is two days earlier if they are mailing the ...

The U.S. Justice Department filed a lawsuit Friday against Alabama and its top election official, alleging a state program violated federal law by removing voters from its election rolls too close ...

The new law has forced voter outreach groups to stop their work ahead of the general election. Alabama voters wishing to cast an absentee ballot in the Nov. 5 election have until Oct. 31 to hand ...