Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Michigan: Democrat Governors Worry About Voter Suppression Before the Governor Elections

October 7, 2021October 7, 2021 by Eli Mshomi

Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania have become the epicenter of the gubernatorial elections, as the legislators of all of these states are controlled by Republicans, but their executive seats are occupied by Democrats. These states are in the news as Democratic governors are coming face to face against the Republican-dominated legislatures, as the GOP is busy … Read more

Trump’s Endorsement of Candidates for Crucial Electoral Positions is Dangerous for Democracy in the US

October 5, 2021October 4, 2021 by Eli Mshomi

The former President Donald Trump is once again on a roll to elevate the tickets of Republicans who sided with him in perpetuating his election conspiracy theories. His allies, who sought to undermine democracy in the USA, are enjoying the benefits they expected. As various states in the country are looking for secretaries of state … Read more

Texas Republicans: Solving a Problem that Doesn’t Exist

August 18, 2021August 17, 2021 by Eli Mshomi

The battle between Texas Democrats and Republicans is intensifying as Democratic lawmakers have fled the state to hinder Republicans’ efforts of passing the voter suppression bill. As Democratic House Representatives blocked Republicans’ bids, Texas Republicans are exploring every option to make the sufferings difficult for them. This is the second time that the Democratic lawmakers … Read more

Done with Georgia: Texas is the Republicans New Hub of Voter Suppression

July 22, 2021July 21, 2021 by Eli Mshomi

The shrinking lead of Republicans in Texas in the 2020 presidential elections has motivated Texas Republicans to take sweeping voter suppression measures in the state. As the US Supreme Court endorsed Republicans’ efforts of voter suppression recently, it has motivated Republicans to extend their struggles in Texas as well. Under Republicans’ assault is Harris County, … Read more

Trumpism Enters Supreme Court: Voter Suppression at its Peak with Judiciary Endorsement

July 18, 2021July 17, 2021 by Eli Mshomi

The United States Supreme Court, believing in the tenet of conservatism, has started backing Republican efforts to promote voter suppression. The US Supreme Court gave Republicans the leeway of their voter suppression agenda in Arizona, violating the Voting Rights Act of 1965 that cements the denial of racial voter profiling. On the one hand, the … Read more

BLACKS ARE DONESVILLE! Democrats Must Play Trump Card to Pass John Lewis Voting Act

November 4, 2021April 20, 2021 by Eli Mshomi

The talks about voter suppression by the Republicans have become a new norm in the post-Trump era. This Republican bias is primarily driven against communities of color, where senseless laws, including long lines, oppressive voter ID rules, and closures of early voting, are setting poor precedence of racial apathy in the United States. In these … Read more

Senate Bill 7: Republican Evils of Disenfranchising Voters of Texas

November 4, 2021April 10, 2021 by Eli Mshomi

Among the things having no stoppage, Republicans’ voter suppression seems to be the top one. After cementing their regressive agenda of voter suppression in states like Georgia and Iowa, this time, Texas Republicans are in an effort to sideline the deserving voters in the state. With the introduction of the new bill, i.e., Senate Bill … Read more

BIDEN, BE ANGRY! Or you will be just a one-time President like Trump

June 5, 2021April 3, 2021 by Eli Mshomi

In these testing times of voter suppression when Black Americans are facing the wrath of the Republicans’ regressive election legislation, Biden’s soft style to respond to Republicans depicts a pressing state of affairs. Despite a score of Republicans’ attempts to disenfranchise Black American voters, Biden is unable to make a swift strategy that can give … Read more

Party of Disenfranchisement: Republicans Introduce “Jim Crow in the 21st Century” in Georgia

April 3, 2021March 28, 2021 by Eli Mshomi

In between the trying times, when thousands of Americans were already struggling to vote in one way or another, Georgia passed a voting law that would restrict Georgian’s right to vote. Without any legislative discussion, the Georgian Republican Governor Brian Kemp has signed a law, the Election Integrity Act of 2021, behind closed doors. The … Read more

HR 1 Bill: A Nightmare to Republicans Voter Suppression Strategies

November 4, 2021February 24, 2021 by Eli Mshomi

The United States has suffered for a long time from Republicans‘ ever-lasting voter suppression strategies that they pursued for ages. From putting roadblocks in the voter registration process to curbing the constitutional right of early voting, Republicans sought out-of-the-box strategies to cut down the voter turnout in every possible way. The signing of the HR … Read more

Jim Crow Rising: Republican Voter Suppression on Steroids

June 5, 2021February 18, 2021 by Eli Mshomi

Donald Trump might have lost all the election lawsuits of voter fraud, but the struggle for Republicans to sabotage voting efforts in the United States seems to have no end. Instead of focusing on their flawed policies, inept candidates, and retrospection, Republicans are more tilted towards suppressing the efforts to vote once again in several … Read more

Is the Main Strategy for Republicans to win in Georgia Voter Suppression?

December 27, 2021January 3, 2021 by Eli Mshomi

Voter suppression is a long-practiced strategy of the Republicans to win the elections by unfair means. The same is the case in Georgia runoff elections, as Georgia voter suppression is peaking as the Senate runoffs come near. This Republican strategy revolves around stopping the people on election day, disenfranchisement of the Black voters, and speaking … Read more

Vote suppression and the felony disenfranchisement: How convicted people are denied their right to vote in the US elections

December 27, 2021October 21, 2020 by Eli Mshomi

Amid all the voter suppression techniques that are sabotaging the right of the masses to vote, voter disenfranchisement is the worst way to suppress the voice of the people. This is because it completely denies the concept of participation by the affected people in the process of the election. The USA used to systematically disenfranchise … Read more

Suppressing the suppressors: Five voting rights organizations that are making voter suppression difficult

December 27, 2021October 20, 2020 by Eli Mshomi

As the 2020 presidential elections are nearing, voter suppression is at its peak these days. The suppressors are trying to stop voters from casting their ballots to get an edge in the November 3 elections. However, amid all the prevailing voter suppression techniques, some voting rights organizations are working hard to ensure that everyone exercises … Read more

Negation of Black people right to vote: How voter suppression in the United States is endangering the Fifteenth Amendment

June 5, 2021October 19, 2020 by Eli Mshomi

The devastating Civil War that claimed more than 0.6 million lives in the United States of America gave rise to three amendments, known as the Reconstruction Amendments, to the United States Constitution, mostly in favor of people of color. The Thirteenth Amendment, adopted in 1865, ended slavery. The Fourteenth Amendment adopted three years later, provided … Read more

Voter suppression in US elections: How are suppressors sabotaging the right to vote of the Americans?

December 27, 2021October 15, 2020 by Eli Mshomi

The fifteenth and nineteenth amendments to the United States Constitution gave a right to vote to African Americans and women, respectively. No one knew back then that Voter suppression in US elections would happen again after these amendments. With the COVID-infected president and a record-breaking number of people doing mail-in voting this time, the tensions … Read more