Tag: voting
Voting Rights Activist Stacey Abrams Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
MSN News
Voting rights activist and politician Stacey Abrams has been nominated by a Norwegian lawmaker for this year's Nobel Peace Prize, Reuters reports.
Abrams, who played...
Highly Anticipated Senate Runoff In Georgia Shatters Early Voting Records
By Ja'han Jones
Black Voices
With three weeks left before polls close in two U.S. Senate runoff elections in Georgia that will determine the balance of...
Stacey Abrams Says 750,000 Georgia Residents Have Requested Ballots For Runoff
By Derek Major
Black Enterprise
Voting rights advocate Stacey Abrams said Monday that more than 750,000 residents in Georgia have requested a ballot for the state’s...
Jefferson County (AL) Courthouses Open for Rare Sat. Voting; Long Lines...
By Erica Wright
The Birmingham Times
More than 500 people stood in lines that wrapped around a downtown Birmingham park for the first Saturday of in-person...
Jefferson County (AL) Votes 4-0 to Open Courthouses On Sat. For...
By Barnett Wright
The Birmingham Times
A bipartisan group of Jefferson County (AL) Commissioners on Friday voted 4-0 to open the downtown Birmingham and Bessemer County...
Record avalanche of early votes transforms the 2020 election
By NICHOLAS RICCARDI and ANGELIKI KASTANIS
Associated Press
Nearly 21 million Americans have already cast ballots in the 2020 election, a record-shattering avalanche of early votes driven...
Up to Jeffco Commission whether courthouse open for absentee voting on...
By Barnett Wright
The Birmingham Times
The decision whether to open the Birmingham and Bessemer Courthouses for in-person absentee voting on Saturdays is now in the...
Oct. 19 Last Day to Register to Vote in Alabama for...
By Alabama NewsCenter Staff
As one who was beaten and bloodied pursuing the right to vote for Black Americans, the late John Lewis understood as...
Judge: No Absentee Voting This Saturday at Jefferson County Courthouse
By Barnett Wright
The Birmingham Times
There will be no in-person absentee voting on Saturday, October 17 at the Jefferson County Courthouse, a probate court judge...
How Black Churches Are Getting Out The Vote Despite The Coronavirus...
Aaron Morrison
Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — For the Rev. Jimmy Gates Sr., the 2008 presidential election year was one to remember — and not...