voter suppression Archives - Reveal

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis stands behind a lectern with a sign that reads, “Election Integrity.”

DeSantis’ Election Police Have Largely Flopped in Florida Voter Prosecutions. A New Law Aims to Change That.

by Maryam Saleh and Ese Olumhense March 9, 2023March 10, 2023

A new analysis by Reveal shows the push to target election activity in state legislatures nationwide has only intensified in the four months since the 2022 midterm elections.

Ken Paxton waves to a crowd. A large banner behind him reads, “Save America!”

Texas Republicans Look to Usurp Power of Local Prosecutors Who Don’t Pursue Their Voter Fraud Agenda

by Ese Olumhense January 12, 2023January 24, 2023

The Texas Legislature is considering at least nine bills that would increase criminal penalties for voting-related infractions or extend law enforcement’s ability to investigate voters.

Arizona state Sen. Wendy Rogers wears a red Save America baseball cap as she speaks.

Big Lie Proponents Are Creating Harsh Criminal Penalties for Elections Activity

by Ese Olumhense October 27, 2022December 8, 2022

The proliferation of election crime legislation is the most threatening front in voter suppression efforts in generations.

A person in a car leans out the window to place their ballot in a drop box labeled with Maricopa County Official Ballot Drop Box

How Are Voter Suppression Tactics Affecting You and Your Community?

by Reveal staff October 27, 2022October 26, 2022

Help us understand whether new election rules and threats are keeping people from voting.

An illustration shows a billboard reading VOTE that has been crossed out to read NOPE

The Big Grift Behind the Big Lie

by Cassandra Jaramillo, Nadia Hamdan, Katharine Mieszkowski, Brett Meyers, Taki Telonidis, Andy Donohue, Nikki Frick, Amy Mostafa, Jim Briggs, Fernando Arruda, Kathryn Styer Martínez and Steven Rascón September 10, 2022September 14, 2022

The group True the Vote has collected millions off spreading “the big lie” that the 2020 election was stolen by voter fraud.

Protestors in matching red T-shirts stand on the steps of the Texas Capitol. They hold signs that read: “Don’t mess with Texas voters,” “Black voters matter” and “It’s about us.”

How the Christian Right Embraced Voter Suppression

by Sarah Posner September 28, 2021September 27, 2021

Abortion isn’t the only victory conservative evangelicals have won in 2021.

An illustration depicts a ballot on fire, which morphs into a building. A group of white men with guns stand outside the burning building.

Remembering a White supremacist coup

by Kevin Sullivan, Najib Aminy, Amy Mostafa, Jim Briggs, Fernando Arruda, Katharine Mieszkowski, Will Carless, Taki Telonidis, Esther Kaplan, Brett Simpson and Al Letson October 24, 2020July 1, 2021

Reveal looks back to a nearly forgotten 1898 election in North Carolina. A coup d’etat gave birth to much of the structural racism that exists today.

Two people stand near signs that read, “Vote by Mail Ballot Drop Off.”

John Johnson isn’t dead: How claims of voter fraud in Florida fell apart

by Will Carless October 22, 2020June 30, 2021

The Public Interest Legal Foundation, a conservative nonprofit, has a long history of claiming voter fraud but getting its facts wrong.

An elections worker wears a hazmat suit as they sit next to a sign saying VOTE.

Accountability, Voting

Whose vote will count?

by Jim Briggs, Kevin Sullivan, Fernando Arruda, Byard Duncan, Najib Aminy, Amy Mostafa, Laura Starecheski, Ike Sriskandarajah, Sumi Aggarwal, Brett Myers, David Rodriguez and Al Letson October 3, 2020July 1, 2021

From problems with vote-by-mail systems to voter suppression, we examine the potential for chaos in the 2020 elections.

Accountability, Inequality, Voting

For one weekend, early voting was the new brunch

by Julia B. Chan November 7, 2016November 8, 2016

Last weekend saw long lines – not for poached eggs and bottomless mimosas, but for early voting.