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"How a court ruling could change voting rights for former felons in Tennessee," by Ellen Gerst, Chattanooga Times Free Press, April 26, 2024
"Nebraska removes two-year waiting period for felons to vote," by Maya Marchel Hoff, USA Today, April 25, 2024
"Texas prosecutor appeals ruling that tossed Crystal Mason’s voting fraud conviction," by Sarah Fortinsky, The Hill, April 25, 2024
"Alabama sued over new law criminalizing voter assistance," by Gabriel Tynes, Courthouse News Service, April 04, 2024
"AP finds fewer than 475 cases of potential voter fraud in six 2020 battleground states," by Brad Dress, The Hill, December 15, 2021
"Texas Republicans propose a Florida-style election police force as it tees up more changes to voting laws," by Adam Edelman, NBC News, December 12, 2022
"Florida election crimes unit sends out last-minute felons-removal list, causes confusion," by James Call and John Kennedy, USA Today, November 04, 2022
"Florida’s Voter Fraud Arrests Are Scaring Away Formerly Incarcerated Voters," by Nicole Lewis and Alexandra Arriaga, The Marshall Project, November 04, 2022
"They Were Trying to Help Run Elections. Then They Got Criminally Investigated.," by Cassandra Jaramillo and Joshua Kaplan, ProPublica, November 03, 2022
"After DeSantis Touts Voter Fraud Arrests, Florida Adds Voting Clause to Probation Form," by Lawrence Mower, Miami Herald, October 31, 2022
"Why Millions of Americans Will Be Left Out of the Midterms," by Jamiles Lartey, The Marshall Project, October 29, 2022
"State Legislatures Are Dramatically Increasingly Law Enforcement Involvement in Elections," by Ese Olumhense, Reveal, October 27, 2022
"States are stepping up prosecutions for voter fraud. But who gets the harshest punishment?," by Barbara Rodriguez, The 19th, October 06, 2022
"For Helping Voters Who Can’t Read, She’s Been Criminally Charged – Twice. That Hasn’t Stopped Her.," by Mauricio Rodríguez Pons, Aliyya Swaby, and Annie Waldman, ProPublica and Gray TV/Investigative TV, September 14, 2022
"Accused of Voting Illegally, Florida Man Asks “What Did I Do Wrong?”," by Jacqueline Quyn, CBS Miami, September 09, 2022
