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Voting Advocates Sue Tennessee Over Tougher New Law
The Andrew Goodman Foundation's Managing Director Maxim Thorne discusses the Foundation's reason behind joining a lawsuit against Tennessee's restrictive new voting law with Diverse Issues Inside Higher Education.
Read MoreOur Future Changemakers: Congratulations to the Class of 2019
Congratulations to the Class of 2019! Take a look at what our Vote Everywhere alumni have planned post-graduation.
Read MoreTennessee sued over voter registration law
Six groups, including a Memphis-based law firm, filed suit this week challenging Tennessee’s new third-party voter registration law, contending it violates “fundamental” constitutional rights with the threat of civil and criminal penalties.
Read MoreTennessee Sued Over Crackdown on Voter Drives
The ink from Tennessee Governor Bill Lee’s pen on a new state law had barely dried before four civil rights groups filed a federal lawsuit Thursday challenging the new regulations for voter registration drives. The groups say the law that is scheduled to take effect in Oct. 1 – about a year out from the 2020 presidential election – is vague, violates First and 14th Amendment rights and hands down draconian civil and criminal penalties for any group found violating its provisions.
Read MoreVoting rights advocates sue over Tennessee crackdown on voter registration
Voter rights groups contend that the law is intended to prevent people, particularly African Americans and other minorities, from registering to vote in a state that has one of the lowest voter registration rates in the nation.
Read MoreThe Great Debate at Georgia State
Vote Everywhere Georgia State hosted its second annual Great Debate between the Georgia State College Republicans and Young Democrats.
Read MoreMesa Community College Designated a Voter Friendly Campus
Mesa Community College (MCC) is pleased to announce it has been designated a Voter Friendly Campus by the national nonpartisan organizations Fair Election Center’s Campus Vote Project and NASPA–Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education.
Read MoreUCA Student Earns Newman Civic Fellow Award
University of Central Arkansas student Itzel Velazquez has been named a 2019 Newman Civic Fellow.
Read MoreMontclair State Named a Voter Friendly Campus
Long-term Vote Everywhere Campus Partner Montclair State University receives a Voter Friendly Campus designation.
Read MoreCampus Compact Recognizes Three Vote Everywhere Ambassadors as 2019-2020 Newman Civic Fellows
Campus Compact has named three of The Andrew Goodman Foundation’s Vote Everywhere Ambassadors to the 2019-2020 class of Newman Civic Fellows.
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