Parole Plunges in South Carolina as Governor-Appointed Board Issues Denial After Denial (boltsmag.org)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/parole-plunges-in-south-carolin…
Arizona Republicans Set Up a Ballot Measure to Squash Future Ballot Measures (boltsmag.org)
A constitutional amendment, placed on the November ballot by GOP lawmakers, would severely restrict direct democracy through strict geographic requirements on ballot petitions.
Minnesota Just Became The Latest State to Eliminate Prison Gerrymandering (boltsmag.org)
In 2010, ahead of the decennial redistricting process, Minnesota’s legislature considered adopting a bold reform: It would stop counting state prisoners as residents of the districts where they were incarcerated, and instead count them as residents of the districts from which they hailed before prison. At the time, this was a...
There's not much more basic to democracy than a secret ballot, but in California, blind voters don't have that right — someone has to help them fill out and send in their ballot. They're suing. (boltsmag.org)
Arizona Republicans Set Up a Ballot Measure to Squash Future Ballot Measures | A constitutional amendment, placed on the November ballot by GOP lawmakers, would severely restrict direct democracy (boltsmag.org)
Arizona Will Elect County Prosecutors in Shadow of Abortion Ban (boltsmag.org)
Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell, a Republican who is up for reelection this year, reacted to the ruling with a statement vowing that women would not be “prosecuted for receiving an abortion,” and especially calls out that she would not prosecute abortions that stem from rape, incest, or molestation. The statement...
Your State-by-State Guide to the 2024 Supreme Court Elections (boltsmag.org)
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After Reforms to Solitary Confinement, Massachusetts Prisoners Say Officials Just Renamed It (boltsmag.org)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/massachusetts-solitary-confinem…
Alabama Civil Rights Groups Scramble to Fight Back Against New Voting Law (boltsmag.org)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/alabama-law-absentee-voting-law…
Alabama Civil Rights Groups Scramble to Fight Back Against New Voting Law (boltsmag.org)
Police Oversight in Florida Is Already Weak. The State Is About to Gut It Further. (boltsmag.org)
The Florida legislature approved a bill this month that would further limit local civilian police oversight boards by barring them from investigating allegations of police misconduct. Police unions support the bill as a measure to protect the rights of officers, though critics say it represents yet another blow to police...
Police Oversight in Florida Is Already Weak. The State Is About to Gut It Further. (boltsmag.org)
The Florida legislature approved a bill this month that would further limit local civilian police oversight boards by barring them from investigating allegations of police misconduct. Police unions support the bill as a measure to protect the rights of officers, though critics say it represents yet another blow to police...
Pennsylvania Reckons with Its Draconian Laws on Life Imprisonment (boltsmag.org)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/pennsylvania-case-life-without-…
Four members of the Arkansas supreme court are trying to jump to different seats on the bench, a situation that could empower the conservative governor by granting her more appointments. (boltsmag.org)
Voters are filling two supreme court seats in two separate nonpartisan elections. Neither seat’s current occupant is seeking a new term, so at first glance it may look like the cycle will add two fresh faces to the court. But of the six candidates running for these two seats, four are already sitting justices on the...
Faced with ‘Cop City’ referendum push, Atlanta changes up its election rules (boltsmag.org)
Faced with ‘Cop City’ Referendum Push, Atlanta Changes Up Its Election Rules (boltsmag.org)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/cop-city-referendum-signature-m…
Your Guide to Four Emerging Threats to the Voting Rights Act | Conservatives are targeting Section 2 of the landmark civil rights law with a series of new legal arguments (boltsmag.org)
Twelve Questions Shaping Democracy and Voting Rights in 2024 (boltsmag.org)
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In Ohio, Uncontested Elections Worsen a Breakdown in Accountability for Prosecutors (boltsmag.org)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/ohio-prosecutor-elections-2024/
A New Plan to Lower Recidivism: Stimulus Payments to Formerly Incarcerated People (boltsmag.org)
A bill filed in Colorado aims to break the cycle of incarceration by giving people up to $3,000 upon release from prison.
His Shock Win Flipped a Pennsylvania County. Now He Vows to Raise Hell over Its Lethal Jail. (boltsmag.org)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/dauphin-county-commissioners-ja…
As Los Angeles Politicians Trade Barbs, Jail Deaths Keep Mounting (boltsmag.org)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/los-angeles-county-board-of-sup…
Inside the urgent campaign to commute North Carolina's entire death row (boltsmag.org)
Inside the Urgent Campaign to Commute North Carolina’s Entire Death Row (boltsmag.org)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/north-carolina-death-penalty-ma…
Chicago built a new police team to rebuild community trust. It harassed drivers of color instead. (boltsmag.org)
