Ari Berman
Ari Berman is a senior reporter for Mother Jones, where he covers voting rights. Previously he was a senior contributing writer for The Nation magazine and a fellow at The Nation Institute. His second book, Give Us the Ballot: The Modern Struggle for Voting Rights in America, was published in August 2015 by Farrar, Straus, and Giroux. Follow him on Twitter: @AriBerman.
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May 16, 2016Missouri Democrats filibustered against the GOP-sponsored bill, noting that 5 percent of the electorate — 220,000 registered voters — lack a government-issued photo ID.
May 10, 2016Given his terrible numbers among nonwhite and young voters, Trump may try to massively suppress Democratic votes.
April 21, 2016When you are only beating Louisiana, something is very wrong.
April 14, 2016Three hundred thousand registered voters in Wisconsin lack a government-issued photo ID, and many have faced great difficulty obtaining one.
April 4, 2016One of the country’s toughest voting restrictions takes effect for the April 5 primary.
March 23, 2016Reducing the number of polling places in Phoenix had catastrophic consequences in the March 22 primary.
March 15, 2016The controversial restriction takes effect for the first time in the March 15 primary.
March 3, 2016The 2016 election is the first in 50 years without the full protections of the Voting Rights Act.
February 9, 2016The controversial new voting restriction will be in full effect for the first time during Tuesday’s presidential primary.
January 29, 2016Ted Cruz is leading the charge, but all of them support tough new voting restrictions.
