Fight Back Against Voter Suppression

Our voting rights are under attack.

There are a number of ways to suppress the vote -- shorter voting hours, purging voter rolls, selectively understaffed precincts -- but in this election cycle the most prevalent method will be stricter voter ID requirements.

Voter suppression

Apr 11, 2013

Activists Expand Voting Rights in Maryland

A coalition of CWA, community and good government activists have won a big victory for voting rights in Maryland. Read More

Feb 28, 2013

Protect the Voting Rights Act

CWA activists joined labor and civil rights organizations in rallying outside the Supreme Court in support of the Voting Rights Act on Wednesday. Read More

Feb 12, 2013

CWA:  An Economy and Democracy that Works for All Must Be Our Goal

CWA commends the President's focus on jobs and calls for tough policy to keep good jobs here in the U.S. Read More

Feb 7, 2013

Long Lines Disenfranchised 2012 Voters

During the November 2012 election, black and Hispanic voters waited nearly twice as long in line to vote as white voters, according to a Massachusetts Institute of Technology analysis. Read More

Jan 10, 2013

The Democracy Initiative

CWA has a leading role in the Democracy Initiative, as progressive groups are banding together to build a national campaign around three goals: getting big money out of politics, fighting voter suppression and restoring voting rights and reforming the broken Senate rules. Read More