The GOP Is Winning the War on Voting

Ari Berman The Nation
Voters in fifteen states—many with tight races—will face new restrictions at the polling booth for the first time in November.

Black Vote Seen as Last Hope for Democrats to Hold Senate

Sheryl Gay Stolberg The New York Times
The confidential memo from a former pollster for President Obama contained a blunt warning for Democrats. Written this month with an eye toward Election Day, it predicted “crushing Democratic losses across the country” if the party did not do more to get black voters to the polls.