Labor Union Blog

With less than two months to go before voters elect a new president, new members of Congress and many governors, the Republican Party is engaged in an all-out effort to deny the vote to millions of voters who traditionally vote for Democrats.

From Michigan to Mississippi, Republicans are actively working to challenge the votes of people of color, the impoverished and students.

AFL-CIO Executive Vice President Arlene Holt Baker defined the problem, saying:

We have learned painfully that in this third century of our republic, we cannot take our right to vote for granted. We have to defend it. There are people in our political system who think that voting is a privilege reserved for those like themselves, that it is fair and right to confuse and intimidate people into not voting.