Voter Id

GOP Election Official Defends Voter ID

The Huffington Post | John Celock | Posted 06.02.2012

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Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach (R) defended the state's new voter identification law as a way to prevent election fraud during a stop in Wichit...

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The Wall Street Journal's Hit Piece on Eric Holder

William K. Black | Posted 06.01.2012

Read More: Birthers, Voter Disenfranchisement, Voting Rights Act, Voting Rights, Black Voters, Voter ID Laws, Racism, Disenfranchisement, Wall Street Journal, Eric Holder, Barack Obama, Republicans, Voter ID, Media News

The Wall Street Journal's editorial denouncing "Holder's Racial Incitement" is so foul and tendentious about Holder's comments, America, and the partisan effort to deprive American citizens of one their most precious rights -- the right to vote -- that it compels response.

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Holder On Voter ID Laws: Discrimination Not Yet Relegated To Pages Of History

The Huffington Post | Gene Demby | Posted 05.31.2012

Read More: Eric Holder Voter Id Laws, Voting Rights Summit, Eric Holder Cbc, Voter I.D., Eric Holder Congressional Black Caucus, Voting Rights Act, Bv-Politics, Eric Holder Attorney General, Voting Rights Act Section 5, Voter ID Laws, Eric Holder Voting Rights, Voter Suppression, Eric Holder, Black Voices News

Attorney General Eric Holder told members of the Congressional Black Caucus and the Conference of National Black Churches on Wednesday that the right ...

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Florida Plan to Purge Voter Rolls Triggers New Voter Rights Showdown

HuffingtonPost.com | Janell Ross | Posted 05.27.2012

Read More: Voter Purge, Latino, Elections 2012, Immigrants, Minority Voters, Hispanics, Justice Department, Non-Citizens-Voting-in-Florida, Purge, Voter ID, Latino Voters, Latino Politics, Voting Rights, Voter ID Laws, Florida, Non-Citizen Voter, Latino Voices News

Florida officials made it clear Friday that the state will continue to purge as many as 182,000 suspected noncitizens from the state’s voter rolls -...

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Republicans Are Using the Democratic Process to Curtail Democracy

Judge H. Lee Sarokin | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Voting Requirements, Jim Crow, Voter Fraud, Voter Disenfranchisement, Voting Legislation, Brennan Center for Justice, Voting Rights, Voter Qualifications, Poll Tax, Voter ID, Politics News

The fraud that actually exists is not in voter identification but rather in the alleged justification for legislation that requires it. There is no epidemic of voters misrepresenting their identity at the polls.

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Voter ID Laws: Silencing the American People

John W. Whitehead | Posted 05.16.2012

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Voter ID laws are the icing on the cake when it comes to public officials shutting Americans out of the decision-making process, silencing dissent, and making sure that those in power stay in power.

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Lawmaker Tossed Out After Nazi Reference

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: William O'Brien, Video, Hitler, New Hampshire Politics, New-Hampshire-Legislature, Jon Richardson, Rep. Steve Vaillancourt, Voter ID, Bob Kingsbury, Nazis, Voter Identification, Steve Vaillancourt, Voter ID Laws, New-Hampshire-Voter-Id, Politics News

A Republican lawmaker in New Hampshire was physically removed from the state House of Representatives on Tuesday afternoon after he made a Nazi salute...

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Lawmakers Pass Stricter Voter Reg Law For 2012

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Ann Mah, Kris Kobach Immigration, HB 56, Department of Motor Vehicles, Scott Schwab, Voter ID, Video, Birth Certificate, Voter Identification, Kris Kobach Kansas, Kansas Politics, Kansas Legislature, 2012 Election, Kris Kobach, Voter ID Laws, Sb 1070, Election 2012, Kansas-Voter-Id-Laws, Politics News

The Republican-controlled Kansas House of Representatives voted Tuesday to pass legislation requiring proof of citizenship for voter registration star...

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Civil Rights Marcher Files Lawsuit Against Controversial Voter ID Law

The Huffington Post | Leigh Owens | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Aclu, Immigrant Rights, Video, Pennsylvania, 2012 Elections, In Case You Missed It Politics, Pennsylvania Voter ID Law, Elections 2012, Viviette Applewhite, Voter ID Laws, Voter Suppression, Naacp, Civil Rights, Voter ID, Politics News

Civil rights advocates have been fighting this year against controversial voter ID laws in a number of states across the country. On Tuesday, 93-year-...

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High-Tech NM Electronic Voter Registration Drive vs. Voter ID Policy

HuffingtonPost.com | Janell Ross | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: Mitt Romney, Register to Vote, Democrats, Susana Martinez, Barack Obama, Voter ID, Restrictions, Immigration Reform, Latino Politics, New Mexico, Latino Voters, Voter Registration, Gop, Florida, Republicans, Latino Voices News

As both the Republican and Democratic parties clamor to claim a larger share of the Latino electorate this year, electronic voter registration has eme...

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Congressman: 'I Just Do Not Trust The Judiciary'

West Ashley Patch | Jonathan Allen | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: South Carolina Voter Id, Election Administration, Election Laws, South Carolina Voter Id Law, Voter Supression, Voter Identification, Judiciary, Voter ID Laws, Jim Clyburn, Voter ID, South Carolina Politics, Politics News

U.S. Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.) told Democratic activists in the Charleston area on Tuesday that organization was the key to limiting the effects of "v...

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Killing Democracy One Vote at a Time

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Voter ID, American Civil Liberties Union, Kill-at-Will Laws, U.S. Department of Justice, Suffrage, American Legislative Exchange Council, Voter Identification, Alec, Brennan Center for Justice, Trayvon Martin, 1965 Voting Rights Act, Aclu, U.S. Supreme Court, Video, Voter ID Laws, Politics News

Voter ID restrictions work for the rich. They've got birth certificates and photo driver's licenses and passports. Or they can send a servant or secretary to apply for the documents. And the more rabble removed from the polls, the more weighty the votes of the wealthy.

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Cost Of Voter ID Laws, Elections Threatens Turnout

Reuters | Posted 04.26.2012

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* Local governments need millions of dollars to hold elections * Budget cuts could lead to long lines at polling places ...

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Overcoming Obstacles to Photo ID Laws

Robert M. Brandon | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Voter ID Laws, Alec, Voter Suppression, Voting Rights, Voter ID, Voting, War on Voting, Politics News

While several voting rights groups are fighting to get strict Voter ID laws overturned in the courts, organizers and community groups on the ground are stepping up to make sure that voters will have the IDs they need to be able to vote.

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ALEC Mixes Legislators, Lobbyists

New York Times | Posted 04.22.2012

Read More: Politics, Alec, American Legislative Exchange Council, Chamber of Commerce, Bill Seitz, Stand Your Ground Law, Ohio, Voter ID Laws, Voter Id Bills, Voter ID, Politics News

Desperate for new revenue, Ohio lawmakers introduced legislation last year that would make it easier to recover money from businesses that defraud the...

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Appeals Court Gives Arizona Partial Victory on Voter ID Law

Ken Blackwell | Posted 04.20.2012

Read More: Voter ID Laws, Voter ID, Arizona Voter Id Law, Voter Identification, 2012 Election, Arizona Proposition 200, Elections 2012, Arizona, Gonzalez v. Arizona, Politics News

Arizona might be going to the U.S. Supreme Court yet again. A federal appeals court upheld part of the Grand Canyon State's voter ID law, but struck down another part of Arizona's law as inconsistent with a 1993 federal law.

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Corporate Lobby Group Retreats Under Pressure

HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 04.17.2012

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WASHINGTON -- The American Legislative Exchange Council, the controversial corporate-sponsored lobbying group whose push for "stand your ground" gun l...

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ALEC Annoyed at Losing Sponsors? It Breaks My Heart

Mark Engler | Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: Voter ID, Right to Work, Stand Your Ground, ColorOfChange.Org, Color of Change, American Legislative Exchange Council, Alec, Politics News

It is always a pleasure to see a worthy target of activism move from disregard or mockery to going on the attack.

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Why Coca-Cola Cut Its Ties With A Right-Wing Group

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 04.10.2012

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Voter ID laws are quickly becoming a hot-button issue -- and Coca-Cola is jumping back from the heat. The soft-drink company has severed its ties w...

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87-Year-Old Wisconsin Woman Turned Away At Polls

The Huffington Post | Ariel Edwards-Levy | Posted 04.04.2012

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A Wisconsin woman says her 87-year-old mother was disenfranchised in Tuesday's election after a poll worker demanded they provide photo identification...

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Controversial Voter ID Measure Moves Ahead

Reuters | Posted 04.05.2012

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By David Bailey MINNEAPOLIS, April 4 (Reuters) - A controversial voter photo ID requirement will be on the ballot in Minnesota in Nove...

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Wisconsin Voter ID Law Causes Confusion At Polling Place

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: Video, Wi Primary, Wisconsin Voter ID, Wisconsin Primary Election, Scott Walker, Elections 2012, 2012 Election 2012, Wisconsin Primary, Wi Primary 2012, Voter ID, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Wisconsin's voter identification law reportedly caused some confusion at a polling place Tuesday, when workers asked voters to show iden...

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No Voter ID Needed For Wisconsin Primary

The Huffington Post | Ariel Edwards-Levy | Posted 04.03.2012

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Voters in Wisconsin's primaries today don't need to show a photo ID, despite new state requirements. Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) signed a bill ...

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Mandatory Voter ID Disenfranchises Poor, Students, Elderly

The Daily Nebraskan | Posted 05.30.2012

Read More: Politics, New Mexico, Illegal Immigration, Voter ID Laws, Nebraska, Voter Fraud, Poll Tax, Barack Obama, Voting, Voter ID, Voter Impersonation, College News

Requiring photo ID cards to vote seems logical. Obviously, we want citizens at the polls to be legal and not misrepresent themselves. And mandating a photo ID is the best way to do this, right? Wrong.

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When Every Vote Counts...

Rick Horowitz | Posted 05.28.2012

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...they fight for every edge. ...

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