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Texas Voter Id

Amanda Terkel

Voter ID Laws Blocked, But Misinformation And Confusion Spread

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 10.30.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Voters in Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas and Wisconsin don't need to show photo ID when going to the polls for the November electio...

Texas-Sized Amounts Spent For Questionable Purpose

The Dallas Morning News | Posted 09.06.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Texas has now spent more than $2 million defending its law to require photo identification to vote and its redrawing of political bounda...

Voting Rights at Stake in the 21st Century

Rana B. Khoury | Posted 11.04.2012 | Politics
Rana B. Khoury

There is a direct correlation between the strictest laws and Republican-dominance of their respective state legislatures. And yes, it is difficult to ignore the fact that the voters most adversely affected by these laws -- students, the poor, and minorities -- lean heavily Democratic.

Harsh Texas Law Smacked Down By Court

AP | Posted 10.30.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON — A federal court has ruled against a Texas law that would require voters to present photo IDs to election officials before being all...

Gene Demby

Rick Perry Blasts AG, Says Remarks 'Incite Racial Tension'

HuffingtonPost.com | Gene Demby | Posted 07.18.2012 | Black Voices

Texas Gov. Rick Perry said that Attorney General Eric Holder's remarks last week calling his state's voter ID laws "poll taxes" were an attempt to inc...

Contentious Voter ID Trial Heats Up

AP | HENRY C. JACKSON | Posted 09.12.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON — Lawyers for the state of Texas argued Friday that a contentious voter ID law should go forward because it doesn't limit minorities'...

Closing Arguments Set For Texas Voter ID Trial

Posted 09.12.2012 | Black Voices

By HENRY C. JACKSON, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON -- Closing arguments are set to begin a trial that will determine the fate of Texas' controver...

Holder Speaks Strong Words On Voter ID

AP | RAMIT PLUSHNICK-MASTI and PETE YOST | Posted 07.10.2012 | Politics

HOUSTON -- Attorney General Eric Holder said Tuesday he opposes a new photo ID requirement in Texas elections because it would be harmful to minority ...

Voter ID Measure Goes On Trial

AP | HENRY C. JACKSON | Posted 07.09.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- The state of Texas and the Justice Department gave opening statements Monday in a trial over Texas' new voter ID law, setting the stage ...

Gene Demby

Texas GOP: Repeal The Voting Rights Act

HuffingtonPost.com | Gene Demby | Posted 06.27.2012 | Black Voices

The Texas Republican Party has released its official platform for 2012, and the repeal of the landmark Voting Rights Act of 1965 is one of its central...

Voter Supression: Students

Ida V. Eskamani | Posted 08.08.2012 | Miami
Ida V. Eskamani

The University of Central Florida sits in the center of the swing area of one of the most important swing states in America. Our student body, along with students from across Florida, has the potential to swing the tide of any election.

Racism in Post-racial America

Jason Stanford | Posted 06.03.2012 | Politics
Jason Stanford

Y'all can go home. Put away your hoodies and cancel the vigils. Pick up the race cards, the game's over. There is no more racism in America. The Texas Attorney General said so.

Amanda Terkel

Judge Rules Wisconsin Voter ID Unconstitutional

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 03.12.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- A Wisconsin judge declared a state law requiring people to show photo ID in order to be allowed to vote unconstitutional on Monday, issu...

Justice Department Objects To New Voter ID Law

AP | PETE YOST | Posted 05.12.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON — A photo ID requirement for voters in Texas could disenfranchise hundreds of thousands of registered Hispanics, the Justice Departme...

Protecting Or Suppressing The Vote?

Victoria Coats | Posted 11.06.2011 | Black Voices
Victoria Coats

Whether by intention or not, politicians and media have managed to conflate a host of election administration problems under the umbrella of "voter fraud".