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Voter Identification

State Republicans Clear Path For Controversial Voter ID Measure

AP | ANDREW DeMILLO | Posted 04.01.2013 | Politics

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Arkansas legislators passed a law Monday requiring voters to show photo identification at the polls, overriding Democratic G...

John Celock

Dem: Zero Voter Impersonation Cases

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 03.29.2013 | Politics

Missouri Secretary of State Jason Kander (D) released a report Thursday indicating problems with the strict voter identification requirements containe...

John Celock

Kansas Immigration Foe Meets New Challenger

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 02.12.2013 | Politics

Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach (R), best known for his national work on immigration issues, has drawn his first opponent in what could shape up...

Amanda Terkel

Independent Elections Panel Says No To Voter ID

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 02.05.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- An independent panel formed by a Republican official and charged with examining Maine's electoral system has concluded that the state sh...

John Celock

Big Blow For Voter ID Laws

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 01.25.2013 | Politics

Montana lawmakers dealt a blow to voter identification proponents by effectively killing a bill that would have limited voter ID options. The Hous...

Republican's 90 Percent Voter Problem Claim Slammed

The Huffington Post | John Celock | Posted 12.28.2012 | Politics

Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach (R) said his push for new voter identification requirements and other election law changes stopped 90 percent of...

John Celock

Dems' Big Hope For 'Voter Surpression Poster Child'

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 12.04.2012 | Politics

Kansas Democrats are using the threat of suing the state's Republican secretary of state over "voter surpression" as a new tactic to raise money. ...

Voter ID Advocate Attempts Power Grab

The Huffington Post | John Celock | Posted 11.30.2012 | Politics

Kansas' secretary of state is renewing his efforts to gain prosecutorial power as part of his voter identification push. Secretary of State Kris K...

John Celock

'Trying To Find A Problem That Doesn't Exist'

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 11.29.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- A Republican lawmaker in Montana is pushing legislation to restrict voter identification in the state to driver licenses and tribal ID c...

The Problem With Voter ID Laws

Lena Masri | Posted 01.21.2013 | Detroit
Lena Masri

One thing was clear in the November 2012 election in the United States, and that is that the movement to establish more restrictive voter identification laws is politically polarized.

State's Last Minute Move Could Trash Legal Votes

Think Progress | Posted 11.03.2012 | Politics

A last-minute directive issued by Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted could invalidate legal provisional ballots. Ohio is widely viewed as the most cri...

Voting Wrongs vs. Voting Rights

Brandon Hill | Posted 12.22.2012 | College
Brandon Hill

There is a great American irony here. Why is it that in the world's epicenter of democracy, we have for the past two centuries spilled so much blood, shed so many tears, and spent so much time debating which Americans should and should not get the right to vote?

Kansas Secretary Of State Blames Voter ID Error On County Officials

The Huffington Post | John Celock | Posted 10.16.2012 | Politics

Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach (R) told state senators on Tuesday that his office is not responsible for confusion over which types of high sch...

Dan Froomkin

Panelist On Voter ID: 'When You Tie It All Together, It's All About The Illegal Alien Vote'

HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 10.11.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- The head of a major right-wing group accused Democrats Thursday of opposing voter identification laws in order to reap votes from undocu...

Voter Intimidation and Suppression Come to New Mexico

Joseph C. Wilson | Posted 12.08.2012 | Politics
Joseph C. Wilson

The Republicans want to work people into a lather over fictional voter fraud while the real problem is Republican led voter suppression, intimidation and outright cheating.

Nuns Criticize 'Ridiculous' Voter ID Law

The Huffington Post | John Celock | Posted 10.02.2012 | Politics

A group of retired Pennsylvania nuns has criticized the state's contested voter identification law as "unkind, unfair and ridiculous" because of the h...

Time Sensitive Democracy

Don Ringe | Posted 11.30.2012 | Politics
Don Ringe

Tom Corbett and Mike Tursai obviously haven't met Marian Fydrych. At 92, Marian seems tiny and frail, but there's strength and passion in her voice as she describes the stringent voter identification laws now in effect in Pennsylvania.

Tea Party Leader Pushes College Voting Change

The Huffington Post | John Celock | Posted 09.29.2012 | Politics

The Tea Party speaker of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, William O'Brien (R-Mont Vernon), is asking a state court to force the state attor...

Black Women Rally Against Voter ID Laws

AP | SUZANNE GAMBOA | Posted 09.21.2012 | Black Voices

WASHINGTON -- Deidra Reese isn't waiting for people to come to her to find out whether they are registered to vote. With iPad in hand, Reese is going...

The Next Privacy Battle: Cameras That Judge Your Every Move

Tarun Wadhwa | Posted 11.14.2012 | Technology
Tarun Wadhwa

High-tech security measures might have been expected at large politically charged gatherings. But cameras capable of real-time, sophisticated data mining are starting to appear everywhere.

2012 Election Shaping Up as Replay of 2000/2004 Voter Suppression Controversies

Charles A. Santangelo | Posted 11.11.2012 | DC
Charles A. Santangelo

This presidential election, citizens will confront an array of voting challenges that harken back to the debacles of 2000 in Florida and 2004 in Ohio. We are well on the way to repeating history.

Dan Froomkin

Judge Who Upheld Pa. Voter ID Law Cited Bigoted 1869 Court Ruling

HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 09.11.2012 | Politics

A Pennsylvania judge's decision to uphold the state's tough new voter-identification law last month was based in part on a 19th century state court de...

Spirit of Bull Connor

Jeff Danziger | Posted 10.20.2012 | Politics
Jeff Danziger

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Perhaps What America Really Needs Is a Voter IQ Law

Dan Treadway | Posted 10.17.2012 | Politics
Dan Treadway

In recent weeks much has been made of stricter voter ID laws. But if the brave politicians pushing through this crucial legislation are truly passionate about ensuring our democracy, perhaps they should consider another provision: Voter IQ laws.

Mike Turzai Repeats Voter Fraud Lie

The Huffington Post | Gene Demby | Posted 08.16.2012 | Black Voices

In the wake of a judge's decision not to block Pennsylvania's controversial voter ID law, Mike Turzai, the Republican legislator who made headlines in...