Voter Intimidation

Share Your Thoughts: What Will Happen on Nov. 7th If Millions Were Denied Their Right to Vote on Nov. 6th?

Paul Abrams | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Supreme Court, November 7, Florida Republicans, Voter Intimidation, November 6, Voter Suppression, Bush v Gore, 2012, Republican Rightwing, Politics News
Paul Abrams

As the new right-wing voter suppression laws now stand, 3-5 million people will be denied the right to vote on Nov. 6, 2012. That will include millions who have voted in elections for many years.

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Voter Deception Conviction Illuminates the Need for Real, Not False Solutions

Keesha Gaskins | Posted 02.12.2012

Read More: Voter ID Laws, Voter Intimidation, Voter ID, Voter Id Fraud, Voting Rights, Voter Id Bill, Politics News
Keesha Gaskins

Requiring a driver's license, gun permit, military ID or passport to vote (while not allowing student IDs or public benefit cards) may prevent 3.2 million citizens without the right kind of photo ID from voting.

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Trymaine Lee

Democrats Launch Initiative To Educate Voters, Fight Republican Voter ID Laws

HuffingtonPost.com | Trymaine Lee | Posted 12.06.2011

Read More: DOJ Voter ID Laws, Video, Redistricting, Voter Intimidation, Latino Voters, Black Voters, Elections 2012, Voter ID Laws, Voter Suppression, Bv-Politics, Black Voices News

In an effort to beat back what Democrats are calling a Republican assault on the voting rights of blacks, Hispanics and other minority groups ahead of...

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Will Supreme Court Hear Colorado Ballot Secrecy Case? (UPDATE)

Posted 11.30.2011

Read More: Ballot-Secrecy, Marilyn Marks, Video, Australian Ballot, Voted Ballots Public, Voter Intimidation, Scott Gessler, Colorado Ballot Secrecy, Colorado Secretary of State, Colorado County Clerks Association, Denver News

Colorado Secretary of State Scott Gessler has been in the news a lot recently. First, there was Gessler's suit against the Denver Clerk and Recorder ...

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Democracy Under Attack

Judith Browne Dianis | Posted 11.28.2011

Read More: Voter Intimidation, Gop Voter Suppression, Voting Rights, Black Voters, Voter ID Laws, Low-Income-Voters, Voter Suppression, Voter ID, Black Voices News
Judith Browne Dianis

Today, we are witnessing the greatest assault on democracy in over a century. Not since the days of poll taxes and literacy tests has our country seen such blatant attempts to suppress the vote.

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How the GOP Is Fast Becoming the Poll Taxing Party of Jim Crow

Karl Frisch | Posted 10.04.2011

Read More: David Koch, Wisconsin, Elections 2012, Wisconsin Unions, Governor Scott Walker, Rick Perry, Barack Obama, Voter ID, Jim Crow, Rick Scott, Voter Intimidation, Koch Brothers, Voter Supression, 2012 Election, Scott Walker, Texas Governor Rick Perry, Abraham Lincoln, Koch Industries, Voter ID Laws, Poll Tax, Republican Party, Wisconsin Protests, Republicans, Politics News
Karl Frisch

No one would be foolish enough to argue that the 2012 elections will be a cakewalk for either side. It will be tough, it will be dirty, it will be expensive, and it will be close. So, what is the GOP doing to tilt this relatively level playing field to its advantage?

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Del Valle Camp Claims Intimidation By Chico Workers

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chicago Mayoral Election, Voter Intimidation, Chicago, Gery Chico, Illinois, Ed Burke, Miguel Del Valle, Chicago Election, Chicago News

The uglier side of Chicago politics appears to be rearing its head, as the mayoral campaign of candidate Miguel del Valle is reporting that its volunt...

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Black Voter in Philly Forced to Swear on Bible Before Casting Vote

Brad Friedman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Voter Intimidation, 2010 Elections, Bible, Elections 2010, Christianity, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Voting Problems, Voter Suppression, Theocracy, Politics News
Brad Friedman

Given the years-long, well-orchestrated campaign by Republicans and their sympathizers targeting African-Americans for voter suppression, Lindsay Granger has good cause for "hypersensitivity."

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Why the "Voter Fraud" Myth Won't Die

Chris Kromm | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Voter Intimidation, Voter Fraud, Tea Party, 2010 Elections, Civil Rights, Voting Rights, Politics News
Chris Kromm

Most serious political experts know that real, documented voter fraud is an extremely small problem. Five years after the Department of Justice under ...

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Chicago Tea Party's Election Day Plans: 'Lock And Load'

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chicago Tea Party Patriots, Chicago Tea Party, Voter Intimidation, Catherina Wojtowicz, Midterm Elections, 2010 Midterm Elections, Bill Brady, Worth Illinois, Tea Party, Chicago News

Beginning at 6 a.m. on Tuesday, polling places in the city of Chicago and throughout the state opened their doors for citizens looking to their ballot...

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Amanda Terkel

SAD MEAL: Voter Intimidation At McDonald's Franchise

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ohio Elections, Voter Intimidation, Ohio Governor, Ohio Congress, Mcdonalds, Elections 2010, Video, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- There may be something rotten at McDonald's -- and it's not a year-old Happy Meal. The owner of a franchise in Canton, Ohio enclosed a...

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How Bad Could It Be? A Non-Voter's Guide to the Future

Raymond Griffith | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Minimum Wage, Voter Intimidation, Social Security, Deregulation, Republican Agenda, Medicaid, Medicare, Voter Fraud, Republican Party, Tea Party, Voting, Politics News
Raymond Griffith

With the elections coming up in less than a week, prophesies of doom and gloom for democrats are filling the news sites. News sites love bad news, and...

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State GOP Calls Voter Integrity Squads Business As Usual, Others Claim Voter Intimidation

The Huffington Post | Jen Sabella | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hans Von Spakovsky, Alexi Giannoulias, Illinois Senate Race, Voter Integrity, Voter Intimidation, Midterm Elections, Sharon Meroni, Mark Kirk, 2010 Midterm Elections, Illinois Republican Party, Pat Brady, Tea Party, Video, Chicago News

On Tuesday night, Republican Senate candidate Mark Kirk and his Democratic opponent Alexi Giannoulias faced off in a televised debate. Of course, the ...

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Sam Stein

New Black Panther Party Report Likely To Whet Conservative Appetites

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Department of Justice, Voter Intimidation, Justice Department Black Panthers, New Black Panther Party, Civil Commission, Black Panthers, Black Panther Party Report, Video, Politics News

As the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights prepares to release its final report on the much-hyped case of New Black Panther Party voter intimidation at a ...

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Senate Candidate Kirk Hires 'Voter-Suppression Guru' To Recruit 'Voter Integrity' Squad

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hans Von Spakovsky, Illinois Senate Race, Alexi Giannoulias, Voter Intimidation, Voter Intergrity Squad, Voter Integrity, Midterm Elections, Karl Rove, Mark Kirk, 2010 Midterm Elections, Keith Olbermann, Video, Chicago News

Is Mark Kirk planning a Karl Rove-inspired voter intimidation program in Chicago this November? His opponent Alexi Giannoulias thinks so--and MSNBC's ...

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The Struggle for Voting Rights in 2010

Glenn W. Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Texas, Voter Intimidation, Voter Suppression, Houston, Voting Rights, King Street Patriots, Fred Lewis, Politics News
Glenn W. Smith

It's staggering that after all these years there are still reactionary forces working to suppress the voting rights of those they suspect of opposing their radical, right-wing policies.

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Right-Wing Voter Suppression Effort Caught Using Doctored Photo (VIDEO, PHOTOS)

Glenn W. Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Voter Intimidation, Voter Suppression, Catherine Engelbrecht, King Street Patriots, Florida 2000, Newshounds, Politics News
Glenn W. Smith

A hand-lettered sign carried by an African-American woman at a 2000 Florida recount rally was changed from, "Don't Mess With Our Vote," to "I Only Got to Vote Once," destroying whatever credibility they might have had.

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The Race Card: Dealing From the Bottom of the Deck

Rick Horowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Right-Wing Radio, Justice Department, Van Jones, Racial Discrimination, Barack Obama, Eric Holder, Playing the Race Card, New Black Panther Party, Black Racism, Voter Intimidation, Sean Hannity, Conservative Radio, Fox News, Shirley Sherrod, Glenn Beck, Bill O'Reilly, White Racism, Politics News
Rick Horowitz

Say the magic words and end the conversation. Say the magic words, and uncomfortable facts and figures disappear. Responsibility? Gone. Complicity? Vanquished, with a phrase.

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The "New" Face of Voter Intimidation

Charles D. Ellison | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Black Panthers, New Black Panther Party, Redistricting, President Obama, Voter Intimidation, African American, Voting Rights, Obama Administration, Department of Justice, Philadelphia, Black, Politics News
Charles D. Ellison

Revolutionary brothers kickin' it in radical vibe, radically resplendent in military-style fatigues, cocked berets and the stain of street mud on Army...

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Blacks Blind Eye to the New Black Panther Party Hurts

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New-Black-Panther-Party, Obama Administration, Voter Intimidation, Fox and New Black Panthers, Justice Department, Black Panther Party, Politics News
Earl Ofari Hutchinson

The tiny, fringe New Black Panther Party did a great service for the Obama and race baiting conservative attack machine. It finally gave it another e...

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GOP Fail To Overturn Order Targeting Voter Intimidation In New Jersey

AP | BILL NEWILL | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Voter Fraud, Gop, Rnc, Voter Intimidation, Ballot Security, New Jersey, Voting Rights Act, Republicans, Minority, Voting, New York News

TRENTON, N.J. — A federal judge in New Jersey has denied a request by the Republican National Committee to dissolve a 27-year-old court order ai...

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Judge Rejects RNC Bid To End Minority Voter Protections

Politico | Kenneth P. Vogel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gop Minority Voters, Rnc Voter Intimidation, Voter Intimidation, Gop Voter Intimidation, Judge Minority Voter Protections, Rnc Minority Voters, Minority Voter Protections, Republican Party Minority Voters, Republican Voter Intimidation, Rnc Voter Protections, Rnc Minority Voter Protections, Politics News

A federal judge in New Jersey on Tuesday rejected an attempt by the Republican National Committee to end nearly three-decade-old restrictions on GOP "...

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Sessions' Hate Speech

Tom Gilroy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: George Tiller, Jeff Sessions, Voter Intimidation, Socialism, Progressives, Sonia Sotomayor, Politics News
Tom Gilroy

The point of putting a 'racially insensitive' white man up to question a Latina has nothing to do with bad GOP planning and everything to do with intimidation.

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Campaigners Have Heavy Presence at Philly Polls

James Sanders | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: McCain Volunteers, Voter Intimidation, Black Panther, Election Day, Gotv, On the Ground 2008, Obama Volunteers, Get Out the Vote, Philadelphia, Election 2008, Obama Pennsylvania, Campaign 2008, Home News
James Sanders

Campaigners for both political parties are not lagging around with their vote, and they are making sure that you don't either with tables and chairs l...

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New Mexico Minority Voters Report Intimidation By GOP Lawyer And PI

Talking Points Memo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Voter Suppression, Voter Intimidation, Vote Suppression, New Mexico Voter Suppression, Republican Vote Suppression, New Mexico Voter Intimidation, Voting Problems, Voting, Politics News

Minority voters in New Mexico report to TPMmuckraker that a private investigator working with Republican party lawyer Pat Rogers has appeared in perso...

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