Voter Laws

South Carolina Officials Defend Controversial Law

West Ashley Patch | Jeff Brush | Posted 01.05.2012

The battle over the South Carolina voter ID law is not over and state leaders say they will take the fight back to the U.S. Justice Department. Sta...

An American Orange Revolution

David Horton | Posted 05.25.2011

David Horton

How can it be that America, with its claim to be the first modern democracy, retains a system of managing elections that would be thought unduly cynical even in the worst of third world dictatorships?

No Obama Tees! Obscure Laws Banning Electioneering May Cause Hassles At the Polls For Voters

NYCity News Service | Posted 05.25.2011

NYCity News Service

A widely circulated email is warning potential Obama voters to leave campaign buttons and T-shirts home on Nov. 4 -- or risk getting turned away from the polls.