Reverend Al Sharpton talks with TJMS about the voter I.D. problems that continue to exist.
Dumbfounded by all the recent scrouge of voter ID laws? Finally, there may be qualitative evidence that there indeed lies a method, albeit dastardly, to all the madness. In a University of Delaware Center for Political Communication study, researchers found support for such laws, especially where would-be voters who tend to lean Democratic are […]
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The first legal test for Pennsylvania's tough new voter identification law began Wednesday, with state lawyers calling the measure a completely rational step, while opponents attacked it as an unnecessary, unjustified and partisan scheme that will deprive countless people of their right to vote. The law is the subject of a […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a victory for Republicans, the federal government has agreed to let Florida use a law enforcement database to challenge people's right to vote if they are suspected of not being U.S. citizens. The agreement, made in a letter to Florida Gov. Rick Scott's administration that was obtained by The Associated Press, […]
HOUSTON (AP) — Attorney General Eric Holder said Tuesday he opposes a new photo ID requirement in Texas elections because it would be harmful to minority voters. In remarks to the NAACP in Houston, the attorney general said the Justice Department "will not allow political pretexts to disenfranchise American citizens of their most precious right." […]
HOUSTON (AP) — The head of the NAACP says the group's fight against conservative-backed voter ID laws that have been passed in several states is akin to the great civil rights battles of the 1960s. Benjamin Todd Jealous, the CEO and president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, told delegates at […]
HOUSTON (AP) — The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People says its newest battle is really an old one. This year's NAACP national convention, which kicks off this weekend in Houston, is focusing on voter participation and the civil rights organization's efforts to fight what it sees as restrictive voting laws that have […]
When Edward and Mary Weidenbener went to vote in Indiana's primary in May, they didn't realize that state law required them to bring government photo IDs such as a driver's license or passport. The husband and wife, both approaching 90 years old, had to use a temporary ballot that would be verified later, even though […]
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — President Barack Obama's campaign has recruited a legion of lawyers to be on standby for this year's election as legal disputes surrounding the voting process escalate. Thousands of attorneys and support staffers have agreed to aid in the effort, providing a mass of legal support that appears to be unrivaled by […]
Scratch New Hampshire from the list of states implementing new restrictive voting laws in time to influence this November’s presidential election. New Hampshire Democratic Gov. John Lynch Thursday vetoed a Republican-sponsored voting access law that he said "would put into place a photo identification system that is far more restrictive than necessary." Under the bill, […]
Congressional Republicans lashed out at Attorney General Eric Holder last week over the Justice Department’s rejection of voter photo identification laws in South Carolina and Texas and for ordering Florida to halt purging its voter rolls. At a House Judiciary Committee hearing Thursday, Holder heard from Republican after Republican who called him everything but a […]
