Sarah Silverman | Let My People Vote 2012 – Get Nana A Gun
Sarah Silverman | Let My People Vote 2012 – Get Nana A Gun
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The Voting Wars Saga
Rick Hasen, a professor of law and political science at the University of California, Irvine, is the author of “The Voting Wars: From Florida 2000 to the Next Election Meltdown.” He has a Talking Points Memo piece on the methodical creation of the alleged voter fraud epidemic — and how [...]
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Judge Upholds Voter ID Law; GOP Admits Law Designed to “Allow” Mitt Romney to “Win the State”
On Wednesday, a Pennsylvania judge upheld a controversial voter ID law that critics say could disqualify hundreds of thousands of voters. Republican lawmakers have openly admitted the law was designed to impact the result of the November election. Meanwhile, Florida, New Mexico and other states are being accused of purging [...]
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Pennsylvania Upholds Restrictive Voter ID Laws
Despite the stipulation by both sides that voter fraud was not a problem in Pennsylvania, the judge hearing a challenge to the state’s Voter ID law today upheld it in a 73-page opinion. Basically, his ruling was this: It doesn’t matter if there isn’t a problem. Nothing precludes the legislature from making a law preventing [...]
Categories: Voting Rights Tags: election, North Carolina, student, voter
Voter Rights Activists Not Wanted – Purged From Voter Rolls
The voter roll purges continue. But when one is a voting rights activist who votes in every election, it’s pretty shocking to find out your own name has been purged from the rolls! Via ProgressNowNM: Wood received a notice in the mail at her Santa Fe home on Tuesday. The [...]
Categories: Voting Rights Tags: elections, New Mexico, target, voter
Voter ID Law In Pennsylvania Facing Legal Battles
PENNSYLVANIA VOTER ID LAW FACING COURT CHALLENGE: “The first round of the 2012 presidential campaign is being waged in courtrooms nationwide, and one of the most important battles got underway Wednesday in the swing state of Pennsylvania, where challengers told a judge that a new voter-identification law violates the commonwealth’s [...]
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1 in 10 Eligible Voters Won’t Be Allowed To Vote
Update on the results of “Voter ID Laws and Reform” One in 10 eligible voters do not have the proper photo ID required to cast ballots under new voter ID laws in the 10 states studied, and the Brennan Center for Justice at the New York University School of Law [...]
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Wisconsins Voter ID “Reform” Laws Voided
After Scott Walker recall, big money from around the world and then I bet you’re asking: What’s next? Try this: Wisconsin’s Vote ID Law Voided by Judge An appeal is likely, but with two pending appeals in other state jurisdictions and the State Supreme Court saying they did not intend [...]
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GOP’s Voter ID Law Coming Up For Last Gasp of Air
Voter ID: The GOP’s Last Gasp By Kevin Drum Earlier this week I wrote about the long-standing hope of Democrats that demographic changes are working in their favor and will soon create a durable national Dem majority. There are several moving parts to this theory, but the two big ones [...]
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Florida To Release Voters Names On Purge List
FLORIDA WILL RELEASE NAMES OF VOTERS ON PURGE LIST: “After weeks of declining to make it public, Gov. Rick Scott’s administration now says it will release a much larger list of more than 180,000 voters in Florida whose citizenship status is in question,” the Miami Herald reports. “Secretary of State [...]
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They Finally Admit It: Voter ID Laws, Ain’t
Someone finally admitted it: So-called “voter ID” laws are not about preventing fraud—they’re about preventing President Obama from winning a second term. Pennsylvania House Majority Leader Mike Turzai was caught on tape this week bragging to his fellow Republicans that the state’s voter suppression law—recently signed into law by Governor [...]
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This Congressman Was Denied Right To Vote
Lincoln Davis, a former four-term congressman from Tennessee, was denied the right to vote in his hometown after poll workers said he had been purged from the voting rolls. Voter suppression is a strategy to influence the outcome of an election by discouraging or preventing people from exercising their right [...]
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The Voter Suppression Project
Jonathan Alter: “Across the country, the Republicans’ carefully orchestrated plan to make voting harder — let’s call it the Voter Suppression Project — may keep just enough young people and minorities from the polls that Republicans will soon be in charge of all three branches of the federal government.” “Yes, [...]
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Florida Stil On Latino Voter Purge Rampage
Click here to sign your name: “Block Florida’s racist voter purge program immediately.” Sign the Petition! According to a prominent Friday Tampa Bay Times editorial, Florida Republican Governor Rick Scott is “standing between Floridians and their right to vote as U.S. citizens.” He’s the new George Wallace—the Alabama governor who defied the federal government in [...]
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Florida Voter Registration Regulation Efforts Blocked by Judge
Judge Blocks Florida Effort to Regulate Voter Registration A federal judge on ordered Florida to stop enforcing several “onerous” requirements on voter registration groups that were part of a law passed last year in an effort to tighten election rules, the New York Times reports. Washington Post: “The decision by U.S. District [...]
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91 Year Old War Hero Vet Records Purged From Floridas Voter Rolls
A 91-year-old who received a Bronze Star for fighting in the Battle of the Bulge was reportedly told he may not be an American citizen, in an apparent mix-up due to Florida’s attempts to purge noncitizens from its voter rolls. Bill Internicola received a letter this month stating that he had [...]
Very Interesting Experience At The Voting Booth…
Crooks and Liars Reporting: I went to vote last week, the person working behind the table asked if I was voting Republican. I said no, I wouldn’t ever vote for the party that was trying to keep people from voting. While I was in the booth, I heard some of [...]
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Retiree Denied Right To Vote
Clifford Glass is one of an estimated 5 million voters who will be disenfranchised by Voter ID laws passed in Republican states. Voter suppression is a strategy to influence the outcome of an election by discouraging or preventing people from exercising their right to vote. It’s time to Defend Our [...]
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ALCU Report On Voting Rights and Statistics
Dear ACLU Supporter, After a surge of voter interest and participation in 2008, a wave of anti-democratic voter suppression laws — designed to disenfranchise huge numbers of voters who are African-American, elderly, students or have disabilities — threatens to keep up to 5 million eligible voters from casting a ballot [...]
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Help Push The ALEC Exodus
For more than a year now, we’ve been spotlighting the assault on democratic values engineered in statehouses across the country by the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) and its corporate backers. Tell McDonald’s, State Farm and Johnson & Johnson: Join the ALEC exodus Sign the petition today! Thanks to you, [...]
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Stop ALEC – Boycot ATT
Clicking here will automatically add your name to this petition to AT&T: “AT&T is a major supporter of the American Legislative Exchange Council which is actively pushing voter ID legislation that has the potential to disenfranchise up to 5 million voters — especially people of color, young people, and seniors. [...]
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Let Ruthelle Vote
The good news: Ruthelle Frank was able to vote in Tuesday’s elections in Wisconsin. The troubling news: It took multiple lawsuits and 10 months to make it happen. And she still may not be able to vote in November. Ruthelle is only one of millions of people who are [...]
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Breaking News: Scott Walkers Voter ID Law Overruled
Judge strikes down Wis. voter ID law The move will have consequences for the upcoming April 3 presidential primary. A Wisconsin judge struck down Monday the voter identification measure signed into law by Gov. Scott Walker, ruling that it was unconstitutional because it would deny some the right to vote, [...]
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Commentary on CEO’s Forcing Employees To Vote Republican
Thom Hartmann talks with callers who want to share their thoughts on employers like the Koch Brothers who are sending their employees letters essentially telling them to vote for particular candidates.
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