“Onslaught” Of Discriminatory Voting Restrictions Moves Forward In At Least 30 States

 2012 Election, African-American issues, Barack Obama, Civil Rights, Disenfranchisement and "Voter ID" laws, Elections and Election reform, Hispanic issues, Republicans, Voting Rights  5 Responses »
Apr 022013
"Onslaught" Of Discriminatory Voting Restrictions Moves Forward In At Least 30 States

At least 30 states this year have considered or passed laws that would impose new voting restrictions, as the trend of curbing access to the ballot box that culminated in long lines and breakdowns at polling places during the 2012 election continues unabated. Lawmakers in states across the country, most of them Republicans, appear tone [...]

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“True The Vote” And Other Conservative Volunteer Groups Target Minorities For Voter Suppression

 2012 Election, African-American issues, Civil Rights, Disenfranchisement and "Voter ID" laws, Elections and Election reform, Hispanic issues, Mitt Romney, Republicans  3 Responses »
Nov 062012
"True The Vote" And Other Conservative Volunteer Groups Target Minorities For Voter Suppression

New state-based voting restrictions have been joined by a more dangerous player in the game of voter suppression. There is growing concern that an army of tens of thousands of poll watchers ready to be stationed at voting sites across the country on Election Day could potentially disenfranchise poor and minority voters and swing the [...]

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