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WI GOP’s Photo ID Law Struck Down Yet Again as Unconstitutional, Unduly Burdensome

ALSO: Court challenges heard on similar restrictions in MN, TX, as new report finds some 10 million eligible voters disadvantaged by the Republican-supported polling place schemes...

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Brad Friedman,
7/18/2012 -
12:05 pm PT

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DoJ Sues to Block FL’s Voter Purge Described as ‘Un-American’ by Longtime FL Voting Official

DOJ responds to FL claim that feds illegally withholding DHS immigrant database

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Ernest A. Canning,
6/18/2012 -
12:52 pm PT

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ACLU Files Suit to Block ‘Illegal’ Purge of ‘Potential Non-Citizen’ Voters in Florida

Latest attempted GOP voter roll scrub of legal voters continues growing tradition in Sunshine State...

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Ernest A. Canning,
6/11/2012 -
6:35 am PT

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New Legal Challenge to PA GOP’s Polling Place Photo ID Restriction Law Likely to Succeed

As in similar Wisconsin law, restriction on voting rights appears to violate PA state constitution's 'fundamental right' to vote...

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Ernest A. Canning,
5/3/2012 -
12:21 pm PT

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90-Year Old Grandmother of PA Borough President Can’t Vote Under New GOP Photo ID Law

Time for DoJ to step up and challenge voter suppression laws in states not covered by Voting Rights Act Section 5...

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Brad Friedman,
4/23/2012 -
3:29 pm PT

17 Comments

Florida Man Receives Warning Letter from SOS For Turning in Two Voter Registrations One Hour ‘Late’

Another battlefront report from the GOP War on Democracy...

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Brad Friedman,
4/9/2012 -
1:55 pm PT

4 Comments

FL State Rep. Dennis Baxley, Sponsor of ‘Right to Kill’ Law, Also Proud Racialist, Vote Suppressor

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Brad Friedman,
3/22/2012 -
6:33 pm PT

19 Comments

DOJ REJECTS TEXAS GOP’S POLLING PLACE PHOTO ID RESTRICTION LAW

Finds registered Hispanic voters anywhere from 46% to 120% more likely than non-Hispanics to lack state-issued ID needed to vote under the new law...

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Brad Friedman,
3/12/2012 -
8:02 pm PT

4 Comments

DoJ Files Objection in Federal Court to FL’s New Early Voting, Voter Registration Restrictions

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Brad Friedman,
3/3/2012 -
3:12 pm PT

1 Comment

New Federal Lawsuit Provides U.S. DoJ Golden Opportunity to Challenge Polling Place Photo ID Restrictions Under Section 2 of Voting Rights Act

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Ernest A. Canning,
2/29/2012 -
3:35 pm PT

14 Comments

Previously Legal WI Voters Turned Away at Polls Tuesday as GOP’s New Photo ID Restrictions Begin

Vet told Veteran's ID invalid for voting, others completely disenfranchised in first roll-out of Republican anti-voter law...

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Brad Friedman,
2/23/2012 -
2:55 pm PT

26 Comments

BREAKING: DoJ Nixes South Carolina GOP’s Polling Place Photo ID Restriction Law

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Brad Friedman,
12/23/2011 -
3:25 pm PT

2 Comments

DOJ Has Questions for SC, Hints at Denial of Pre-Clearance for State’s Photo ID Restrictions

State AG vows to litigate 'up to U.S. Supreme Court'...

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Ernest A. Canning,
9/2/2011 -
8:35 am PT

26 Comments

ACLU Asks DoJ to Block SC’s Polling Place Photo ID Restriction Law; Charges Racial Discrimination

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Ernest A. Canning,
8/7/2011 -
7:44 pm PT

9 Comments

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Articles in Category: Voting Rights Act

ALSO: Court challenges heard on similar restrictions in MN, TX, as new report finds some 10 million eligible voters disadvantaged by the Republican-supported polling place schemes...

DOJ responds to FL claim that feds illegally withholding DHS immigrant database

Latest attempted GOP voter roll scrub of legal voters continues growing tradition in Sunshine State...

As in similar Wisconsin law, restriction on voting rights appears to violate PA state constitution's 'fundamental right' to vote...

Time for DoJ to step up and challenge voter suppression laws in states not covered by Voting Rights Act Section 5...

Another battlefront report from the GOP War on Democracy...

Finds registered Hispanic voters anywhere from 46% to 120% more likely than non-Hispanics to lack state-issued ID needed to vote under the new law...

Vet told Veteran's ID invalid for voting, others completely disenfranchised in first roll-out of Republican anti-voter law...

State AG vows to litigate 'up to U.S. Supreme Court'...

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