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    Federal Court Strikes Down Texas Voter ID Law in Ruling That Could Help Decide 2012 Election

    In a major ruling Thursday, a federal court blocked a controversial Texas law that would require voters to show photo identification before casting ballots. The court said the law could curtail the ability of hundreds of thousands of minorities to vote. It cited evidence that showed the law did the most harm to African Americans and Hispanics, who are more likely to live in poverty. Texas says it plans to appeal the decision to the Supreme Court....
    Aug 31, 2012 | Story
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    Ex-Ohio Secretary of State Ken Blackwell Questioned on Vote Suppression, from '04 to Wave of ID Laws

    A recent study by the Brennan Center estimates that new voter ID laws could disenfranchise more than five million people across the country in November, including voters in swing states such as Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, Virginia and Wisconsin. On Monday, Democracy Now! producer Mike Burke spoke with a prominent supporter of the new voter IDs laws, Ken Blackwell, vice chair of the Republican National Committee’s platform committee and...
    Aug 28, 2012 | Story
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    As ID Laws Risk Disenfranchisement, Intimidation Fears Grow with Tea Party Group's "Poll Watcher"

    A coalition of groups are planning to stage a protest outside the Republican National Convention today to decry new voter ID laws and cutbacks in early voting. To discuss voting rights ahead of November, we’re joined by two guests: the Rev. Charles McKenzie of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition and organizer of a protest today at Tampa’s Centennial Park in Tampa against voter suppression, and Brentin Mock, a ColorLines reporter covering the...
    Aug 28, 2012 | Story
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    Election 2012: Dreams of a Vote Deferred?

    By Amy Goodman with Denis Moynihan
    People remember 1929 as the year of the stock-market crash and the beginning of the Great Depression, the global economic disaster which remains the only one in history that dwarfs the one in which we now find ourselves. It was also the year Martin Luther King Jr. was born, who wouldn’t live to see 40 years.
    Aug 23, 2012 | Columns & Articles
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    Judge Upholds Penn. 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. In June, Pennsylvania House Majority Leader Mike Turzai listed off a number of legislative accomplishments. "Voter ID, which is going to allow Governor Romney to win the state of Pennsylvania: Done,"...
    Aug 17, 2012 | Story
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    Corporate Exodus Continues From ALEC as Secretive Right-Wing Group's Policies Come to Light

    Five more corporations have severed ties with the secretive, right-wing American Legislative Exchange Council, known as ALEC. The group has come under increasing scrutiny in recent months as the public has become aware of its role in advancing the "Stand Your Ground" gun law initially cited to protect Trayvon Martin’s killer in Florida. The organization has pushed voter suppression bills, union-busting policies and other controversial...
    Jul 11, 2012 | Story
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    Rep. John Lewis, Civil Rights Icon, on the Struggle to Win - and Now Protect - Voting Rights in U.S.

    We spend the hour looking at the bloody struggle to obtain — and protect — voting rights in the U.S. with the civil rights icon, now 13-term Georgia congressmember, John Lewis. During the 1960s, Rep. Lewis was arrested more than 40 times and beaten almost to death as he served as chair of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, marched side by side with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., helped organize the Freedom Rides, campaigned...
    Jul 10, 2012 | Story
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    Texas, Justice Dept. Square Off over Voter ID Law as Part of Dispute That Could Decide 2012 Election

    The Justice Department and the Texas legislature are squaring off in court today over the state’s controversial voter ID law. The law requires voters to show photo identification at the polls, and Texas hopes to implement it before the November election. The DOJ blocked Texas’ voter ID law in March, saying it will disenfranchise at least 600,000 voters — a disproportionate number of which are Latinos and other minority groups....
    Jul 09, 2012 | Story
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    Across That Bridge, Again

    By Amy Goodman with Denis Moynihan

    As the election season heats up, an increasing number of states are working to limit the number of people who are allowed to vote.
    Jun 14, 2012 | Columns & Articles
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    Justice Department Orders Florida to Stop Voter Purge Targeting Latino, Democratic Voters

    The Justice Department has ordered Florida, a likely key swing state in the 2012 election, to end a controversial voter purge that has primarily targeted Latino, Democratic and independent-minded voters. The Justice Department says the process had not been cleared under the Voting Rights Act. Some Democratic politicians have expressed fear the purge could help Mitt Romney win the state in November. "What we’ve seen in Florida is an...
    Jun 01, 2012 | Story