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Voter Suppression
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As Election Day Looms, Voter ID Law Critics Seek Out the Unregistered
Even as many Americans feel their votes don't count, powerful forces are fighting to make sure they can't vote at all.
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Sixteen States Could Inhibit 10 Million Eligible Latino Voters
North Carolina is one of several states that could inhibit 10 million eligible Latino voters from registering and participating to vote, according to a new report authored by a …
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Karl Rove: Assembling the Death Star to American Democracy
Karl Rove's obsession with permanent Republican control of all three branches of government was evident when he and the author were both just high school students.u00a0Now Rove is closer …
Could Pennsylvania Voter ID Law Help Romney Win Race? Up to 1 Million Voters Face Disenfranchisement
At least one Republican politician, Pennsylvania House Majority Leader Mike Turzai, has already boasted that the new voter ID law will help Mitt Romney win the state.
Greg Palast on How the GOP Is Planning to Steal the 2012 Election
The chance your vote will spoil if you're black is seven times the likelihood your ballot will be ruined by a machine if you're white.
Voter Suppression: The Unraveling of American Democracy
Although the Republican effort is not exactly a secret, few Americans are discussing it with the urgency it deserves.
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A Tight Election May Be Tangled in Legal Battles
In the last few weeks, nearly a dozen federal and state court decisions on early voting, provisional ballots and voter ID requirements have driven the rules in conflicting directions, …
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 …
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Group That Sustains ALEC’s Voter Suppression Agenda Releases Sham “Study,” to Acclaim From Right-Wing Media
A right-wing group that pledged to
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Voter Photo ID Laws Have Harsh Impact on Poor, Elderly and Minority Voters, Study Says
If no one provides him with a ride, Jose Zuniga, 83-years old and wheelchair-bound, would have to take two or three buses and travel 20 miles to reach the …