“Hundreds of Voters Disenfranchised by North Carolina’s New Voting Restrictions”
Ari Berman writes for The Nation.
Category Archives: The Voting Wars
About the $2 Birth Certificate in Texas to Get “Free” Voter ID
Brennan Center report from the trial [with language updated from the Brennan Center];
Under cross-examination by Dan Freeman, [Victor Farinelli, the electronic registration manager of the Department of State Health Services’ Vital Statistics Unit] testified that there is no law… Continue reading
Ga. Sen. Who Made Comments About African American Voters Says He’s Not a Racist and Won NAACP Award
True the Vote: “Elections in America are under fire.”
From a TTV fundraising email:
Elections in America are under fire. We’ve known it, we’ve lived it, and we’ve been targeted for our efforts to stop it. But until now, the political election suppression machine that exists to stop us… Continue reading
Wow: Single Voter Without ID Could Decide Outcome of Local MS Election
Clarion Ledger:
Unless a lone affidavit voter shows up with a valid photo ID before next Tuesday, Glenn Bolin and Stephanie Bounds will draw straws to see who becomes Poplarville alderman.
In a special election runoff Tuesday, Bolin and Bounds… Continue reading
“The Kansas Republican Who Dems Love To Hate Is In Re-Election Trouble”
“Georgia state senator upset over efforts to increase black voter turnout, says he wants ‘more educated voters”
“Fraud investigation condemned as effort to ‘suppress’ voters”
The latest from Georgia.
“Less Traveled By: Not Many Dual Track Voters – What Does It Mean?”
“Georgia secretary of state investigating allegations of voter registration fraud”
Ga. Senator Millar Digs Deeper on African-American Voting: Prefers “More Educated Voters”
Earlier I linked to comments in which a Ga. state senator opposed early Sunday voting before election day which he said would bring out more African American voters. (Steve Benen unpacks the comments).
But now he’s doubled down in… Continue reading
“Texas slated to open defense of voter ID law, closing arguments Thursday”
The Corpus Christi Times reports.
Ga. State Senator Complains About Sunday Voting, Increased African-American Turnout
Via Anthony Kreis, comes this AJC nugget:
An angry state Sen. Fran Millar, R-Dunwoody, is promising to end Sunday balloting in DeKalb County when state lawmakers assemble in the Capitol next January.
The promise is contained in this… Continue reading
“He Said, She Said, and Getting It Right About Voter ID”
NYT’s Public Editor: “Two recent articles on voting disputes would have benefitted greatly from a single clarifying sentence – one that would have cut through the ‘he said, she said’ language that so many readers understandably tell me they dislike.”… Continue reading