Voter ID Dead in Ohio
Here. Kudos to Republican Sec. of State Husted for being instrumental in killing the bill.
Category Archives: voter id
I Guess von Spakovsky Reads My Blog
Now with his oped reprinted in tomorrow’s Austin American Statesman, he’s corrected the Kansas-for-Missouri error. But not the substance of his erroneous claim about “50 votes cast illegally by citizens of Somalia.” Doesn’t McClatchy have an obligation to correct the… Continue reading
“Cries of voter fraud are being used to suppress democracy”
Richard Means has written this oped for McClatchy.
“Rhode Island’s Voter ID Law: Oddity or Game Changer?”
The always interesting Lou Jacobson reports for Governing.
The Root Interviews DWS About “How to Stop Voter ID Laws”
Here.
“NC House falls short of canceling governor’s veto of photo identification mandate for voters”
AP reports.
“The GOP’s state-by-state crusade to disenfranchise voters”
Katrina vanden Huevel’s latest WaPo column.
Quotes of the Day
“If you want to steal an election, the absentee box is the place to begin, and if you want to calculate the likelihood of fraud in a county, first figure the percentage of its total vote that is cast in… Continue reading
“Wade Henderson and Mark Perriello: Subtle intimidation behind Voter ID reforms”
See this oped.
Stephen Colbert Brings Truthiness to the Debate Over Voter ID
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Not to be missed.
New on the Arizona Free Enterprise Case
“Angering their own party, Rhode Island Democrats approve voter ID”
Stateline reports.
One particularly unfortunate aspect of the report: like others, it apparently gives credence to the argument that you can assess the impact of an ID law on minorities in places like Indiana and Georgia by looking at turnout… Continue reading
NPR on voter ID
Pam Fessler reviews the latest.
“Not everyone has a photo ID”
Michael Waldman, responding to Kris Kobach’s earlier op-ed.
And for those who still don’t believe the numbers, there’s a timely story about two physicians in South Carolina trying mightily to help patients who don’t have ID get ID.