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This week in the war on voting: North Carolina ‘ground zero’ in voter suppression fight
Posted by admin on May 18th, 2013
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No Comments »This week in the war on voting: Youth vote in 2012 election slipped 6 points over 2008
Posted by admin on May 11th, 2013
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2016 looms: Paul, Jindal visit early voting states
Posted by admin on May 11th, 2013
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Republican Sen. Rand Paul opened his presidential exploration tour Friday with a splashy set of speaking engagements in Iowa designed to broaden his tea party brand into something more mainstream and, perhaps, viable. Tweet This Post
American Voices: Black Voting Rate Surpassed White Voting Rate In 2012
Posted by admin on May 10th, 2013
According to Census Bureau data, 66.2 percent of eligible African-American voters turned out to cast a ballot in the 2012 election, compared to 64.1 percent of eligible Caucasian voters, the first time on record that blacks have surpassed whites in voter … The Onion Tweet This Post
Posted in Breaking News Tags: 2012, American, Black, Rate, Surpassed, Voices, Voting, White No Comments »Christie Rejects Early Voting Bill
Posted by admin on May 10th, 2013
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) “vetoed a bill that would allow early voting at polling places, prompting Democrats to brand it a politically motivated effort to suppress the vote months after Hurricane Sandy exposed vulnerabilities in the state elections system,” the Newark Star Ledger reports. Tweet This Post
Mark Sanford’s long road to redemption leads to today’s voting
Posted by admin on May 8th, 2013
CHARLESTON, S.C.—With a saga like Mark Sanford’s, it is difficult to determine where to begin. If you’re just now joining us for Sanford’s long road to redemption tour, let’s start at the beginning and warp-speed to now. Sanford was once the popular Republican governor of South Carolina who in 2009 mysteriously disappeared from the state [...]
Posted in Breaking News Tags: Leads, Long, mark, Redemption, road, Sanford's, Today's, Voting No Comments »AG Holder: wants voting rights provision upheld
Posted by admin on April 5th, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — On the 45th anniversary of Martin Luther King's death, Attorney General Eric Holder challenged the Supreme Court to uphold a key section of the Voting Rights Act that requires all or part of 15 states with a history of discrimination to get federal clearance before carrying out changes in elections. Tweet This [...]
House Republicans complain about sequester airport closures while voting for even deeper cuts
Posted by admin on March 27th, 2013
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Posted in Breaking News Tags: about, airport, closures, complain, cuts, deeper, Even, House, Republicans, sequester, Voting No Comments »Biden Defends Voting Rights Act Provision in Selma, Alabama
Posted by admin on March 3rd, 2013
Vice President Joseph Biden today urged the Supreme Court to uphold a provision of the Voting Rights Act that gives the federal government ongoing oversight of ballot collecting in states with histories of discrimination. Speaking at annual memorial festivities in Selma, Ala., commemorating the 1965… Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post
Posted in Breaking News Tags: Alabama, Biden, defends, provision, rights, Selma, Voting No Comments »Open thread for night owls: John Robert gets it wrong on black voting in Massachusetts
Posted by admin on March 2nd, 2013
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Posted in Breaking News Tags: Black, Gets, John, Massachusetts, night, Open, owls, Robert, Thread, Voting, Wrong No Comments »
