Voter ID Laws

Top GOP Voter ID Crusader Loses Virginia Election Panel Post

Frank James — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 22:01:00 +0000

To those who closely follow the voter ID wars, Hans von Spakovsky is a household name, one of the nation's leading crusaders against voter fraud, and also one of its more controversial.

President's New Voting Commission Greeted With Skepticism

Pam Fessler — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 20:33:00 +0000

One of the more memorable moments in President Obama's State of the Union address this week was his introduction of an elderly woman sitting in the House gallery. The president said that Desiline Victor had to wait three hours last year to vote in North Miami.

"Hour after hour, a throng of people stayed in line to support her," Obama said. "[Because] Desiline is 102 years old. And they erupted in cheers when she finally put on a sticker that read, 'I Voted.' "

But Obama's plan to fix the problem — setting up a presidential commission — hasn't gotten many cheers.

'Black America's Law Firm' Looks To Big Cases With New Leadership

Carrie Johnson — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 08:45:00 +0000

The NAACP Legal Defense Fund has been called the law firm for black America. Once run by Thurgood Marshall, the group played a major role in desegregating public schools and fighting restrictions at the ballot box.

Now, the Legal Defense Fund is preparing for a new leader — just as the Supreme Court considers cases that could pare back on those gains.

What does it mean to fight for civil rights when the nation's first black president has been re-elected and his attorney general is African-American, too?

Texas Attorney General Sends Warning To International Election Observers

Wed, 24 Oct 2012 19:45:00 +0000

The Texas attorney general is warning international election observers not to mess with Texas.

"Your opinion is legally irrelevant in the United States, where the Supreme Court has already determined that Voter ID laws are constitutional," Greg Abbott wrote in a letter sent to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, which monitors elections across the world.

Abbott says that the OSCE has had contacts with organizations "closely affiliated with ACORN, which collapsed in disgrace after i

Setbacks For Voter ID Laws in Pa., Other States Could Be Short-Lived

Corey Dade — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 23:39:00 +0000

Civil rights groups are cheering the injunction placed on the Pennsylvania voter identification law, but their recent victories against state photo ID measures very likely won't last beyond Election Day.

The Pennsylvania law is the latest to lose a court ruling that keeps it from being implemented for Nov.