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In what has become standard practice, the GOP is backing laws designed to stop students, the poor, and black voters from getting to the polls.
Oh, and Bill Clinton is helping them too.In what has become standard practice, the GOP is backing laws designed to stop... more
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The NAACP has filed a civil rights lawsuit challenging a purge of Louisiana's voter roles. Over 21,000 Louisiana voters were deleted from the state's record, most of them from the areas hardest hit by (and still not repaired after) Hurricane Katrina.
Louisiana Secretary of State Jay Dardenne said that state had compared voter roles with other states', and were only deleting those with identical names and birth dates - people the state thinks have moved and re-registered to vote in their new cities.
But because of a history of racial discrimination before passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, voting changes in Louisiana and other Southern states must be approved by federal officials. The U.S. Department of Justice hasn't yet approved the Louisianna purge.The NAACP has filed a civil rights lawsuit challenging a purge of Louisiana's... more
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Tori
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In many states, being convicted of a felony means you can't vote.
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Gabriel Cheifetz, Glenn Scott, and Chris "Shakademic" Johnson are coworkers at Phillips Community TV (PCTV), a youth media organization based in Minneapolis. When Minnesota suddenly became a "battleground" state in 2004, Cheifetz, Scott, and Shakademic borrowed some cameras, bought some cheap imitation rhinestone chains, and set off in search of the biggest names in Minnesota politics.Gabriel Cheifetz, Glenn Scott, and Chris "Shakademic" Johnson are coworkers... more
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