New Orleans I’ve been watching Kris Kobach closely for the last four years, ever since he claimed in the Topeka newspapers that he was running to become Secretary of State in Kansas in 2008 to stop ACORN from committing “voter fraud,” even though ACORN did not have an operating office, organizer, or registration program in …
Category: Voting Rights
Could More than 40% of Philly Voters Be Denied the Ballot?
New Orleans A headline from the Naked City blog by Daniel Denvir in Philadelphia caught my eye: “A Whopping 43 Percent of Philly Voters May Not Have Voter ID, According to New Data.” Holy-moly! No wonder the Republicans think their voter suppression effort in the Pennsylvania legislature, according to their leadership, may have handed the …
Voter Suppression as a Poll Tax
New Orleans Finally as the campaigns begin to grip the likely closeness of the election, there is some pushback against the massive state-by-state efforts to suppress or drive down the likely voters, especially among lower and minority citizens. Attorney General Eric Holder in triggering federal litigation in several states has correctly referred to such measures, …