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 …
Category: Voting Rights
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, …
Judge Stops Florida Voter Suppression and Anti-Registration Law
Springfield This late in the game with an election looming in the critical, battleground state of Florida a lot of the damage is already done since the clock has already moved to the 11th hour in terms of registering new voters. Nonetheless, a federal judge in Florida finally will bring some justice to the matter …