New Orleans A lawsuit filed against the State of Louisiana by the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division may give another sad clue to the strategy of Republican governors seeking to block voting access to poorer citizens. The federal lawsuit flatly alleges that that state agencies responsible for administering welfare and disability benefits are …
Category: Voting Rights
Holder and DOJ Need to Act to Stop Voter Suppression on Steroids
New Orleans An lead article in the Sunday New York Times was a wan effort to footnote the partisan efforts of Republicans controlling an increasing number of state legislatures to suppress the ability and access to voting for lower income citizens, elderly, infirm, and others without current picture identifications. There was a weakly researched editorial …
Qualifying Parties via Internet
New Orleans In a piece about the feinting being done by billionaire NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Matt Bai in the New York Times correctly pointed out that not only money but “ballot access” was a huge impediment to alternative political parties and candidacies. A throwaway comment though got me thinking when he mentioned that qualifying …