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 …
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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, …
Worrying and Wisconsin and Walker
New Orleans Local 100 has an election today for about 50 school custodial workers with a private contractor from out of state. After many elections you can almost smell victory or defeat. Looking at the vital statistics of this organizing drive, this one smells like a winner. Wisconsin and today’s vote on the recall of …