Louisiana judge okays disenfranchisement of 600,000 voters as Texas voter ID reinstated
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Where there’s a way to undermine democracy, trust a Republican to have the will to find it. Barely five days ago, an Obama-appointed Federal judge in Texas struck down Rick Perry’s voter I.D. law as an unconstitutional poll tax designed to take 600,000 poor people and minorities out of the voting process. And the nation…well, most…
Conservative Louisiana Appeals Court Reinstates Texas Voter Suppression Laws
Texas conservatives have been getting a lot of help from the 5th District Court of Louisiana lately. Just hours ago, we published a story on Louisiana’s 5th District Court of appeals, which is a massively conservative, Bush appointed group, and the fact that it just overturned a Texas Federal judge’s ruling on Rick Perry’s voter suppression…
Texas’ Racist Voter ID Law Reinstated, More Than 600,000 Black and Hispanic Voters Could be Suppressed
WASHINGTON, Oct. 13, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Two elections experts will discuss the likely impact of recent court rulings, new state election laws and voter ID laws on the upcoming mid-term elections at a National Press Club Newsmakers news conference on Thursday, Oct. 16 at 10 a.m. in the club’s Murrow Room. Arguing that recent actions could…
National Press Club Newsmaker: Will New Court Rulings, State Election Laws and Voter ID Laws Suppress Voter Turnout for the Mid-Term Elections?
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