Florida GOP Gov. Rick Scott on July 14 lauded the Obama administration's new announcement that gives the state access to a federal database to prevent voter fraud, but he also called the standoff-ending decision a "significant victory" for Florida.
A group called the Voter Participation Center has distributed 5 million registration forms in recent weeks, targeting Democratic-leaning blocs such as unmarried women, African-Americans, Latinos and young adults. But residents and election administrators around the country also have reported a series of bizarre and questionable mailings addressed to animals, dead people, noncitizens and people already registered to vote.
Imagine a young person who takes the time to fly from Texas to Washington, D.C. in order to testify at a trial yet claims she can't find the time to obtain a voter identification card.
WASHINGTON -- A University of Texas professor testifying for the state of Texas told a federal court on July 11 that new voter identification requirements would not affect voter turnout.
Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. on Tuesday declared war on states that have enacted voter photo ID laws, telling an NAACP audience in Houston that such laws constitute "poll taxes."
Attorney General Eric Holder addressed the NAACP Nation Convention at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, Texas on July 10. What did media need in order to attend? That's right, government issued photo identification (and a second form of identification too!), something both Holder and the NAACP stand firmly against when it comes to voting.
The state of Texas and the Justice Department gave opening statements Monday in a trial over Texas' new voter ID law, setting the stage for a legal battle over the federal Voting Rights Act.
MANCHESTER -- Town and city clerks should have an easier time complying with the state's new Voter ID law after Gov. John Lynch let Senate Bill 1354 become law Friday without his signature.
COLUMBIA -- The U.S. Justice Department has turned down South Carolina's voter identification law for a second time as the state's lawsuit against the federal government moves forward.
The New Hampshire legislature on Wednesday overrode Gov. John Lynch's veto of a voter ID bill, making it the latest state to require that voters present photo identification at the polls.