ACLU Petitions Court to Stop Vote on Minnesota Photo ID Amendment
The American Civil Liberties Union wants the Minnesota Supreme Court to keep a proposed constitutional amendment requiring voters to present photo IDs off the November ballot.
The American Civil Liberties Union wants the Minnesota Supreme Court to keep a proposed constitutional amendment requiring voters to present photo IDs off the November ballot.
PHILADELPHIA - The ACLU of Pennsylvania announced Thursday that its lawsuit over Pennsylvania's new Voter ID law has a trial date of July 25.
Jefferson City -- A state constitutional amendment that would clear the way for a photo identification requirement at Missouri polls will not appear on this year's ballot, the secretary of state's office said.
Gov. Bob McDonnell signed Virginia's new voter ID law and issued an executive order to mail new cards to every registered voter.
Gov. Phil Bryant signed a law requiring photo identification at the polls that voters approved in November. The measure next goes to the Justice Department, which halted similar laws in South Carolina and Texas.
A voter identification bill that had the support of the Senate, town clerks and the secretary of state's office is in jeopardy because of changes made by a House committee, said Sen. Russell Prescott, a Kingston Republican and the bill's sponsor.
The Mississippi chapter of the NAACP has asked for federal intervention under the Voting Rights Act to block a voter ID law that Republican Gov. Phil Bryant says he intends to sign.
5/11: Concerns that thousands of noncitizen voters may still be on Florida's voter rolls could taint the state's elections.
Amid harsh words from Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott's office and a panel of federal judges, the chances dimmed of implementing the new voter identification law in time for November's elections.
HARRISBURG -- Pennsylvania's tough new voter-identification law was challenged by 10 registered voters, including some who say they are unable to get the kind of ID now required.