Tag Archives: Voter ID

Cornyn & Cruz Construction

It took me a moment but then I laughed and laughed. Artist – John Branch Not-coincidentally, Senator Ted Cruz also unveiled an amendment today that will throw another monkey in the wrench. I’ll file amendment to immigration bill that permits … Continue reading
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Tea Partier Admits Republicans Don’t Want African Americans To Vote. No Sh*t.

My Thursday column. Republicans keep blurting out the truth. Whenever a Republican says something horrendous, the subsequent apology usually involves a confession that saying the horrendous something was a “mistake” or “an error.” Of course it is. The mistake was … Continue reading
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Jon Husted’s Voter Fraud Crusade Gets Results!

Teeny-tiny statistically insignificant results in Ohio. Via TPM: In January, Husted directed the 88 county boards of election to investigate all claims of voter fraud. The county boards and Husted’s staff found 625 cases of irregularity. Of those cases, names … Continue reading
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Posted in Voter Suppression | Tagged , , | 4 Comments

A Presidential Commission on Voting

From the Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has signed an executive order establishing a presidential commission to address voting issues. Obama announced his plans to create the commission last month in his State of the Union address. … Continue reading
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What’s Wrong With Virginia?

Virginia has a Bob McDonnell problem. Last night Governor McDonnell introduced an amendment to the state’s health insurance exchange bill that would ban insurance plans that cover abortion even if they are private plans. “No qualified health insurance plan that … Continue reading
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So Much For ‘Engaging’ with Minority Voters

The day after the RNC released its report detailing how the party ought to engage with minority voters, this happened: Yesterday, the Arkansas Senate passed — on an entirely party-line vote — a so-called voter ID law requiring voters to … Continue reading
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WTF? Of Course the Voting Rights Act is Still Needed!

There’s a discussion over at The New York Times about whether the Voting Rights Act is still needed today, more than 40 years after it finally crushed Jim Crow laws that disenfranchised millions of voters. The fact that the Supreme … Continue reading
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GOP Strategist Admits to Republican Voter Suppression

Confirming what we already knew, here’s Republican consultant Scott Tranter (warning — link contains auto-play video): “A lot of us are campaign officials — or campaign professionals — and we want to do everything we can to help our side. … Continue reading

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Republican Strategy for 2016? Cheat the System.

Republicans are trying a new scam to rig the 2016 presidential election We know about voter ID and restricting voting hours and booths in Democratic precincts — moves by Republicans to keep Democrats from voting. Now they’re trying to rig … Continue reading

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The Federal Government Needs to Take Over Elections

My Wednesday column is about an idea that Republicans will totally hate. This probably won’t go over very well in the southern states where the whiny, pouty threat of secession has been revived yet again, but the federal government needs … Continue reading

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