Holder vows to enforce civil rights protections
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder vowed Tuesday to fully enforce civil rights protections in next year's elections amid a flurry of activity by states...
SC voter ID law could disenfranchise many
THE BIG ISSUE - South Carolina's voter ID law is one of the strictest in the nation, and that could mean thousands of voters -- particularly black voters -- in the Palmetto State could find it harder to vote on Election Day...
Does voter ID mean disenfranchisement?
THE BIG ISSUE - NBC News reporter Mara Schiavocampo explores the pros and cons of voting reform in the Palmetto State and around the country, and discovers that finding a "valid ID" can be harder than you think...
The top black voter disenfranchisement tactics
NEWSONE - Plots to suppress the African American vote date back to the Reconstruction Era...
ColorofChange targets corporations over voting laws
WASHINGTON (AP) - An online advocacy group wants corporations that market to African Americans to stop giving money to a conservative organization working for stricter voting laws...
Former MD gov aide convicted of black voter suppression
BALTIMORE (AP) - A political aide to former Maryland Gov. Robert Ehrlich was convicted Tuesday of conspiring to use Election Day robocalls in what prosecutors cast as an effort to suppress black voter turnout during the 2010 gubernatorial election...
Voter fraud found, perpetrated by GOP official
VIDEO - On 'Politics Nation' on Tuesday, Rev. Al Sharpton highlighted an instance of voter fraud...only not the kind Republicans claim they're trying to prevent with a string of voter ID laws...
NAACP report: Are voter IDs the new Jim Crow?
theGRIO REPORT - A new NAACP report on the suppression of the black vote refers to recent right-wing political tactics as the new Jim Crow...
White House makes its case to black voters
POLITICO - The White House and President Barack Obama's reelection team have cranked up their outreach to black voters...
Democrats push back on voter ID laws
theGRIO REPORT - The Democratic National Committee went on offense Thursday, launching a major, public pushback against a raft of voter ID and other laws they say could disenfranchise millions of voters in 2012...
