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Voter ID Laws

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NAACP blasts GOP's 'withering attacks' on voting

Joy-Ann Reid
theGRIO REPORT - At the start of the NAACP convention, the NAACP says the GOP is attacking the voting rights of people of color...
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Obama's campaign is likely to overcome voter ID

Perry Bacon Jr.
theGRIO REPORT - But the provision in Pennsylvania and other key ones around the country, which Attorney General Eric Holder has likened to poll taxes, may not actually be a huge threat to Obama’s chances of winning re-election...
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PA voters with no ID: 'It's a nightmare'

Joy-Ann Reid
A new voter ID law passed by Republicans in Pennsylvania could disenfranchise over three quarters of a million voters, and will likely hit the poor and minorities hardest.
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Philadelphia Mayor Michael A. Nutter speaks at the 2012 Fiscal Summit on May 15, 2012 in Washington, DC. The third annual summit, held by the Peter G. Peterson Foundation, explored the theme 'America's Case for Action.' (Photo by Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images)

Philly mayor on PA voter ID law: 'A bad solution looking for a problem'

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Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter criticized Pennsylvania's new voter ID law, describing it as 'a bad solution looking for a problem'...
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Study: Voter ID laws support fueled by racial resentment

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Recent studies are revealing that support for voter ID laws may be linked to resentment towards African-Americans...
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NORTH CHARLESTON, SC - JANUARY 19:  Texas Governor Rick Perry announces he is dropping his run for the Republican U.S. presidential nomination during a news conference in Charleston, South Carolina January 19, 2012.  (Photo by Allison Joyce/Getty Images)

Rick Perry: Eric Holder trying to 'incite racial tension'

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Eric Holder's remarks last week that voter ID laws are a modern-day version of a poll tax are receiving criticism from Texas governor Rick Perry...
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How voter ID laws will shape the election

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The New York Times voting and data guru Nate Silver estimates voter ID laws could reduce turnout by 2 to 3 percent in a state, a number that is smaller than some critiques of these laws say but also large enough to shape outcomes in tightly-contested places.
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How poll taxes have hurt black America

Ronda Racha Penrice
theGRIO REPORT - Addressing the 103rd NAACP Convention in Houston, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder likened new voter ID laws to poll taxes...
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WATCH: Romney bundler's ironic voter ID ad

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How is Pennsylvania's harsh voter ID law, which experts say could disenfranchise more than 750,000 people in November, just like the movements to gain the right to vote for women and African-Americans in the 1920s and 1960s? Not at all, unless your the ad man for Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett...
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Herman Cain and Ken Blackwell attack Eric Holder

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Herman Cain and Ken Blackwell released a video attacking Attorney General Eric Holder for his position on voter ID laws...
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