Justice Department dispatches poll watchers
WASHINGTON (AP) - More than 780 federal observers and Justice Department employees will be dispatched to 51 voting jurisdictions in 23 states for Tuesday's voting...
Ohio's Nina Turner: Voter suppression won't work
VIDEO - TheGrio's Joy Reid sat down with State Senator Nina Turner to discuss efforts to get out the vote in Ohio despite the obstacles...
Early voter Obama asked for ID
theGRIO REPORT - President Barack Obama on Thursday became the first U.S. president to cast an early vote in person. He also became the first president (that we know of) to hear the words: 'I need an ID'...
Why are African-Americans so dominant in early voting?
theGRIO REPORT - It might be too early to know for sure whether African-American turnout will trump 2008 numbers, but there are plenty of signs, days and weeks into early voting, that they are on pace to set another record..
2012: White voters vs. everyone else
OPINION - Looking at the polls, this presidential election season is poised to give birth to the most racially polarized electorate in U.S. history...
Ex-Florida GOP chair: Voter ID a 'marketing tool'
theGRIO REPORT - The former chairman of the Republican Party of Florida is currently awaiting trial for allegedly paying himself to raise money for the party...
Many strict election laws blocked or delayed
MIAMI (AP) - Tough new election laws aimed at forcing voters in many states to show photo identification at polling places have been blocked or delayed, delighting opponents who claim they were among a variety of partisan attempts to keep minorities from voting...
PA energy company sends wrong voter info to 1.3 million customers
PENNSYLVANIA - A judge recently postponed Pennsylvania's voter identification requirement, which would have forced each voter to present valid photo ID for upcoming general election. Not everyone got the message...
At polls, fears of voter suppression, intimidation
MIAMI (AP) — Kimberly Kelley of Tampa has provided Florida elections officials with thousands of names of people she thinks may be ineligible to vot
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Judges OK SC voter law, say it must wait to 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) - A panel of three federal judges upheld a South Carolina law requiring voters to show photo identification, but delayed enforcement until next year...
