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October 4, 2012

African-American churches use 'souls to polls' to rally vote

MIAMI (AP) - It's not just the collection plate that's getting passed around at hundreds of mainly African-American and Latino…
October 2, 2012

George Will's race-based explanation for Obama's lead: America can't fire a black man

OPINION - Washington Post columnist George Will has a novel explanation for why President Barack Obama continues to lead challenger…
September 27, 2012

Media makes boogeyman out of black church vote in Election 2012

OPINION - In the age of the two-year presidential election cycle coupled with online media and 24-hour news, it is…
September 25, 2012

Why Team Obama wants you to vote before Election Day

theGRIO REPORT - Voting on Election Day sometimes has complications, particularly long lines. So in key battleground states, Team Obama…
September 24, 2012

South Carolina voter ID gets judges' scrutiny

WASHINGTON (AP) - South Carolina is in federal court arguing that its new law requiring people prove their identity at…
September 21, 2012

CBC chairman Emanuel Cleaver: Blacks who don't vote should 'give their color back'

theGRIO REPORT - Congressional Black Caucus chairman Emanuel Cleaver said yesterday that blacks who decide not to vote 'ought to…
September 19, 2012

Obama's biggest hurdle: Will his base turn out?

ANALYSIS - Obama is more reliant than Romney on blocs of voters who are not as consistent in turning out,…
September 18, 2012

Pennsylvania high court wants review of voter ID access

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Pennsylvania's highest court is ordering a lower court to determine whether voters are getting easy access…
September 18, 2012

Romney’s real 47 percent problem

ANALYSIS - Romney is right that something like 47 percent of voters may never back him, no matter what he…
September 18, 2012

Battleground 2012: In North Carolina, it’s get out the vote time

theGRIO REPORT - A successful convention was just the beginning for Democrats in North Carolina, or at least that’s what…
September 11, 2012

Obama’s big advantage: The non-white vote

theGRIO REPORT - A new CNN/ORC poll illustrates the stronghold President Obama has over the quarter of the electorate that…
September 10, 2012

Where the black vote will matter most

theGRIO REPORT - As President Obama and Mitt Romney's contest has entered its final two months, the electoral map is…
September 4, 2012

DNC: Can a more diverse electorate lift Obama in North Carolina?

theGRIO REPORT - One factor that could help the president repeat in North Carolina, where four years ago he was…
September 4, 2012

Why Obama could repeat in North Carolina

theGRIO REPORT - The Obama campaign is putting tremendous resources into the state -- 49 field offices, hundreds of paid…
August 30, 2012

US court rejects Texas voter ID law as unfair

WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal court on Thursday rejected a Texas law that would require voters to present photo IDs…
August 21, 2012

Post-Ryan: Romney polling at 0 percent with black voters

theGRIO REPORT - President Obama remains narrowly ahead of Mitt Romney and the selection of Rep. Paul Ryan has done…
August 20, 2012

Ohio Republican: Early voting should not accomodate black voters

theGRIO REPORT - Ohio's Franklin County GOP Chairman Doug Preisse voted against the weekend voting process Ohio had during the…
August 17, 2012

Fighting voter suppression through social media

VIDEO - Republicans are passing voter ID laws all over the country, in what some political watchers believe is a…
August 17, 2012

Florida judge dumps early voting limits in some counties

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - A federal court on Thursday gave five Florida counties four extra days of early voting in…
August 17, 2012

Ohio mandates the same early voting hours statewide in bid to avoid controversy

theGRIO REPORT - Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted has decided to standardize early voting hours statewide, limiting them in…