Voter ID

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November 8, 2011

Mississippi voter ID law would disenfranchise black voters

OPINION - Voters in the state of Mississippi, voters go to the polls today with the option to turn back…
November 3, 2011

Democrats to state officials: Oppose voter ID laws

WASHINGTON (AP) - House Democrats asked secretaries of state in all 50 states to oppose new voter identification laws because…
October 25, 2011

Nearly 25 percent of African-Americans lack valid voter ID

theGRIO REPORT- Nearly 25 percent of African-Americans currently do not have a valid photo ID necessary to vote, according to…
October 7, 2011

Scorned 96-year-old woman speaks out on voting laws

VIDEO - Dorothy Cooper has been voting for over the past 70 years and this is the first time (including…
October 5, 2011

96-year-old Chattanooga resident denied voting ID

TIMES FREE PRESS - Dorothy Cooper is 96 but she can remember only one election when she's been eligible to…
August 10, 2011

Why Wisconsin can be a blueprint for black voters

OPINION - As an African-American woman, I can tell you that these recalls, the protests, the organizing, all take me…
July 25, 2011

NAACP chief focuses on voting laws at convention

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Benjamin Todd Jealous said legislation promoted by what he called racist elements in the tea party…
July 11, 2011

Are new voter ID laws Jim Crow by another name?

OPINION - As a civil rights lawyer who works in the trenches, I am well aware of the barriers that…