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October 30, 2012

Broward elections supervisor explains changed vote tallies

theGRIO REPORT - Broward County Supervisor of Elections Brenda Snipes is responding to theGrio's story Monday detailing significant changes to…
October 28, 2012

Ohio State Sen. 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…
October 26, 2012

President Obama asked to show ID as he early votes in Chicago

theGRIO REPORT - President Barack Obama on Thursday became the first U.S. president to cast an early vote in person.…
October 16, 2012

Obama supporters give the president tips to win debate

theGRIO VIDEO - President Obama is set to battle it out with Mitt Romney again tonight - this time in…
September 25, 2012

Sheila E., Patti Austin and others lend voices to female voter outreach

WASHINGTON (AP) - Fergie, Patti Austin, Keke Palmer and Sheila E. are among the entertainers lending their voices to an…
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…
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…
August 2, 2012

Michelle Obama visits North Carolina to encourage November turnout

GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) - First lady Michelle Obama has urged a supportive crowd in North Carolina to get out the…
July 27, 2012

Pew poll finds 17 percent of registered voters think Obama is Muslim

The latest Pew research poll found that 17 percent of registered voters think President Barack Obama is Muslim, while 31…
July 27, 2012

Cindy Hooper’s 'Conflict' captures power of the African American women's vote

REVIEW - Cindy Hooper’s new publication, Conflict: African American Women and the New Dilemma of Race and Gender Politics couldn’t…
July 20, 2012

Study: Voter ID laws support fueled by racial resentment

Recent studies are revealing that support for voter ID laws may be linked to resentment towards African-Americans...
July 10, 2012

Eric Holder calls voter ID a modern 'poll tax' at NAACP convention

HOUSTON (AP) - Attorney General Eric Holder said Tuesday he opposes a new photo ID requirement in Texas elections because…
May 15, 2012

Polls show some risk on gay marriage for Obama

theGRIO REPORT - The first set of polls released since Obama embraced gay marriage show a sizable bloc of the…
May 4, 2012

4 years later, race is still issue for some voters

MSNBC - 'Certain precincts in this county are not going to vote for Obama,' said John Corrigan, clerk of courts…
March 14, 2012

Holder emerges as sharp, vocal opponent of voter ID laws

theGRIO REPORT- Attorney General Eric Holder is sharply criticizing the expansion of laws that would require photo identification to vote,…
February 7, 2012

South Carolina sues Justice Department over voter ID laws

COLUMBIA, South Carolina (AP) - South Carolina is suing the U.S. Justice Department, saying it was wrong to block the…
January 10, 2012

Mitt Romney goes to war for white working class vote

OPINION - The 2012 swing constituency of the moment are white working-class voters and Mitt Romney knows it...
December 12, 2011

Senate hearing in January to tackle laws Dems say will suppress black voters

A U.S. Senate panel will hold a hearing in January on a Florida voting reform law that Democrats say will…
December 5, 2011

NAACP report on supression of black vote: The new Jim Crow?

theGRIO REPORT - A new NAACP report on the suppression of the black vote refers to recent right-wing political tactics…
November 9, 2011

Obama to black leaders: 'We have to stay unified'

theGRIO REPORT - More than 100 community leaders gathered at the White House Executive Office Building Wednesday for an African-American…