Voting Rights

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July 11, 2012
How is Pennsylvania's harsh voter ID law, which experts say could disenfranchise more than 750,000 people in November, just like…
July 10, 2012
HOUSTON (AP) - Attorney General Eric Holder said Tuesday he opposes a new photo ID requirement in Texas elections because…
July 10, 2012
HOUSTON (AP) - U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder is scheduled to speak at the NAACP convention in Houston...
July 8, 2012
(AP) - When Edward and Mary Weidenbener went to vote in Indiana's primary in May, they didn't realize that state…
July 7, 2012
HOUSTON (AP) - The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People says its newest battle is really an old…
July 5, 2012
OPINION - The jury is still out on Roberts, but before we consider him a new reliable swing vote or…
June 27, 2012
OPINION - The Republican strategy for winning the youth vote, black vote, and low-income vote has been to ensure that…
June 27, 2012
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) - President Barack Obama's campaign has recruited a legion of lawyers to be on standby for this…
June 25, 2012
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Republican Gov. Terry Branstad has made Iowa one of the most difficult states in the…
June 12, 2012
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - A legal standoff has developed between Florida and the Obama administration over a contentious voter purge…
May 31, 2012
The U.S. Department of Justice has ordered the state of Florida to halt its purge of suspected non-U.S. citizens from…
May 18, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal appeals court on Friday upheld a key provision of the Voting Rights Act, rejecting an…
March 22, 2012
OPINION - Trayvon Martin, not unlike Emmett Till, could potentially have a large impact on the nation's psyche...
March 9, 2012
VIDEO - Rev. Al Sharpton will lead a march in Montgomery, Alabama Friday, in a bid to highlight what he…
March 7, 2012
Rev. Al Sharpton is leading a symbolic march from Selma to Montgomery to bring attention to controversial voting laws and…
March 7, 2012
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - The nonpartisan League of Women Voters and two prisoners' rights groups sued California elections officials on…
January 15, 2012
OPINION - When Florida Lieutenant Governor Jennifer Carroll gives a compliment, expect the unexpected. In this case, the black second…
December 28, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - The Justice Department's decision last week to block a new South Carolina law requiring voters to present…
December 24, 2011
OPINION - Since the passing of my beloved friend and Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) brother Ofield Dukes, I find myself…
December 23, 2011
TheGrio REPORT -- The Justice Department on Friday moved to block South Carolina's voter ID law, saying it unfairly burdens…