On AlterNet: voter id

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The Death of Voting Rights: Will New State Laws Reverse The Civil Rights Movement?

Wendy Weiser, Brennan Center for Justice. May 16, 2012.

Democrats are not saints. But since 2010 Republicans have been willing to unwind the Civil Rights movement's gains to stay in power.

Voting Rights Uprising: Activists in Three States Help GOP's Targets Get Voter ID

George Bauer, AlterNet. April 24, 2012.

Grassroots groups in Wisconsin, Tennessee and Colorado help GOP targets obtain credentials to vote in 2012.

Arizona Will Ignore Federal Court’s Ruling on Restrictive Voter Law

Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet. April 19, 2012.

State election officials say the Court’s order only affects federal voter registration forms—not the state version.

Right-Wing ALEC Retreats on Most Controversial Issues

Brendan Fischer, PR Watch. April 17, 2012.

ALEC disbands task force responsible for Stand Your Ground, voter ID, prison privatization, AZ's anti-immigrant law SB 1070.

New Line of Defense Emerging To Protect Voting Rights: State Constitutions

Joshua Douglas, Jurist.org. April 4, 2012.

As many GOP-controlled state legislatures seek to 'police' voting, state Constitutions are emerging as the best new defense.

Ending Discriminatory Voter ID: Let’s Affirm The Right To Vote

Elise Helgesen, AlterNet. March 25, 2012.

As states toughen voter ID laws, progressives see a new response.

The Cancer of Voter Suppression: The GOP's Silent Coup

Bill Fletcher, Jr., AFL-CIO. March 2, 2012.

Republican-led efforts in more than a dozen states are rolling back the 20th Century's civil rights gains.

Republicans Block the Vote: How Voter-ID Laws Suppress Registration Drives and Block Democratic Votes

Lou Dubose, The Washington Spectator. February 26, 2012.

There is no real reason for voter-ID laws. Simply stated, voter-ID bills become laws because Republican legislators pass and Republican governors sign them.

The Wealthy One Percent That’s Behind Minnesota’s Racist Voter ID Push

Brentin Mock, ColorLines. February 12, 2012.

A new report details how Minnesota's wealthiest are pooling funds to shape state-level politics where basic civil rights issues like the right to vote are at stake.

Is Privacy Act Violated as Voting War’s GOP Hit Man is Fed Leaks By Justice Department Mole?

Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet. January 2, 2012.

Will the DOJ investigate leaks in attacks on Voting Section employees and major voting rights decisions?

Republican Lawyers Group's Own Study Undercuts Vote Fraud Claims

Debbie Hines, Huffington Post. December 14, 2011.

A Republican National Lawyers Association effort to discredit the NAACP backfires by showing voter fraud - impersonating other voters - barely occurs.

Scott Walker and the GOP Reveal Depth of Their Voter-Exclusion Plan

Roger Bybee, In These Times. September 15, 2011.

A new Department of Transportation memo reveals Wisconsin Republicans intend to make the newly imposed voter ID process as onerous as possible for people seeking IDs.

Will Voters Boot Wisconsin Republicans? 7 Things to Know About Tuesday's Recall Elections

Sarah Jaffe, AlterNet. August 5, 2011.

This Tuesday, six Republican state senators who supported Scott Walker's radical agenda face recall. Here's what you need to know about the issues at play.

Payback Time: Wisconsin Progressives & Labor Ready For Recall Elections

Roger Bybee, In These Times. August 2, 2011.

Polls are favorable as progressives head into the recall elections of eight Wisconsin State Senate Republicans who supported Scott Walker's union-busting.

The 10 Worst Things About Rick Perry (And Why It Would Be Really Bad If He Runs for President)

Sarah Jaffe, AlterNet. August 1, 2011.

Rick Perry hasn't officially declared his candidacy, but ads are already on the air in Iowa. Here's why you should be worried he might run for president.

Seven Ways Scott Walker and the GOP Are Still Trying to Screw Wisconsin's Poor, Working Class, and Just About Everybody Else

Meredith Clark, AlterNet. June 15, 2011.

Wisconsin erupted in protest in February over an attempt to ban collective bargaining, but Gov. Scott Walker didn't stop there in his war on the people of his state.

Wisconsin Set to Pass Country's Most Restrictive Voter ID Law

Jamilah King, Colorlines.com. May 24, 2011.

The bill was passed through the the Republican-led Senate late last week and is expected be signed into law by Gov. Scott Walker on Wednesday.

The Youth Vote: A Matter of Access, Not Apathy

Michael Connery, The Nation. August 6, 2008.

The biggest obstacle to young voters is not apathy, but removing barriers that complicate the process for new voters.

Missouri Nuns Fight Voter Disenfranchisement

Jill C., Brilliant at Breakfast. May 9, 2008.

After their Indiana sisters were disenfranchised, Missouri nuns are mad as heck and not gonna take it anymore.

Is the Supreme Court Trying to Swing the Election?

Bob Fitrakis, Harvey Wasserman, The Free Press. May 1, 2008.

The US Supreme Court has just eliminated the voting rights of tens of thousands who generally vote Democratic.

Republicans Urge Supreme Court to Allow Preemptive Strikes in Elections

Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet. December 13, 2007.

The Justice Department and other GOP partisans argue states can adopt new barriers to voting to combat imagined threats to elections.

Election Day 2007: New ID Laws Disenfranchise Voters

Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet. November 7, 2007.

NAACP officials in Georgia and Michigan report new voter ID laws stopped people from voting.

Facing Public Pressure, PepsiCo, Coca-Cola End Partnership With ALEC Over Support of Voter ID, Stand Your Ground Laws

Adam Peck, December 31, 1969.

Wisconsin Students Learning To Beat GOP Voter ID Law

Steven Rosenfeld, December 31, 1969.

An early effort to beat back a GOP effort to suppress student voting