On AlterNet: voter id

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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. 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 AlterNet: PEEK. 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.

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