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On AlterNet: voter suppression

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "voter suppression"

Voting Rights Groups Step Up Criticism on VA Voting Policy

Voting Rights Groups Step Up Criticism on VA Voting Policy

Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet AlterNet: Democracy and Elections. July 22, 2008.
Four voting rights groups urge the VA to become voter registration agencies

VA Ban on Voter Registration Drives for Injured Vets Becomes National Fight

VA Ban on Voter Registration Drives for Injured Vets Becomes National Fight

Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet. July 18, 2008.
The Secretary of Veterans Affairs rejects a request by 19 secretaries of state to allow voter registration drives on VA facilities.

Top Senator And 10 States Attack VA for Banning Voter Registration Drives

Top Senator And 10 States Attack VA for Banning Voter Registration Drives

Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet. July 10, 2008.
Officials overseeing the VA and state elections say the VA's policy is unnecessary and insulting to veterans who sacrificed for our country.

Missouri Amendment Would Require Proof of Citizenship to Vote

Missouri Amendment Would Require Proof of Citizenship to Vote

Attaturk, Firedoglake AlterNet: Democracy and Elections. May 12, 2008.
The Missouri Secretary of State estimates the amendment, if passed, would disenfranchise up to a quarter million citizens.

Voter Suppression Happens (in Indiana)

Voter Suppression Happens (in Indiana)

dday, Hullabaloo AlterNet: Election 2008. May 6, 2008.
According to the AP, 12 nuns were turned away from voting by one of their own sisters.

NC Robo-Call Investigation Broadens - NAACP Files Complaint

NC Robo-Call Investigation Broadens - NAACP Files Complaint

Pam Spaulding, Pam's House Blend AlterNet: Election 2008. May 5, 2008.
The North Carolina NAACP has filed a complaint of voter suppression against Women's Voices, Women Vote.

Are Misleading Robocalls in NC Voter Suppression?

Are Misleading Robocalls in NC Voter Suppression?

Pam Spaulding, Pandagon AlterNet: PEEK. May 1, 2008.
Are misleading robocalls by Women's Voices Women's Vote an honest mistake or voter suppression?

Anti-Democratic Backlash: Surge in Voter Registration Sparks New Wave of Voter Suppression

Anti-Democratic Backlash: Surge in Voter Registration Sparks New Wave of Voter Suppression

Project Vote, MyDD.com AlterNet: PEEK. April 11, 2008.
And other election-protection news.

The FBI Ignored Threats to Black Voters

The FBI Ignored Threats to Black Voters

Art Levine, Huffington Post. April 1, 2008.
African-American voters received illegal mailers threatening them with criminal punishment for voting -- and the FBI failed to investigate.

House Hearings Expose Voter Suppression by Department of Justice

House Hearings Expose Voter Suppression by Department of Justice

Project VoteMarch 10, 2008.
The Department of Justice finally gets in trouble for pressuring states to purge voters rather than ensuring their rights.

Super Tuesday Voting Already Raising Serious Concerns

Super Tuesday Voting Already Raising Serious Concerns

Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet AlterNet: Election 2008. February 5, 2008.
Delays cause voters to leave in Georgia; Anti-Obama mailer resurfaces in Massachusetts; Los Angeles ballot layout could undercount votes.

Obama Accuses Clinton of Suppressing Nevada Vote

Obama Accuses Clinton of Suppressing Nevada Vote

Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet. January 24, 2008.
Since last Saturday's Caucus, the Obama campaign has logged 1,000 complaints -- including tactics by Clinton supporters that interfered with voting.

Obama Campaign Accuses Clinton of Disenfranchising Nevada Voters

Obama Campaign Accuses Clinton of Disenfranchising Nevada Voters

Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet AlterNet: Democracy and Elections. January 23, 2008.
The campaign calls on state Democratic party to investigate

Texas GOP Launches New Vote Suppression Scheme

Texas GOP Launches New Vote Suppression Scheme

GottaLaff, Brave New Films AlterNet: Democracy and Elections. December 4, 2007.
GottaLaff: Ya think Tom DeLay, that darling of the Republican fraud sector has his hot-tub-shriveled fingerprints all over this one?

Bob Woodward is Clueless About Voter Suppression

Bob Woodward is Clueless About Voter Suppression

Amanda Terkel, Think Progress AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. November 22, 2007.
Amanda Terkel: So for all those Washington Post reporters out there, let's go over the facts again.

Voter Intimidation May Plague Election Day 2007

Voter Intimidation May Plague Election Day 2007

Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet. November 6, 2007.
In a half-dozen states voting today, civil rights activists and Democrats expect to see voter intimidation and suppression.

Democrats Fail in Election Oversight

Democrats Fail in Election Oversight

Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet. May 29, 2007.
Maybe the House Judiciary Committee needs a refresher course in treacherous Jim Crow election tactics.