While the pundits weigh who won or lost in Monday night’s debate, voters must make sure they are able to vote and to watch for errant directions that may or may not have been intended to discourage primarily black, Latino, seniors and college students – often registered Democrats – from voting. In Arizona, for example, [...]
Election 2012: Fighting Voter Intimidation and Confusion is Serious Business
October 25, 2012 | Posted by
Florida Republicans Accused of Fraudulent Registration Forms
September 30, 2012 | Posted by
A firm working on behalf of the Republican Party of Florida has been accused of submitting potentially fraudulent voter registration forms in at least 10 counties. The claims from Florida election officials have led the state’s Republican Party to file an election fraud complaint against Strategic Allied Consulting, the firm they originally employed. The allegations [...]
National Voter Registration Day Draws Mass Support
September 26, 2012 | Posted by
During the 2008 election year, “Vote or Die” became a major social movement. Now, the 2012 election has one of its own. The aptly titled National Voter Registration Day on Tuesday was a mass movement to get people registered to vote for the presidential election. According to the campaign, 6 million people were not able [...]
New Voter Laws Could Disenfranchise 10 Mil Hispanics
September 24, 2012 | Posted by
Though much of the focus on the new voter laws has concentrated on their effects on African Americans, but a new study has concluded that the laws could keep 10 million Hispanics from voting in the November election. The study was conducted by the civil rights group the Advancement Project, which found that 23 states [...]
Report: Despite GOP Claims, Voter Fraud Virtually Non-Existent in U.S.
August 21, 2012 | Posted by
Once again, an analysis of alleged election fraud reveals that in-person voter fraud is nearly nonexistent. The Washington Post reported last week that News21, a national investigative reporting project based at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University, reviewed 2,068 reported fraud cases since 2000 and found just 10 [...]
Rev. Sharpton Exhorts Cleveland Crowd to Fight Ohio Voter ID Laws
August 15, 2012 | Posted by
The crowd squeezed into Greater Abyssinia Baptist Church in Cleveland last night to eagerly receive their marching orders from some of the most powerful and influential leaders in the land, led by Rev. Al Sharpton. The task at hand? To fight for their voting rights as their own state of Ohio, in addition to many [...]
Election Protection App Is Great Tool for Black Voters
August 10, 2012 | Posted by
A new smartphone app meant to enhance the voting experience of voters nationwide was revealed on Thursday by a committee of civil rights groups. The app, dubbed “Election Protection,” is specifically aimed to defend the interests of voters of color and youth voters who the groups believe are being disenfranchised by new voting laws and [...]
States Work to Take Voting Rights Away, Proving Every Vote Counts
August 7, 2012 | Posted by
Every vote counts. At least that’s what we have always been told. But federal challenges to election laws in several states may finally tell us whether every vote really does count or, as many fear, not every vote will. In Ohio, provisional ballots make up the nexus of the battleground. Provisional ballots are cast when [...]
Florida Explosion: Former GOP Head Claims Party Discussed Ways to Keep Blacks from Voting
July 28, 2012 | Posted by
The former head of the Florida Republican Party Jim Greer revealed in court depositions that the party leaders met in 2009 to talk about voter suppression and how the party could keep more blacks from voting, according to a story in the Tampa Bay Times. While dozens of states across the country have enacted new [...]
Atty Gen Holder Tells NAACP Convention He Will Fight Voter ID Laws
July 10, 2012 | Posted by
Never one to shy away from a fight, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder went into Texas today and aimed a barrage of criticism on the Lone Star State’s efforts to require voter IDs, comparing the new Texas law to an illegal poll tax. “We will not allow political pretexts to disenfranchise American citizens of their [...]
