Click on the video to activate live chat. Texas Voter ID Photo ID requirement is effective immediately. From Toni Medellin Vote Riders, who are holding Voter ID Clinics around the country. One is scheduled in Houston for September according to their fb page, but I cannot find any details. Adopt a Voter, is helping […]
Empower The Vote Texas: New Texas Photo Voter ID Requirements
Click on the video to activate live chat. New Texas Photo Voter ID Requirements Background: During the 2011 legislative session, the Texas Legislature passed SB 14, a bill implementing a photo identification requirement for Texas voters. The Department of Justice denied preclearance, prohibiting the legislation from going into effect in 2012. The State of […]
US Attorney General To Texas: We Are Taking You To Court
Click on the video to activate live chat. Immediately after the Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act, Texas Attorney General and now Texas Gubernatorial candidate sent out the following tweet. (Full story here.) Texas #VoterID law should go into effect immediately b/c #SCOTUS struck down section 4 of VRA today. #txlege #tcot #txgop — […]
Pennsylvania Voter ID Law Heads Back to Court Today
Click on the video to activate live chat. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 15, 2013 CONTACT: Cynthia Gordy, Advancement Project, [email protected], 202-341-0555 Sara Mullen, ACLU of Pennsylvania, [email protected], 215-592-1513 x122 Darryl Van Duch, Arnold & Porter, [email protected], 202-942-5534 Barbara Macholz, Public Interest Law Center of Philadelphia, [email protected], 267-546-1304 PENNSYLVANIA VOTER ID LAW HEADS BACK TO COURT, […]
Supreme Court Frees Texas Attorney General To Suppress The Vote–See What He Tweeted
Click on the video to activate live chat. The Supreme Court ruled today that Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act is unconstitutional. Many claim that the America of today is not the America of 1964. While that is true, many Republicans in Red States seem to think otherwise. Over the past several years these […]