TPM: The Pennsylvania Supreme Court cast serious doubt on the state’s voter ID law on Tuesday, ordering a lower court to rethink its decision upholding the law earlier this year. In a 4-2 ruling, the justices ordered the lower court to block the law unless Pennsylvania can prove it is…
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From Pennlive.com: The moral outrage and national embarrassment over Pennsylvania’s strictest-in-the-nation voter identification law are well-deserved. But what’s most disturbing about this law is the fact that it’s a blatant abuse of power by the controlling party in Harrisburg — the Republicans — for purely partisan political gain. The state…
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New York Times: A Tight Election May Be Tangled in Legal Battles Truthout and CI: The Year of Voter Suppression Colorlines, The Racial Politics Behind the Right Wing’s Poll-Watching: These poll “challenging” and “watching” operations are not race-neutral. The nation has a history of white people taunting and haunting black…
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From ThinkProgress: Judge Peter Economus has set a hearing for September 13 to address Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted’s refusal to comply with the court’s ruling that the state must allow early voting on the three days leading up to the general election. Economus released a terse order Wednesday…
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From TPM: A federal judge in Ohio on Friday restored early voting rights in the three days before the election, ruling in favor of the Obama campaign. U.S. District judge Peter C. Economus ruled that “restoring in-person early voting to all Ohio voters through the Monday before Election Day does…
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From Rachel Maddow: Republican efforts to restrict voting rights come in a variety of forms. Some of the most notable efforts involve onerous voter-ID laws and closing early-voting windows. But in Florida, GOP officials have also placed sweeping restrictions on voter-registration drives. As Laura explained overnight, new Republican-imposed rules have…
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“We’re not going to let our campaign be dictated by fact-checkers.” Neil Newhouse, Romney Pollster Charles Blow: let’s talk about the lies. The Romney campaign is continuing to push the false notion that Obama has moved to eliminate the work requirement for welfare. Earlier this month, the Washington Post fact…
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