From Colorlines: One out of every 13 African Americans are already disenfranchised, and it’s not because of voter ID laws, voter purges, or cut-offs to early voting, but because they’re caught up in the criminal justice system. According to a new study released this summer by The Sentencing Project, in…
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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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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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The Pragmatic Pundit has an absolute must piece read on the history of voter disenfranchisement in the US and the GOP’s efforts to re-institute and reinforce Jim Crow. This article contains the best summation of the past four years that I have seen. Here’s an excerpt, but be sure to…
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Ohio: ThinkProgress: In a dramatic move, Ohio Secretary of State John Husted immediately suspended two Democrats on a county election board after they voted to allow weekend voting. Earlier, Husted issued a directive canceling weekend voting statewide. In 2008, Ohio offered early voting on the weekends and thousands of voters…
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Colorlines: A new survey indicates that people who “harbor negative sentiments towards African Americans” are also more likely to support voter ID laws. And the correlation extends beyond party and ideological lines. Researchers at the University of Delaware’s Center for Political Communication weren’t surprised to find that most Republicans and…
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Obama for America launches new voter registration website – Gotta Vote – resources for every state. (52)
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Criminal InJustice† is a weekly series devoted to taking action against inequities in the U.S. criminal justice system. Nancy A. Heitzeg, Professor of Sociology and Race/Ethnicity, is the Editor of CI. Criminal InJustice is published every Wednesday at 6 pm CST. Criminalizing Voters, Criminalizing Us by nancy a heitzeg In…
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