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Election Law Center: Monthly Archives for January 2012

Arizona redistricting: Special election proposed by House Speaker

West Virginia GOP calls Lincoln County as "cesspool of corruption"

Kansas Photo ID implementation includes free birth certificates online

Voter ID may soon be back on the Nebraska legislative agenda

In Ohio, Voter Integrity Project teaches poll workers to reduce voter fraud

Lincoln County, WV residents frustrated by election fraud and afraid to speak out for fear of political persecution

DOJ Voting Section On the Road Today

WV Sheriff and Clerk: Guilty of Voter Fraud

"Voter Fraud is No Joke"

Latest at Family Security Matters

NASS Meeting

DOJ's Perez tells the Secretaries of States they will not sue Counties that actually violate the MOVE Act

Injustice in Nebraska

Tennessee Republicans move to have local election offices provide free photo ID

Bloomberg: The Case Against Early Voting

Arizona redistricting feud continues as Republicans fight unfair maps

Texas redistricting plaintiffs insist that majority white "cross-over districts" must elect Democrats

Mississippi non-whites supported photo ID at higher levels than Republican candidates

Iowa Governor Branstad supports photo ID to protect the integrity of voting process

"One Man Washington NonProfit" steers Section 5 cases

Photo ID bill introduced in New York

Texas redistricting litigation may delay party conventions and primary

Voter Fraud trial of Indiana SOS begins

Iowa SOS seeks bipartisan approach to new Voter ID law

SC considers verification of citizenship and 3rd party registration regulations

Federal Judge "MOVES" New York in major military voting rights case

Von Spakovsky latest on TX redistricting

DOJ reversal on military voting rights - a day late, dollar short and thousands disenfranchised

Voter ID amendment may be on the 2012 Minnesota ballot

Iowa Secretary of State proposes Voter ID plan

Poll: Wisconsin citizens support voter ID law

South Carolina considering citizenship verification for voters

Park: Texas Wins One for Judicial Restraint

Maine Republicans can't take the heat on Voter ID and punt

White House, DOJ and Acorn/PV coordination on NVRA

DC panel reviewing Texas maps speeds up Section 5 review

Opening arguments begin in Troy, New York voter fraud trial

Colorado Secretary of State Gessler turns over double voting evidence to the FBI

After suing DOJ, Michigan redistricted maps given green light

Louisiana Secretary of State: DOJ abusing motor votor law for political agenda

Deadlock continues in Kentucky congressional redistricting

Pittsburgh Tribune Review: Carrying Voter Fraud Water

Augusta Chronicle LTE: "Justice Department is a Joke"

Injustice in Wyoming

SCAG wants DOJ to investigate dead voting

Houston Chronicle on Texas v. Holder

Texas sues Holder for Voter ID approval

Journalist Cokie Roberts call supporters of Voter ID protections "un-American"

Wisconsin campuses are issuing free Voter ID cards to students

South Carolina Governor, a minority herself, supports Voter ID

Texas Plaintiff's want the Court to delay redrawing of maps

"Who is really disenfranchised"

Minnesota Legislature: A Voter ID constitutional amendment a near certainty

"Supremes shut down judicial activism"

Obama political operative arrested after trying to frame the Iowa Secretary of State

South Carolina AG requests DOJ investigate ballots cast in names of deceased

Maine Secretary of State says noncitizens may have voted, urges election reform

Rice Univ. Professor tells DC court that DOJ expert cooked the books in Texas retrogression analysis

Texas wins but the fate of their primary election is unclear

Supreme Court tells federal panel to use maps similar to Texas plan

New York Voter Fraud trial - "Somebody tried to steal the election"

The "Madison 9" arrested for voter fraud sue Florida law enforcement agency

DC Appellate court debates current justification of Voting Rights Act case

Lite Blogging this week at SRLC

The real lesson in the Iowa miscount

AZ Redistricting Commission production of "Democratic Dream Map" a "waste of time"

GOP redraws its future in Tennessee

In Kentucky redistricting, Republicans target Dems in State Senate and...

Jesse Jackson says voter ID push like removing troops from the Civil War South

NH Republicans, Democrats at odds over need for photo ID law

Eric Holder uses MLK to justify SC Voter ID objection

Noronha: "A Tale of Two Kings"

Hillyer: "Holder's rank dishonesty continues"

GAO Report: "Moving elections from Tuesday to Weekends faces challenges"

"Voters wanted: Alive, not Dead"

"Think Voter Photo ID is not needed? Watch this video and think again."

Over breakfast, Georgia Dems plot to use voter ID against absentee voting Republicans

"Obama’s Dept. Of Justice Suppresses Military Voting Rights"

New Mexico state rep carries on long fight for voter ID

Someone took my coat in the federal courthouse

Election integrity sparks a GOP resurgence in Philly

Injustice in South Carolina

New Hampshire Governor and Secretary of State now feel the heat on Voter ID stall

Tennessee state House passes plans that locks in significant majority

New Hampshire AG investigating voting procedures after voter impersonation vulnerability is exposed

On first day in office, Gingrich DOJ would drop Voter ID challenge

SC ballots cast in name of deceased - "legal votes have been diluted by illegal ones"

Want to meet for lunch in Tampa?

South Carolina records show 900 deceased may have voted

MinnPost on SC Voter ID

The Voter ID debate will never be the same

Okeefe v. Holder's DOJ

Kansas officials: "First election with Voter ID went smoothly"

11th Circuit Court of Appeals tackles Florida "Fair Districts" challenge

Kansas Elections Chief pushes for registration proof of citizenship

SC Voter ID: Former Solicitor General and Voting Section Chief join legal dream team

Texas Governor Perry says DOJ in a "state of war" with the states

SC arming for rough fight with DOJ over Voter ID

Texas has its day in court

South Carolina will fight the federal government over voter ID ... "with everything we've got"