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Wisconsin Republican Caught Voting for Scott Walker Five Times in One Day

Ezra Grant — Tue, 24 Jun 2014 21:38:30 +0000

Ah Republicans. You claim Democrats were guilty of voter fraud and you create laws to keep them from going to the polls to vote. But as it turns out, the people committing these frauds are members of your party. A Wisconsin insurance executive and Republican donor was charged with voting illegally more than a dozen […]

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Rand Paul Flips, Flops, Then Flips Again on Republican Voter Suppression Efforts

Ezra Grant — Wed, 14 May 2014 13:57:34 +0000

There are numerous examples where Rand Paul supported or supports – depending on the time of day – the Republicans effort to suppress the vote through voter I’D measures. That of course is not the news. What made news was an apparent effort by the senator to distance himself from his fellow Republicans when he […]

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Republicans Ramp Up Their Voter Suppression Efforts

Ezra Grant — Mon, 31 Mar 2014 12:17:32 +0000

The New York Times is reporting that pivotal swing states under Republican control are embracing significant new electoral restrictions on registering and voting that go beyond the voter identification requirements that have caused fierce partisan brawls. The bills, laws and administrative rules — some of them tried before — shake up fundamental components of state […]

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Powell Warns Republicans – Your Voter Suppression Laws Will Backfire

Ezra Grant — Mon, 26 Aug 2013 13:20:50 +0000

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell on Sunday predicted that Republican attempts to pass voter ID laws would “backfire” by energizing minorities to vote them out of office. Powell took aim at efforts on the state legislature level to require that people show photo identification to vote. “These kinds of procedures that are being put […]

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Federal Judges Strikes Down Voter Suppression Law in Texas

Ezra Grant — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 01:40:45 +0000

Voter ID laws have become a hot-button issue leading up to the November presidential election, pitting state legislatures proposing and sometimes passing such laws against civil rights advocacy organizations who argue the laws are designed to keep minorities from the ballots. In issuing their 56-page opinion Thursday, the judges wrote that the Texas law likely […]

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