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Text of South Carolina Voter ID Complaint
7 Feb 2012 2:40 PM

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA c/o Attorney General ALAN WILSON Rembert Dennis Building, Room 519 1000 Assembly Street Columbia, South Carolina 29201, Plaintiff, Civil Action File No. _______ Three-Judge Panel v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; and ERIC H. HOLDER, JR., in his official capacity as Attorney General... Read More...

by Maya Noronha | with no comments

Filed under: voter identification, South Carolina

Show Me Your Voter ID, Missouri
7 Feb 2012 6:43 AM

As Missouri voters go to their caucus today, they may wonder whether the sixth time’s the charm. This is the sixth year that voter ID measure has been brought up in the Missouri General Assembly. Rep. Shane Schoeller (R-Willard) proposed a voter ID bill and the House Elections Committee voted 7-3 to send the bill to the House floor. The fight to get a strong... Read More...

by Maya Noronha | with no comments

Filed under: voter identification, vote fraud, Missouri

Voter ID Considered by New Hampshire; Reform Supported by the Democrat Secretary of State
24 Jan 2012 7:52 AM

Why should New Hampshire have photo identification requirements? New Hampshire Secretary of State (which is the chief elections official) William Gardner offers an answer. He said : Because “Someone’s going to be less likely to commit voter fraud.” Today, the New Hampshire Senate is considering a voter ID bill. State Senator Russell Prescott... Read More...

by Maya Noronha | with no comments

Filed under: voter identification, voter id, New Hampshire, Secretary of State

Support for Voter ID Among Secretaries of State
19 Jan 2012 7:57 AM

Current Colorado Secretary of State Scott Gessler and former Kentucky Secretary Trey Grayson (both RNLA members and speakers at the 2011 National Election Law Seminar) were quoted in a recent NPR piece . The NPR article, entitled “Secretaries of State at Center of Election Battles,” only mentions three Republican Secretaries of State (from Colorado... Read More...

by Maya Noronha | with no comments

Filed under: voter identification, voter id, Secretary of State

GOP Field Critical of DOJ Decision to Block South Carolina Voter ID
18 Jan 2012 5:05 AM

The South Carolina Attorney General is suing the Department of Justice for denying preclearance of the state voter ID law. As the Republican presidential candidates are gearing up for Saturday’s primary in the Palmetto State, they have been vocal on this topic. The GOP field supports voter ID laws like South Carolina’s and has been critical of Eric... Read More...

by Maya Noronha | with no comments

Filed under: voter identification, South Carolina, voter id, preclearance

Real Fraud Ignored Again
12 Jan 2012 6:39 AM

The provocative video producer James O'Keefe has done it again. O'Keefe, who exposed corruption at ACORN and racism at PBS , has shown how easy it is to "vote" in the name of dead people. While we do not commend his methods, we do condemn those on the left who are once again ignoring the problem. It is becoming more and more obvious that the... Read More...

by Michael Thielen | with no comments

Filed under: voter identification, vote fraud, South Carolina, voter id, primary

Posthumous Vote Fraud in New Hampshire
11 Jan 2012 7:34 AM

The Boston Herald reports that there was attempted “ posthumous voting ” (ballots cast by the deceased) in New Hampshire yesterday. Only due to the diligent monitoring by New Hampshire’s Manchester Ward 9 voting supervisor Gloria Pilotte was posthumous vote fraud prevented in New Hampshire. Unfortunately, not all poll volunteers are as “sharp... Read More...

by Maya Noronha | 1 comment(s)

Filed under: voter identification, voter id, New Hampshire, voter rolls, posthumous voting, poll watching

Ready. Set. Voter ID!
9 Jan 2012 7:45 AM

Voters are getting prepared for the implementation of voter ID laws, thanks to the diligent efforts in states such as Wisconsin, Tennessee and South Carolina. In Wisconsin, information about voter ID has taken to the airwaves. The Associated Press notes that Wisconsin has instituted a “new website, print ads, billboards, brochures, a toll-free hotline ... Read More...

by Maya Noronha | with no comments

Filed under: voter identification, voter id

Is the ACLU Supporting Double Voting?
5 Jan 2012 9:35 AM

The ACLU has filed a lawsuit , which tries unsuccessfully to craft sympathetic tales about how certain individuals claim to be unable to get voter ID cards in Wisconsin. Six of the plaintiffs listed (Anne Shea, Matthew Dearing, Max Kligman, Samantha Meszaros, Steve Kvasnicka and Sarah Lahti) in the ACLU’s lawsuit don’t want to surrender their drivers’... Read More...

by Maya Noronha | with no comments

Filed under: ACLU, voter identification, vote fraud, voter id, double voting

Close Margins of Victory in Elections Demonstrate Need for Voter ID
4 Jan 2012 9:32 AM

Mitt Romney finished in first place at yesterday’s Iowa Caucus , edging Rick Santorum by 8 votes. The media is mostly reporting that this was the closest primary in history. But that’s not true unless you are only talking about Republican primaries. The closest caucus was actually between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama in 2008. Four years ago, the... Read More...

by Maya Noronha | with no comments

Filed under: voter identification

The DOJ’s Early Christmas Present to the Left
26 Dec 2011 6:39 AM

‘Twas two nights before Christmas, and all through D.C. not a politician was stirring, not even in the House. But leftists had given Justice scares, so that rejection of voter ID soon would be theirs. Attorney General Eric Holder delivered a gift to the left on December 23 by issuing a letter denying preclearance of the South Carolina voter ID law. The... Read More...

by Maya Noronha | 1 comment(s)

Filed under: voter identification, South Carolina, Holder

Obomination: The Scaremongering by the President’s Men
23 Dec 2011 12:41 PM

The title of this Obomination comes from an insightful op-ed by Jason Riley published this week. Riley is a seasoned journalist on the editorial board of a major newspaper, not a politician. His observations of the voter ID issue comes after hearing recent comments by an Obama administration official and a civil rights leader with close ties to Obama. He identifies... Read More...

by Maya Noronha | 1 comment(s)

Filed under: Obama, voter identification, Obomination, Holder

Public Support for Voter ID at 70%
21 Dec 2011 10:31 AM

What do Americans think about voter ID today? Well, Rasmussen Reports asked this question, and here’s what they found: 70% believe voters should be required to show photo identification before being allowed to cast their ballot. This is not the first survey that demonstrates the widespread public support for voter ID this year. In May of this year, a Star... Read More...

by Maya Noronha | with no comments

Filed under: voter identification, voter id

DNC Distorts Story of Dorothy Cooper
19 Dec 2011 9:09 AM

The Democratic National Committee (DNC) has issued an outrageous fundraising letter distorting the record on voter ID laws. Republican National Committee Chair Reince Priebus has responded , “The DNC should repudiate their statements, admit their wrongdoing and side with the American people in protecting the integrity of our electoral process.” According... Read More...

by Maya Noronha | 1 comment(s)

Filed under: voter identification, voter id

Eric Holder's Speech Demonstrates Radicalism of DOJ
14 Dec 2011 7:01 AM

Attorney General Eric Holder delivered a disturbing speech last night on voting laws at the Lyndon B. Johnson Library & Museum. His comments are indicative of the radical elites at the Department of Justice under President Obama. There’s much to say about a number of voting rights topics. Let’s start with voter ID. Holder specifically mentioned... Read More...

by Maya Noronha | with no comments

Filed under: Eric Holder, voter identification, vote fraud, military voting