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GOP looks for voter fraud, finds little

Republican election officials who promised to root out voter fraud so far are finding little evidence of a widespread problem. State officials in key presidential battleground states have found only a tiny fraction of the illegal voters they initially suspected existed. Searches in Colorado and Florida have yielded numbers that amount to less than one-tenth…

Brown OKs election-day voter registration for future contests

Californians will someday be able to register to vote on election day under legislation signed into law Monday by Gov. Jerry Brown. Assemblyman Mike Feuer (D-Los Angeles) wrote the measure to increase voter participation in elections. The current law says voters must register at least 15 days before an election. “Voting — the sacred right of…

Republicans Losing Election Law War as Campaign Ramps Up

Republicans are losing most of the court fights with Democrats over whether GOP-backed state voter regulations will illegally suppress turnout among the poor and minorities in the Nov. 6 presidential contest. As the general election begins in earnest following the conclusion of the Democratic national convention, legal battles continue in a half dozen swing-states where…

Republicans Losing Election Law War as Campaign Ramps Up

Republicans are losing most of the court fights with Democrats over whether GOP-backed state voter regulations will illegally suppress turnout among the poor and minorities in the Nov. 6 presidential contest. Last month, U.S. courts rejected election-related laws passed by Republican-controlled legislatures in Ohio, Florida and Texas, finding they violated the right to vote. At least 14 cases…

Federal Judge Restores Early Voting In Ohio After Obama Suit

A federal judge in Ohio restored early voting rights in the three days before the election on Friday, 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 not deprive UOCAVA voters from early voting.” Read the full…

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Federal court rejects Florida early voting changes

Florida’s decision to reduce the days of early voting discourages African-Americans from voting and cannot take effect in Hillsborough and four other counties in the November election, a panel of judges ruled late Thursday. The long-awaited decision strikes down changes to early voting in those counties as part of an overhaul of the election laws…

Study: Millions in voter ID nightmare

By MACKENZIE WEINGER | 7/18/12 11:21 AM EDT Updated: 7/18/12 1:37 PM EDT In the states with significant voter ID laws, more than 10 million eligible citizens live 10 or more miles away from an office issuing the proper photo IDs and about half a million of those voters don’t have access to a vehicle, according to a…

PA republicans push forward on voter ID bill

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GOP looks for voter fraud, finds little

Brown OKs election-day voter registration for future contests

Republicans Losing Election Law War as Campaign Ramps Up

Republicans Losing Election Law War as Campaign Ramps Up

Federal Judge Restores Early Voting In Ohio After Obama Suit

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Federal court rejects Florida early voting changes

Study: Millions in voter ID nightmare

PA republicans push forward on voter ID bill

Republican voter ID plot exposed