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Marc Morial from the National Urban League calls new voter ID laws an "attack on our Democratic principles."

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Dane County judge grants temporary injunction to stop new voter ID law

A Wisconsin judge on Tuesday granted a temporary injunction to groups trying to stop the state’s controversial new voter identification law. Dane County Circuit Judge David Flanagan’s decision to grant the injunction stops the law from being in effect for the state’s April 3 presidential primary election. The NAACP’s Milwaukee branch and immigration rights group Voces de…

The War on Voting spreads

Eight Democratic governorships are up for grabs this year. If we lose these governorships, it will be disastrous for citizens in these states. Losses in these eight states will put the basic civil rights of every U.S. citizen in jeopardy and make it that much harder to elect Democrats up and down the ticket. Learn more…

Voting Rights Act Under Siege

BY JOSH GERSTEIN | POLITICO | LINK TO ARTICLE “The view that states should have free rein to change their election laws even in places with a history of Jim Crow seems to be gaining traction within the GOP.” Read the full article here.

Voter ID bill passes Va. Senate with Bolling tiebreaker

Democrats push for voter rights — and get a wedge issue

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