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by Bill Fletcher Jr. onApril 20, 2012
Your Take: Time for nation's largest retailer to end ties to group behind "Stand your ground" law.
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by Jenée Desmond-Harris onApril 17, 2012
In today's link roundup: The American Legislative Exchange Council gives in to pressure. Plus: Georgia to require drug tests for welfare.
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by Malik Yusef onApril 7, 2012
Malik Yusef puts the importance of voting in historical context in this piece for the Huffington Post.
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by Brentin Mock onMarch 31, 2012
Brentin Mock, in a piece for ColorLines, worries about the implication of Texas' challenge to the Voting Rights Act.
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by Lynette Holloway onMarch 9, 2012
The NAACP hopes the U.N. will pressure states to change their voter-ID laws, which the group calls a violation of human and civil rights.
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January 30, 2012
Blogging the Beltway: A team of activists and Web developers is using technology to help people navigate voter-ID laws.
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by Leonard Pitts Jr. onJanuary 9, 2012
Though GOP lawmakers swear their interest is in combating voting fraud with new identification laws, it's hard not to feel that their true intent is to suppress the black vote, writes Miami Herald columnist Leonard Pitts Jr.
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January 3, 2012
Blogging the Beltway: More on the curiously lax voting rules, and other campaign news you need to know.
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by Claudio E. Cabrera onDecember 24, 2011
The Justice Department blocks controversial legislation requiring voters to show photo ID at polls.
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by Jenée Desmond-Harris onDecember 8, 2011
The ACLU spreads the word about voter-suppression laws.
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