Some call it “caging.” Others label it “voter suppression.” The ACLU says 30 states since 2008 have introduced laws making it harder to cast a ballot. “In fact, while documented instances of voter fraud are almost nonexistent—nationally, the Department of Justice found just 26 cases over a three-year period—up to 5 million potential voters may be kept from the ballot box by these laws,” the ACLU said in a recent newsletter. Now Sacramento is weighing in. The state Senate on Monday approved Senate Joint Resolution 29, calling for a federal investigation into voter-ID laws and similar Republican-led efforts. Does voter suppression exist?
Poll: Are States Across the Nation Trying to Keep People from Voting?
California Senate approves resolution condemning what Democrats call voter suppression.
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Daniel Woolfolk (Editor) May 17, 2013 at 03:08 pm
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Frank H. Robles May 16, 2013 at 04:43 pm
Your right Jac, women do not have Equal Rights, they are treated as 2nd Class citizens here in the…Read More USA. The ERA will not pass congress, you can blame it on the Republicans , but there a lot of Demo's also think we do not need to pass it...!!!