Voting

Voter ID Law In Texas Has Been Struck Down By Federal Court

Submitted by News Desk 2 on Thu, 08/30/2012 - 21:57

A three judge federal court in Texas has ruled for the second time this week, that Texas' voter ID law violated the Voting Rights Act. The court ruled Texas may not enforce the law it passed saying it is discriminatory against poor and minority voters.

The ruling has given winds to those who have been fighting a wave of new voting laws that have been enacted in several states over the last year, as the conservative court historically sides with the state citing state's rights.

Court Approves Florida To Move Ahead With Purging Voter Rolls

Submitted by News Desk 2 on Wed, 06/27/2012 - 13:21

US District Court has ruled that the Florida cna move forward with purging voters from a list of 2,600 names that state originally came up with despite the U.S. Justice Department arguing that it is against federal law to take such actions within 90 days of a federal elections.

Florida holds some primary elections on August 14.

Only 100 people on the list have been found to be illegal residents, while over 500 on the list have been found to be U.S. citizen that are legally registered to vote, with the majority being registered democrats in Miami-Dade county.

Department Of Justice Takes Florida To Court Over Plans To Purge Voter Rolls

Submitted by News Desk 2 on Wed, 06/13/2012 - 13:34

Washington, D.C. -

The Department of Justice has filed suit against Florida to stop the state from purging voter rolls using a list that most agree is unreliable. The DOJ has previously stated it is a violation of federal law to purge rolls within 90 days of a federal election and that a disproportionate amount of those listed on the purge list are minorities and democrats, many in Miami-Dade county.

All 67 County Election Supervisors Resisting Gov Scott's Effort To Purging Voter Rolls

Submitted by News Desk 2 on Fri, 06/08/2012 - 09:50

Florida's republican governor, Rick Scott, is facing more resistance as all 67 county election supervisors have come out against purging voter rolls from a list provided to them from the state arguing the list is not reliable. The election supervisors have said they will not purge voter rolls. Backing this up, more than 500 legally eligible voter confirmed as U.S. citizens have been found on this list so far, most are registered democrats.

Arizona Voter ID Law Upheld By Appeals Court

Submitted by News Desk 2 on Tue, 04/17/2012 - 17:05

Phoenix, AZ -

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled in favor of Arizona's Voter ID law, but struck down portions that required voters to prove US citizenship when registering to vote.

In their ruling they noted that setting core voter qualification standards falls squarely into each state's rights, and it is not a burden, tax or form of discrimination to require voters to present a government ID, even if they must pay for get a state issued ID card or driver's license, regardless of their economic class.

Florida lawmakers fight depositions on election laws

Submitted by News Desk 3 on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 11:54

Sen. Miguel Diaz de la Portilla of Miami, Rep. Dennis Baxley of Ocala, Sen. Paula Dockery and Rep. Seth McKeel, both of Lakeland are facing a legal battle to remain quiet regarding a controversial voting restrictions laws. The law wants to cut the amount of early voting days from 14 down to 8 among other provisions. Proponents argue that the changes are needed to stem voter fraud by activists signing up large amounts of voters. Opponents are worried that the increased difficulty with changing your name and address will lead to exclusion particularly of minorities.

Tunisia Begins Voting Sunday In First Free Elections

Submitted by News Desk 2 on Sun, 10/23/2011 - 08:40

Tunis, Tunisia -

Tunisians began voting Sunday in their first free elections since most can remember. Tunisia began the series of rebellions in the Middle East, which has become known as the Arab Spring. The rebellions spread across large parts of the middle east with movements in Egypt, Yemen, Syria and Libya following Tunisia's lead. Egypt also gained its freedom and later today the Libyan National Transitional Council will declare Libya free.