Artur Davis

Ex-Democrat Rep, Voter ID Convert Artur Davis Says He Might Run As Republican

Ryan J. Reilly | December 30, 2011, 5:17PM

After coming out in support of voter ID laws and donating to Republicans, former Democratic Rep. Artur Davis is continuing his march to the other side of the aisle, telling the Washington Post he could run for office as an independent or even a GOP candidate.

"I've heard some people at the national level encouraging me to run as an independent for my old office," Davis told WaPo's Aaron Blake. "While there have been Democrats who have switched down there, the Republican Party has refused to accept them. Do I agree with the agenda items in the Alabama Republican Party? Some I agree with, and some I don't."

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Topics: Artur Davis, Voter Identification, Voter suppression, Voting, Voting Rights Act, voter fraud

Artur Davis

Former Dem Rep. Artur Davis Still Wouldn't Provide Examples Of Voter Fraud

Ryan J. Reilly | November 22, 2011, 5:30PM

Former Democratic Rep. Artur Davis, who now supports voter ID laws as a method of preventing voter fraud but refuses to discuss any particular instances he says he witnessed, is again declining to provide any examples of voter fraud he witnessed, claiming doing so would turn the debate over voter ID laws into a 'he-said-he-said' controversy.

"If you think I made it up, you're entitled to do that, and if you think there's no credibility and I just made it up because I had nothing to do some day, that's your prerogative," Davis told TPM in a phone interview on Tuesday.

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Artur Davis

Artur Davis, New Voter ID Convert, Donates To Republicans

Ryan J. Reilly | October 26, 2011, 5:25PM

Throwing his support behind his state's voter ID law isn't former Democratic Rep. Artur Davis' only new hobby. He's also started giving to Republicans.

The Daily Caller flags two donations Davis recently made to Republicans: one to Senate candidate Heather Wilson in New Mexico and another to Mississippi gubernatorial hopeful Phil Bryant.

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Artur Davis

Alabama Democrat Artur Davis Flips On Voter ID But Won't Say Who He Saw Committing Fraud

Ryan J. Reilly | October 25, 2011, 12:20PM

Former Rep. Artur Davis (D-AL) hasn't been making many waves since he left office, lost his bid for Alabama governor and joined a Washington law firm. About the only time he's been in the news is when he was offered up as an expert to say the Justice Department's case against John Edwards is weak (an area in which he might have a point).

Still, an editorial he wrote recently in support of voter ID laws has managed to ruffle some feathers. Davis wrote that as a member of Congress he "took the path of least resistance on this subject for an African American politician" when he "lapsed into the rhetoric of various partisans and activists who contend that requiring photo identification to vote is a suppression tactic aimed at thwarting black voter participation."

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