Nikki Haley: September 2011

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Nikki Haley: September 2011

Nikki Haley's South Carolina To Give Rides To 22 Voters To Get Photo IDs

Ryan J. Reilly | September 27, 2011, 4:15PM

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Arguing last month that the voter ID law she signed into law in May wasn't discriminatory, South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley offered to give voters free rides to obtain their photo ID from the DMV. 22 people took her up on it.

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Topics: Civil Rights, Civil Rights Division, Civil Rights Division Voting Section, DOJ, DOJ Civil Rights Division, Justice Department, Nikki Haley, South Carolina, Voter Identification, Voter suppression, Voting, Voting Rights Act, voter fraud

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Nikki Haley Can't Back Up Drug Testing Claim

David Taintor | September 20, 2011, 8:38AM

Gov. Nikki Haley (R-SC)

Oops! South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley (R) on Monday said she can't back up a claim she made about job seekers' drug use in her state.

Earlier, Haley claimed that about half of the applicants at a nuclear site in South Carolina failed a drug test -- evidence she used to justify the need to drug screen applicants for unemployment benefits. But it turns out that less than 1 percent of applicants failed the drug test, the Associated Press reports.

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Topics: Drug Testing, Nikki Haley

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Nikki Haley 'So Wants' To Drug Test People Applying For Jobless Benefits

David Taintor | September 9, 2011, 2:32PM

Gov. Nikki Haley (R-SC)

South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley (R) doesn't want Florida to have all the fun of drug testing suspicion-less citizens before receiving state benefits.

"I so want drug testing," Haley said on Thursday, according to the Associated Press. "It's something I've been wanting since the first day I walked into office."

And now Haley is trying to make that dream come true, pushing for people applying for jobless benefits to first pass a drug test before receiving any aid, the AP reports.