voter fraud

Republican Majorities Pushing Photo ID Voter Requirements Across Country

Rachel Slajda | January 31, 2011, 1:10PM

With Election Day three months behind us and new legislators settling in across the country, Republicans in many states are trying to push new laws that would require photo ID at the polls. The laws, they say, would prevent rampant voter fraud.

Seven states already have laws requiring photo ID at the polls. Another 19, including some of the states below, require some form of identification, but it doesn't need to have a photo.

Critics say it such requirements impose undue hardships on those trying to vote, reminiscent of the literacy tests of yore that kept black voters from voting in the South.

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Topics: Kansas, Minnesota, North Carolina, Texas, Voter Identification, Voter suppression, Wisconsin, voter fraud

North Carolina

Republican School Board In NC Throws Out Integration Policy

Jillian Rayfield | January 14, 2011, 11:43AM

The Republican-dominated school board in Wake County, North Carolina has thrown out a policy meant to promote racial and socioeconomic diversity in Raleigh, prompting a complaint by the NAACP and an op-ed by Education Secretary Arne Duncan calling the decision "troubling."

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Topics: Arne Duncan, NAACP, North Carolina, Tea Parties