Trend Results : Voter ID

Poll Shows Senate, McCrory Budgets Have Misplaced Priorities

Originally posted at ydnc.org. Funding a new Voter ID law is not as high of a priority for North Carolina voters as saving teacher assistants according to a Public Policy Polling poll commissioned by the Young Democrats of North Carolina. read more

Off to the races: Weiner's running

Political Wire: “A new Harvard study contacted over 7,000 election administrators in 28 states and found they provided different information about voter ID requirements to voters of different ethnicities.” The Washington Post: “‘Responses to Lati …

Five Voting Fights You’ll Care About Come Election Time

Remember last year when we all cared about voting policies? Back then, newspapers were filled with updates on different states’ legal battles over strict voter ID—the laws that require photo identification to cast a ballot. Republicans...Show More Summary

Joan Fitz-Gerald: Block the Vote

North Carolina is one of the latest examples of this effort, where Republicans are attempting to pass bills that would require voter ID at the polls, reduce early voting hours and eliminate same day voter registration.

Report: NBC Spiked Story ID'ing Benghazi Whistleblower as Obama/Clinton Voter

Victoria Toensing, attorney for Benghazi whistleblower Gregory Hicks, says Hicks is a Democrat who voted for Hillary Clinton during the 2008 primaries, and President Obama twice for President. Toensing also said that NBC News "spiked" the story this week, prior to Hicks' dramatic testimony before Congress. Show More Summary

North Dakota Indians Suppressing Their Own Vote?

According to some, North Dakota passing a tougher voter ID law was all about suppressing the Native American vote. That’s an accusation made by Melissa Merrick, the Spirit Lake woman who accused Rep. Kevin Cramer of berating her during a closed door meeting (a claim Merrick herself admits hasn’t really been confirmed by anyone else). [...]Show More Summary

MHP Show: Voting Rights Advocates Fight Voter ID Bill in North Carolina

with Judith Browne Dianis co-director of the Advancement Project.

Court Rules Election Fraud Got Obama On The Ballot In 2008

Democrats keep telling us that there’s no reason to worry about securing the ballot or checking voter ID because fraud happens so seldom that it’s practically inconsequential. Tell that to a jury in Indiana that just ruled both Barack...Show More Summary

Republicans Respond to bills related to voting (other than voter ID)

At a town hall meeting in Lillington Rep. David Lewis, Rep. Mike Stone, and Senator Ron Rabin responded to questions about bills related to early voting and the loss of the child tax credit for parents of college students that vote at school. Show More Summary

House Bill Would Effectively Abolish Voter ID In Federal Elections

Voter ID laws, which require voters to show photo ID in order to vote, are one of the most common forms of voter suppression laws favored by Republican state lawmakers. Although the laws’ supporters claim that they are necessary to combat in-person voter fraud, a voter is more likely to be struck by lightning than [...]

WRAL.com: Voter ID bill debate

From Democracy North Carolina: The NCGA will be debating the Voter ID bill this afternoon starting at 2pm. Live coverage by WRAL: http://www.wral.com/ We're encouraging our supporters to join us at the legislative building! Come on out...Show More Summary

Iowa Secretary Of State: Pass Voter ID To Do Away With Abortion And Gay Marriage

Matt Schultz clearly believes voter ID laws are to keep Democrats away from the polls. SCHULTZ: There are a whole lot of issues that we care about, abortion, gay marriage, a whole lot of social issues that we care deeply about. But you have to start caring about voter ID and election integrity as well, [...]

Voter Photo ID bill debate now on WRAL.com video

WRAL Gov't Coverage ?@NCCapitol #ncga House Elections now taking up amendments to Voter Photo ID bill. Watch live: http://www.wral.com/news/state/nccapitol/video/12350440/#/vid12350440 … #ncpol

South Carolina GOP Rep. Eviscerates Claims That Voter ID Laws Are Racist During Hearing

During a hearing into the constitutionality of voter identification laws enacted across the country, Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC) tore into claims by the Department of Justice that those laws were racially discriminatory. In the space of five...Show More Summary

Top Iowa Elections Official: Pass Voter ID So The GOP Can Kill Abortion Rights And Marriage Equality

At a social conservative conference this week, Iowa’s Secretary of State argued that Republicans need to pass voter ID in order to advance their top policy goals, including banning abortion and same-sex marriage. Matt Schultz (R), elected in the Tea Party wave of 2010, spoke at length about his support for implementing voter ID in [...]

Iowa Secretary of State on voter ID: Voting is like drinking alcohol

Electoral politics: Guiding principles

As everyone in North Carolina knows, Deputy Assistant Governor McCrory beat the “voter ID” horse quite nearly to death in his run for office. Without a shred of evidence to prove there actually is significant voter fraud, he has proposed a costly solution to a problem that doesn’t exist. Show More Summary

Voter ID

The US Constitution promises citizens a guaranteed right to vote. We have no constitutional right to buy Sudafed, or any other drug. We have no constitutionally guaranteed right to get on an airplane or drive a car. To compare voting...Show More Summary

North Carolina vote-challengers on fraud claims: Oops?

Last week the North Carolina legislature held a hearing on a new bill to require photo ID in order to vote. So many speakers turned out with prepared scripts about stories of voter fraud -- prepared by a Tea Party voter-challenge group -- that the local press mentioned it as par …

Pill bottle democracy

BC Political commentator Brent Chapman joins Ezra Levant to discuss BC’s decision to allow voters use pill bottles as ID to vote in their upcoming election. This report aired on The Source April 12 2013....