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May 24th, 2016 - 7:09 pm § in Politics

Federal judge swats down GOP vote suppression scheme in Ohio

A federal judge has blocked a GOP vote suppression effort in Ohio, a key battleground state. The judge ruled that a GOP-passed bill that curtails early voting imposes a “disproportionate burden” on African-American voters. A lawyer for the plaintiffs said, “It’s a shame that [...]

October 25th, 2014 - 10:43 pm § in Politics

Photo ID: The New (Legal) Poll Tax

Republicans don’t want most Americans to vote.  It’s so obvious they don’t even try very hard to hide it anymore.  It’s an obvious strategy for an unpopular minority party when propaganda and lies don’t work very well anymore.  (Which was amply proven by their double[...]