Justice Department Strikes Down South Carolina Voter ID Law

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Justice Department has rejected South Carolina’s voter identification law for the second time, saying the state has been unable to show the ID requirement isn’t discriminatory, the Associated Press reports. Feds blocked the state’s photo ID requirement in December, saying it would prevent tens of thousands of minorities from voting. State…

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Florida’s Voting Restrictions Burden Minority Population, Justice Dept. Argues

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Florida unfairly burdened the state’s minorities by reducing early voting house the Justice Department lawyers argued before a three-judge District panel in Washington D.C., the Chicago Tribune reports. The new rules are intended to ward off voter fraud by requiring people who moved between counties to fie provisional ballots. Counties also are…

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