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Voter ID laws a contentious issue as election season heats up

Global Politics

In the last four years, a half-dozen states have added laws that require voters to present a government-issued photo ID in order to cast a ballot in an election. Opponents say it disenfranchises poor and minority voters, while proponents say it’s needed to stem voter fraud.

NAACP turning to U.N. as it protests ‘concerted attack’ on minority voting rights

Global Politics

Voting Rights Act: Can Congress Act to Save It?

How the Voting Rights Act Came to Be

Supreme Court Hears Challenge to Voting Rights Act

NAACP Attacks New Voting Laws

Both parties recognize that minority voters could spell the difference between victory and defeat in next year’s election. Changing demographic numbers underscore the importance of Latinos especially on polling day. And there are any number of voter registration efforts going on to try and get more blacks and Latinos to the polls. But in a […]