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Das neue “Voter ID Law” in N.C.: Verstoß gegen die Gleichberechtigung und den Voting Rights Act?

August 13, 2013

(c) freedigitalphotos.net Über ein „Voter ID Law“ wurde im Rahmen des Gesetzgebungsverfahrens schon 2011 mehrmals in unserem Blog diskutiert. Der Gesetzesentwurf von 2011 wurde letztendlich zwar abgelehnt, nun ist es dennoch soweit. Am Montag, den 12. August 2013 unterzeichnete der Gouverneur von North Carolina, Pat McCrory, den Gesetzesentwurf des House of Representatives, HB 589, das…

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Mixed Ruling on Arizona Voter Restrictions

April 30, 2012

Voting rights and state initiatives to prevent voting frauds remain contentious subjects. A growing number of states have enacted voter ID laws, prompting a divisive debate over whether proponents are seeking to limit access to the polls in a presidential election year. In November 2004 Arizona accepted “Proposition 200,” an Arizona state initiative that required…

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Justice Department Says No to Texas Voter ID Law

April 9, 2012

The U.S. Justice Department has blocked the Texas law requiring voters to show photo identification at the polls on grounds that it would disproportionately negatively impact minority voters, thereby violating the 1965 federal Voting Rights Act, which prohibits discriminatory voting practices that disenfranchise minorities. Thomes E. Perez, the Department of Justice’s assistant attorney general for…

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