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Tag Archives: disenfranchisement
Report: PennDOT Not Steering Pennsylvanians to Free State Identification
Tom Joseph, Public News Service-PA Posted at http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/28024-1 (08/23/12) HARRISBURG, Pa. – Pennsylvanians who need a photo ID, now required for voting, can get one from the state Department of Transportation free of charge – but a new report (http://pennbpc.org/sites/pennbpc.org/files/Final-VoterID-Report.pdf) … Continue reading
Voter ID Volunteer Opportunity
From the Black Political Empowerment Project (http://www.b-pep.net/): Our democracy works best when more people vote. Unfortunately, the Pennsylvania Voter ID law passed earlier this year makes it harder for people to vote. Up to a million registered voters who don’t … Continue reading
PA ACLU: Fight on State Voter ID Law Doesn’t Stop Here
Tom Joseph, Public News Service-PA Posted at http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/27945-1 (08/17/12) HARRISBURG, Pa. – The Pennsylvania Supreme Court is the next stop for the state’s voter I.D. law after a state judge refused to block it, and plaintiffs’ attorneys vowed to continue … Continue reading
Posted in Election/Voting Issues
Tagged ACLU, disenfranchisement, PA Voter ID, voter suppression
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The History of Voter Registration in the U.S.
Source: Keyssar, Alexander. The Right to Vote The Contested History of Democracy in the United States. New York: Basic Books, 2001. Voter registration originated in the early 19th century as a method of disenfranchisement. Many states were concerned with the … Continue reading
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Tagged disenfranchisement, right to vote, voter registration
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The Politics of Power and the Precious Right to Vote
From the Children’s Defense Fund (http://www.childrensdefense.org): By Marian Wright Edelman “The first fact that we need to understand is that America has a longer history of disenfranchisement than it does of enfranchisement. What do I mean by that? At the … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Election/Voting Issues
Tagged disenfranchisement, political exclusion, voting rights
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