voter ID

Courts block Voter ID schemes in Texas and Wisconsin

October 10, 2014 By Will Weissert And Todd Richmond

A federal judge likened Texas' strict voter ID requirement to a poll tax meant to suppress minority voter turnout and struck it down less than a month before Election Day.

Voter ID laws tossing hundreds of thousands off rolls

October 9, 2014 By Mark Gruenberg

Exclusion from the voting rolls this fall may affect countless close and key political races, such as the neck-and-neck Wisconsin gubernatorial battle.

Move underway to expand early voting in Missouri

February 3, 2014 By Tony Pecinovsky

Voters in the Show Me State may have a special reason to get out the vote this fall, as a coalition is busily collecting signatures to qualify an early voting initiative to be placed on the...

Pennsylvania unions cheer blocking of new voter ID law

January 27, 2014 By Press Associates

The Pennsylvania AFL-CIO is cheering a judge's ruling bouncing the state's GOP-passed "voter ID" law, but the story isn't over yet.

Day of reckoning set for Texas voter ID law

November 18, 2013 By Douglas Matus

Texas' voter ID law, passed by the Republican-controlled state legislature and widely condemned as discriminatory and unconstitutional, now has a day in court.