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Great news. The Supreme Court on Tuesday denied Ohio’s request to curtail early voting in the state leading up to the November 6 presidential election. Ohio, critical to the election hopes of Democratic President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney, began early in-person voting earlier this month but planned to cut it off on November 2, the Friday before …

Republican and Tea Party strategists are promoting a “poll watching” program to place their operatives at polling stations in order to intimidate minority voters.  Phyllis Schlafly hypes the plan today at World Net Daily: The wide use of absentee and mail-in ballots has destroyed our traditional American secret ballot. This is a major loss of an important American right and …

“We are here in direct relation to the heroes and she-roes who paid with their lives for this right. Many of us are old enough to remember what it felt like to be told we could not register to vote without taking a test or paying a poll tax. Some were asked how many angels danced on a head of …

The above billboards are appearing in numerous minority neighborhoods across Ohio. And Clear Channel won’t say who is paying for them. Civil rights and labor groups have denounced the billboards as an attempt to intimidate minority voters. “Intimidating billboards that point out voter fraud are appearing in predominantly African American communities in Ohio, despite little to no evidence that voter …

Even though a judge overturned Pennsylvania’s attempt to require photo IDs at the ballot box, state-funded billboards continue to claim otherwise. The state-sponsored billboard’s message may leave some voters confused about what’s needed to cast a ballot this year, after a court ruling last week blocked a requirement to produce an approved photo identification at polling places. Television advertisements highlighting …

A Pennsylvania judge has squashed the GOP’s plan to demand photo IDs at the polls. Commonwealth Court Judge Robert Simpson said elections officials could still ask voters for a photo ID, but could not turn away otherwise qualified voters who had not been able to obtain one. Simpson said he was effectively extending a “soft run” of the new law …

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Courthouse News Service reports: The Texas Secretary of State is purging people from the voting rolls after informing them that they are “potentially deceased,” after secretly, and illegally, giving herself the power to do so, four undead men claim in court. Lead plaintiff Michael E. Moore sued Secretary of State Hope Andrade, in Travis County Court. Moore and Andrew Young …

Florida’s Republican Party declared on Friday that they will work to unseat the state Supreme Court justices who blocked Gov. Rick Scott’s plan to suppress minority voting. The party announced late Friday that its board voted unanimously this week to oppose the retention of Supreme Court Justices Fred Lewis, Barbara Pariente and Peggy Quince, who were all appointed by Democratic …

At first blush, the Protect The Polls site appears all too possible. But after riling up both sides, it has been revealed as an elaborate hoax meant to mock the GOP’s ongoing effort to suppress minority voting in Florida and elsewhere. From the Protect The Polls site: Over the past year Voter Fraud has become an important issue in Florida. …

A Pennsylvania judge has ruled that he will not issue an injunction against the Republican law requiring voters to show photo identification at the polls. The Republican-penned law — which passed over the objections of Democrats — has ignited a furious debate over voting rights as Pennsylvania is poised to play a key role in deciding the presidential contest. Plaintiffs, …

Republican election officials in Ohio are working to limit the hours polls will be open in the more liberal areas of the state. The New York Times is screaming bloody murder: If you live in Butler or Warren counties in the Republican-leaning suburbs of Cincinnati, you can vote for president beginning in October by going to a polling place in …

Florida Gov. Rick Scott is going to sue to the Obama administration for stepping in to stop his plan to purge voters. Scott announced on Monday that Florida is suing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in order to move forward, in response to the Department of Justice (DOJ) filing a suit against the state over actions taken for the …

Despite the outraged cries of watchdog groups, Florida Gov. Rick “Medicare Fraud” Scott is doubling-down on his campaign to purge citizens from the list of eligible voters. “Providing a list of names of questionable validity — created with absolutely no oversight — to county supervisors and asking that they purge their rolls will create chaotic results and further undermine Floridians’ …

The shadowy American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), which provides marching orders to GOP-dominated state legislatures, has been shedding backers ever since it was revealed that ALEC is largely behind the current rash of voter suppression legislation. Spurring the exodus is news that it was ALEC that framed Florida’s controversial “Stand Your Ground” law. Yesterday it was the Gates Foundation that …

Across the nation the Republican Party is relentlessly working to stifle the voting power of immigrants, the elderly, and the poor, pushing new laws that force them to acquire often prohibitively expensive state-issued identification cards. But in an entirely different wrinkle, the GOP has just pushed through a Virginia bill that allows the holders of concealed weapon permits to use …

As we’ve discussed here, GOP and Tea Party-dominated state legislatures have been frighteningly successful in their campaign to create voting roadblocks for young, black, and immigrant voters. All of those groups traditionally vote for Democrats. Visit this interactive map for the current requirements across the nation. (Tipped by JMG reader Ray)

JMG tipster Gerald reports that the No On 1 spokesman is denying having anything to do with the above ad. Question One is a voter suppression attempt by the GOP which would repeal a law allowing a person to vote on the same day they register. Vote “YES” to keep the law.

King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia has graciously extended the right to vote to women. “We refuse to marginalize the role of women in Saudi society in every field of work,” Abdullah said yesterday on state television. “Women have the right to submit their candidacy for municipal council membership and have the right to take part in submitting candidates in accordance …

“Why are left-wing activist groups so keen on registering the poor to vote? Because they know the poor can be counted on to vote themselves more benefits by electing redistributionist politicians. Welfare recipients are particularly open to demagoguery and bribery. Registering them to vote is like handing out burglary tools to criminals. It is profoundly antisocial and un-American to empower …