News Round-Up: Thursday, February 24, 2011
The search is still on for Wisconsin Democrats (RTV guest blogger Sam Polstein talks about the student fight in WI here: http://bit.ly/ha7Z), the Department of Justice will not back the portion of the...
View ArticleThe Right to Vote
[Ed. note: Last week, we saw a letter from Senator Michael Bennet of Colorado defending the voting rights of young people that we thought rocked. We asked him to write something for us today - the 40th...
View ArticleNews Round-Up: Thursday, August 18, 2011
President Obama calls on Syrian President Bashar Assad to resign; a series of terror attacks strikes Israel; the Department of Justice is investigating Standard & Poor; Rick Perry calls climate...
View ArticleWar on Voting Update
Here are some voting law updates from last week - Maine— In lieu of a voter ID law, a bill has passed that will allow the Secretary of State’s office to study Maine’s election process and the effects a...
View ArticleNews Round-Up: Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Arizona voters will vote on Gifford’s old seat; Italy is yet another EU country on the brink of economic disaster; and the DOJ will sue Florida over its voter purge. In other news, Siri is coming to...
View ArticleNews Round-Up: Friday, June 22, 2012
Taliban siege a resort hotel, killing 20; the DOJ sues polygamous towns in Arizona and Utah; and a park ranger falls to his death on Mt. Rainier. In other news, Twitter faced outages yesterday, and...
View ArticleTHE DOJ Dukes it Out for North Carolina Voters
North Carolina’s Voter ID legislation now faces a lawsuit from the Department of Justice (DOJ). The state’s new voting law, implemented after June when the Supreme Court lifted NC’s preclearance...
View ArticleNews Round-Up: Friday, January 17, 2014
President Obama addresses the nation on NSA spying programs; the $1.1T spending bill will head to the White House; and a harsh Pennsylvania voter ID law is struck down by a state court judge....
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