Arguments against voter ID are flimsy Democrats' argument against voter identification laws is laughable at best and tragic at worst. The press could restore some much-needed credibility by reporting the issue accurately: Democrats are fighting attempts to eliminate fraud...
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As with Missouri’s proposed amendment, the driving force behind strict voter ID requirements in general is not a genuine effort to prevent fraud, since there is virtually no evidence that in-person voter fraud is occurring. It is, rather, the Republican Party’s electoral calculations. Barriers at...
Last week's U. S. Supreme Court decision backing an Indiana voter I.D. law has opened the door for other states to amend their laws to combat alleged voter fraud, including Missouri where Republican legislators are attempting to have the issue placed on the ballot. Today's New York Times features...
They wear their robes but leave the hoods off, the polite justices of the Supreme Court. They write decisions then issue them in a formal setting, behind the columns of a capitol monument, with a history that confers a dignity not deserved. The Court ...
Associated Press - May 13, 2008 2:23 AM ET JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - Missouri Republicans have advanced a state constitutional amendment requiring voters to show a government-issued photo... ... Associated Press - Missouri Republicans have advanced a state constitutional...
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Senate Republicans push forward with a proposed constitutional amendment requiring photo identification for voting. ... Monday's vote by the Senate elections committee sends the measure to the full chamber for debate before Friday's end of the...
Missouri Republicans on Monday advanced a constitutional amendment allowing a photo identification requirement for voting and recrafted an ID law similar to one the state Supreme Court struck down two years ago. ... After a photo ID mandate was enacted in 2006, a voter...
By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press Writer JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - Missouri Republicans on Monday advanced a constitutional amendment allowing a photo identification requirement for voting and recrafted an ID law similar to one the state Supreme Court struck down two...
Missouri Republicans on Monday advanced a constitutional amendment allowing a photo identification requirement for voting and recrafted an ID law similar to one the state Supreme Court struck down two years ago. ... The Republican-led Senate elections committee voted...
By DAVID A. LIEB , Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Missouri Republicans on Monday advanced a constitutional amendment allowing a photo identification requirement for voting and recrafted an ID law similar to one the state Supreme Court struck down two years ago....
By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press Writer JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - Missouri Republicans on Monday advanced a constitutional amendment allowing a photo identification requirement for voting and recrafted an ID law similar to one the state Supreme Court struck down two...