Long Lines at the Wisconsin Primaries: A Closer Look

Seth takes a closer look at the role of voter ID laws in the Wisconsin Republican primary.
https://youtu.be/fHxSfs7GfdY

Milwaukee Students Wait More Than Two Hours To Cast A Ballot

As the polls officially closed in Wisconsin’s presidential primary, students at the private Catholic school Marquette University faced two-hour voter registration lines at their polling site in the basement of the student union.


In a record turnout election, the wait times were exacerbated by a newly-implemented and poorly-publicized voter ID law and cuts to early voting hours — both signed into law by Republican Gov. Scott Walker. Students in the massive line and impartial election observers told ThinkProgress they found the experience “ridiculous.” ...
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2016/04/05/3766887/marquette-voting-problems/

If You Think Voter ID Is About Voter Fraud, This Republican Congressman Has News For You

On Tuesday, Wisconsin held its first presidential election since the state’s new voter ID law took effect. It didn’t go smoothly, with students facing long lines and residents struggling to get the ID cards needed to vote.

The voter ID bill signed into law by Republican Gov. Scott Walker is a solution in search of a problem, as study after study shows voter fraud isn’t a real issue in Wisconsin or elsewhere. But as another recent paper indicates, voter ID laws do have one benefit, at least for Republicans — suppressing reliably Democratic votes....
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2016/04/06/3767043/glenn-grothman-voter-id-wisconsin-partisan/

All TPM News: Ex-Staffer: Wisconsin GOPers Cheered Voter ID Bill For What It 'Could Do For Us’

A former top staffer for a Republican legislator in Wisconsin suggested this week that GOP legislators were motivated to pass the state’s tough photo voter ID law because they believed it would help them at the ballot box, an account he expanded on in a Wednesday interview with TPM....
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/todd-allbaugh-voter-id-wisconsin-gop

Robert Reich: The Republicans Are Determined to Suppress the Vote

A crowning achievement of the historic March on Washington, where Dr. Martin Luther King gave his “I have a dream” speech, was pushing through the landmark Voting Rights Act of 1965. Recognizing the history of racist attempts to prevent Black people from voting, that federal law forced a number of southern states and districts to adhere to federal guidelines allowing citizens access to the polls.

But in 2013 the Supreme Court effectively gutted many of these protections. As a result, states are finding new ways to stop more and more people—especially African-Americans and other likely Democratic voters—from reaching the polls....
http://www.alternet.org/civil-liberties/robert-reich-republicans-are-determined-suppress-vote

Bomb Threats, Glitches, And Confusion Reported In Florida’s Primary

These folks were confused, upset, and disappointed they couldn’t vote today. http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2016/03/15/3760522/florida-primary-voting-problems/

Voter ID Laws: A Closer Look

Seth takes a closer look at controversial voter ID laws in America.
https://youtu.be/yfJeuk9Qizw

North Carolina’s confusing primary: why so many votes won’t count

Last month, a federal three-judge panel found that Republicans drew two of the state’s congressional districts illegally, packing more black voters into districts where they already had a plurality, thus boosting Republican odds by “bleaching” surrounding districts...
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2016/0315/North-Carolina-s-confusing-primary-why-so-many-votes-won-t-count

North Carolina must heed court order to redraw congressional districts

The Supreme Court refused to stay a lower court ruling that districts must be redrawn because of racial gerrymandering.
http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2016/2/20/north-carolina-must-heed-court-order-redraw-congressional-districts.html

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Voting (HBO)

Every American deserves an equal vote. But in some states, access to voting is becoming less and less equal.
https://youtu.be/rHFOwlMCdto

Who's Funding Voter Suppression? | Al Jazeera America

Web of conservative funding groups lines up behind key voting rights Supreme Court case...
http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2016/2/12/whos-funding-voter-suppression.html

Federal Court Says North Carolina’s Gerrymandered Maps Are Unconstitutional

No state has done more in the post-Jim Crow era to restrict voting rights than North Carolina. Just weeks after the Supreme Court gutted a key provision of the Voting Rights Act, the state enacted a comprehensive voter suppression law that pulled together many different provisions used to restrict voting in other states...
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2016/02/08/3746987/federal-court-says-north-carolinas-gerrymandered-maps-are-unconstitutional/

Study Finds Republican Voter Suppression Is Even More Effective Than You Think

“Democratic turnout drops by an estimated 8.8 percentage points in general elections when strict photo identification laws are in place,” compared to just 3.6 percentage points for Republicans...
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2016/02/02/3745296/major-voter-id-study/

The Progressive Policies That Boosted Republican Turnout In Iowa

But Iowa has made it easier than ever this year to register to vote, implementing both online voter registration and election day registration for the first time in the state’s history...
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2016/02/02/3745163/iowa-registration-turnout/

North Carolina GOP Accused Of Intentionally Suppressing Black Votes To Preserve Their Majority | ThinkProgress

The state is claiming that the law was passed to prevent voter fraud, though there is no evidence of widespread fraud at the ballot box...
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2016/01/25/3742000/nc-voter-id-trial/

Newly Elected Governor Strips 140,000 Of Voting Rights, Lowers The Minimum Wage | ThinkProgress

Those impacted, who are overwhelmingly African American and lower income, had already completed their felony sentences but remained permanently disenfranchised. The order excluded those convicted of violent crimes, sex crimes, bribery or treason...
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2015/12/23/3734771/governor-strips-voting-rights-lowers-minimum-wage/

Bernie Sanders Slams GOP On Voting Rights: 'They're Political Cowards!'

"Maybe this is personal because I run for office. Sometimes you lose, sometimes you win," Sanders said, when Rachel Maddow brought the topic up at Friday's MSNBC Democratic 2016 Forum."It has never occurred to me as a candidate to figure out a way to deny the vote to people because they might vote against me. People who do that are political cowards. They're afraid of a fair election."
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/bernie-sanders-voting-rights-dem-forum

Jeb Bush Says His Brother Did Too Much To Protect Voting Rights

Legislation President Bush signed reauthorizing much of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, according to Jeb, imposed too many “regulations on top of states.”...
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2015/10/08/3710494/jeb-bush-says-his-own-brother-did-too-much-to-protect-voting-rights/

Facing A Budget Crunch, Alabama Cuts Voter ID Access While Keeping State Liquor Stores Open

“I participated in the tail end of the Selma to Montgomery march,” he told ThinkProgress. “I was there when Dr. King asked, ‘How long?’ and the crowd responded, ‘Not long!’ I truly thought we wouldn’t have to wait too long for the right to vote. When the Voting Rights Act was passed in 1965, I thought, ‘It really won’t be long now.’ But here we are 50 years later still fighting for the right to vote. I’m certainly disappointed but I’m going to let that immobilize me. I’m going to keep fighting and I’m asking others to keep fighting too.”
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2015/11/24/3725385/facing-a-budget-crunch-alabama-cuts-voter-id-access-while-keeping-state-liquor-stores-open/

Thanksgiving Survival Guide: Voter ID

The best way to battle misinformation, is with the truth.
https://youtu.be/TVQBmpU_-kM