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Cautious Celebration for Black Voter Turnout

Philadelphia Tribune Editorial Blacks voted at higher rates than whites in 2012, helping to lift President Barack Obama to re-election victory, according to new data from the Census Bureau.The turnout rate of African American v...

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Lowered Voting Age in Illinois Likely to Help Latino Electorate

Illinois Governor Pat Quinn is expected to sign a bill that would allow some 17 year olds to vote in elections. There’s a qualifier though — only those who will be 18 by the general election will be allowed to vote....

by Adriana Maestas

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Voting Rights: 17 Arrested During at NAACP “Pray In” Protest in NC

RALEIGH, N.C. (TriceEdneyWire.com) – Seventeen people, including eight ministers, civil rights leaders, and students, were arrested during a prayerful protest at the state legislature in Raleigh, North Carolina on Monday. The...

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Republicans Expand 2013 College Voter Suppression to Ohio

Nobody likes a sore loser, especially in politics. Usually in the world of campaigns and elections losing is a painful but important opportunity to re-valuate strategy, message, tactics and sometimes do some wholesale policy ch...

by Jason Johnson

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Rand Paul Defends “Voter ID” at Howard University

In a lukewarm manner, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) kind of embraced the Republican Party’s stance on voter ID laws at Howard University. Kind of. And on the 1964 Civil Rights Act, he also explained that he was concerned about th...

by Christopher Goins

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George Soros Gives $1 Million to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund

hough philanthropist George Soros has donated to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund before — he outdid himself this week. The billionaire investor has given $1 million to the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund. Between 1...

by Lauren Victoria Burke

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Texas Rep Hopes to Pass Online Voter Registration this Year

Online voter registration is not a new concept, but one Texas representative hopes to make it new to the Lone Star State with a bill aiming to make electronic registration happen this year, or at least before he leaves office a...

by Sara Inés Calderón

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SCOTUS on Voting Rights: Black Lawmakers Say Kennedy Tough on Both Sides

Black members of Congress who attended the oral arguments last week on the case of Shelby County vs. Holder say the court’s swing vote, Justice Anthony Kennedy, was equally tough on both sides. Rep. Mel Watt (D-NC) who wa...

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