Tag: Voter Registration

No voter should have to stand in line for more than 30 minutes -- that's the conclusion of President Obama's Presidential Commission on Election Administration created to help problems that have hampered Americans' experience at the polls in recent years. (AP Photo)

Obama’s election commission aims to reduce voting headaches

Susan Crabtree · January 22, 2014 5:00 am

In this photo from Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013, Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, the architect of the state's proof-of-citizenship law for new voters, is photographed during an Associated Press interview in Topeka, Kan. Kobach initiated a lawsuit by Kansas and Arizona against a federal agency to force the modification of a national voter registration form to help the states enforce their proof-of-citizenship laws. (AP Photo/John Hanna)

Feds deny state bids to tighten voter registration

Associated Press · January 20, 2014 5:00 am

Joe Biden makes voting rights appeal on Martin Luther King Day

Joe Biden makes voting rights appeal on Martin Luther King Day

Brian Hughes · January 20, 2014 5:00 am

Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, the architect of the state's proof-of-citizenship law for new voters, is pictured on Aug. 1 in Topeka, Kan. (AP Photo/John Hanna)

Feds deny state bids to tighten voter registration

Associated Press · January 18, 2014 5:00 am

FILE - In this July 17, 2013, file photo, Rep. James Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., testifies at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the Voting Rights Act on Capitol Hill in Washington. Sensenbrenner, Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., and Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., introduced bills Jan. 16, 2014, to update a formula used to require certain states with a history of discrimination to get federal approval before making any changes in the way they hold elections.(AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Lawmakers move to restore Voting Rights Act

Henry Jackson · January 17, 2014 3:05 am

Herald: Political operative at center of S Florida ballot-fraud investigation

Washington Examiner · November 9, 2013 5:00 am

Former Department of Justice voting rights official joins Judicial Watch

Kelly Cohen · September 25, 2013 4:00 am

"Zombie voters" are names on voter roles that don't correspond to eligible citizens. (Thinkstock Image)

Beltway Confidential

Zombie voters must go

Ashe Schow · September 5, 2013 4:00 am

Evidently MSNBCâs ratings have been plummeting this year, and not just because itâs August; the comparisons are with similar months last year. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Beltway Confidential

Are cable news ratings a harbinger of voter turnout?

Michael Barone · August 28, 2013 4:00 am

Instead of reserving a digital voter network for a single presidential candidate, the RNC plans to share it with any Republican running for any office anywhere in the country. (Thinkstock)

GOP building digital voter ID network to top Obama’s

David M. Drucker · August 28, 2013 4:00 am

Mainstream Media Scream: Cokie Roberts on ‘evil’ voting rights moves

Washington Secrets

Mainstream Media Scream: Cokie Roberts on ‘evil’ voting rights moves

Paul Bedard · August 26, 2013 4:00 am

Justice Department sues Texas over voter ID law

Justice Department sues Texas over voter ID law

Sean Lengell · August 22, 2013 4:00 am