Tag: Voter Registration

North Carolina is shifting its 2016 presidential primary from May until just after South Carolina votes, becoming the latest in a string of states that are trying to increase their influence on the quadrennial nominating contest. (Google maps)

North Carolina latest to move up presidential primary date

David M. Drucker · August 19, 2013 4:00 am

VIDEO: Michigan bill would expand accepted voter IDs

Washington Examiner · August 16, 2013 4:00 am

Beltway Confidential

24 things that require a photo ID

Ashe Schow · August 14, 2013 4:00 am

Eric Holder works to define legacy

Eric Holder works to define legacy

Brian Hughes · August 13, 2013 4:00 am

Civil rights groups are challenging a controversial overhaul of North Carolinaâs election laws that require government-issued photo IDs at the polls and shorten early voting. (AP/Rogelio V. Solis)

Groups challenge North Carolina’s new voter ID law

Sean Lengell · August 13, 2013 4:00 am

Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Beltway Confidential

Republicans supported overturned Voting Rights section

Michael Barone · July 30, 2013 4:00 am

Rev. Al Sharpton, flanked by La Raza President Janet Murguia, right, and Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed, speaks to reporters outside the White House on Monday. (AP/Carolyn Kaster)

Civil rights groups put spotlight on state legislatures

Brian Hughes · July 29, 2013 4:00 am

President Obama (AP/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Beltway Confidential

More recent Hispanic immigrants less Democratic

Michael Barone · July 26, 2013 4:00 am

Attorney General Eric Holder said that Texas should be required to go through a preclearance process whenever it changes its voting laws.

Eric Holder wants Texas, other states to clear voting changes with feds

Brian Hughes · July 25, 2013 4:00 am

Rep. James Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., testifies at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the Voting Rights Act on Capitol Hill on Wednesday. (AP/Jacquelyn Martin)

Congress readies to consider Voting Rights Act revamp

Sean Lengell · July 17, 2013 4:00 am

The nine justices announced this morning they would take up the case of National Labor Relations Board v. Noel Canning, the case that declared President ObamaÃ¢â¬â¢s recess appointments unconstitutional. (Photo: Thinkstock)

How good intentions put blacks on the political sidelines

Noemie Emery · July 12, 2013 4:00 am

Gay marriage supporters outside the Supreme Court, Wednesday, June 26. Americans are split over the Supreme Court's recent rulings on a handful of controversial issues, according to a new poll. (Photo: Graeme Jennings)

Beltway Confidential

Poll: Americans agree with Supreme Court on gay marriage, not voting rights

Steve Contorno · July 1, 2013 4:00 am