presidential elections

The racist history of voter suppression laws

February 1, 2022July 4, 2022 Adminpresidential elections, voter suppression, Voting Rights Act of 1965, voter suppression laws, 24-hour voting, drive-through voting, vote-by-mail ID, absentee ballots, John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, voter intimidation0 comment

According to the Brennan Center, half of the states with the highest Latino population growth passed voter suppression laws in 2016. Five years later, Texas has become the latest state to sign into law extensive restrictions that limit how and when voters can cast their ballot. By Julissa Arce, Activist, Writer, and Producer Signed by Republican Governor Greg Abbott last week, SB1 bans 24-hour voting, eliminates drive-through voting, establishes new vote-by-mail ID mandates, makes it a felony for public officials to broadly send mail-in ballots, gives partisan poll-watchers more power,…

Virginia Presidential Race

November 5, 2012October 12, 2022 Adminelection fraud, battleground state, presidential elections, Virginia voter, Gov. Bob McDonnell, voter fraud, Strategic Allied Consulting0 comment

Virginia Presidential Election Results Updated Nov. 18, 2012 CANDIDATE VOTES PCT. WINNER Barack Obama 1,905,528 52.8% ✓ Mitt Romney 1,789,618 47.8% Virginia and its 13 electoral votes are in play this year and it’s a crucial battleground state. While ranked the 27th most conservative state and 0.97 percent more Republican than the national average, the population is trending Democrat in presidential elections. In recent days, most Virginia polls have Barack Obama gaining on Mitt Romney, but only by a hair. While Ohio has received a lot of media attention in…