In Massachusetts, local news reports found that Tea Party affiliated groups were in an organized effort to intimidate voters. Melissa Harris-Perry and her guests have the story. Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
A Pennsylvania judge has blocked the enforcement of the key portion of the state’s new voter identification law this week. The law was enacted by the Pennsylvania state legislature and signed into law by Republican Governor Tom Corbett last March who bragged that Romney would win the state after singing the law. Judge Robert Simpson […]
On Friday Dane County Circuit Court Judge Juan Colas ruled that the law signed by Gov. Scott Walker that curbed collective bargaining for most public employees violates both the state and U.S. Constitutions and runs afoul of free speech and associated rights in a 27 page ruling according to the Associated Press. Gov. Walker’s office […]
Federal courts shot down two state laws enacted by Republican legislatures aimed at suppressing the vote. A three judge U.S. District Court panel in Washington blocked a SB14 in Texas which would have required voters to present phooto IDs to election officials prior to being allowed to vote. The court struck down the law, considered […]
Rachel Maddow and Chris Matthews discuss voter suppression efforts and point out that the way these new laws are being written are affecting voters in a partisan manner. So far 19 states have implemented strict new barriers to voter registration, as detailed in the chart below. The results are devastating for Democrats in Florida as […]