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Thu Aug 29, 2013, 04:52 AM Aug 2013

The state of voting rights’ fights in the states (WaPo)

By Chris Cillizza, Published: August 28 at 2:50 pm

Alabama: A photo identification requirement law will go into effect in 2014 ...

Texas: A strict voter ID law passed in 2011 is headed toward implementation ...

Mississippi: A 2011 constitutional amendment will go into effect requiring government-issued photo identification ...

Virginia: A newly enacted law in March requiring photo identification to cast ballots is scheduled to take effect for the 2014 elections.

South Carolina: ... a strict photo identification requirement passed in 2011 will go into effect because of the Supreme Court’s ruling ...

North Carolina: A wide-ranging voter ID law was signed by Gov. Pat McCrory (R) on Monday requiring voters to present government-issued photo identification at the polls ...


http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2013/08/28/the-state-of-voting-rights-fights-in-the-states/?tid=pm_politics_pop

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