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Betsy McCaughey, NY Post • Sun 2020 Aug 30, 9:50pm

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) recently warned that “dangerous new policies” made by Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, who took the top job at the US Postal Service in June, will prevent mail-in ballots from being counted. Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) has charged that there is a conspiracy afoot to “undermine and dismantle the post office ahead of the November election.”

This is rank, irresponsible scaremongering.…

Some wag said, take $5000, put it in an envelope addressed to yourself, and drop it in the mail. If you're not willing to do that, don't mail your vote.
Dapandico, Weasel Zippers • Sat 2016 Sep 10, 7:58pm

…A federal appeals court on Friday blocked Kansas, Georgia and Alabama from requiring residents to prove they are U.S. citizens when registering to vote using a national form.…

Citing AP report
Rick Moran, American Thinker • Fri 2016 Aug 12, 10:02pm

The see-saw battle between "voting rights" advocates and supporters of the voter ID law in Wisconsin has swung back toward voter integrity as an appeals court reversed the ruling of a trial court that severely weakened the provisions of the law.…

Breitbart News • Sat 2016 Jul 30, 4:26pm

Courts dealt setbacks to Republican efforts in three states to restrict voting, blocking a North Carolina law requiring photo identification, loosening a similar measure in Wisconsin and halting strict citizenship requirements in Kansas.…

Breitbart News • Sat 2016 Jul 23, 1:07pm

Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s action restoring the voting rights of more than 200,000 felons was unconstitutional, Virginia’s highest court ruled Friday, siding with Republican lawmakers who said the governor overstepped his authority.…

Not so much the what but the how he did it
Logan Churchwell, Breitbart • Fri 2016 Jul 22, 6:24pm

Shortly after an appeals court ruled Texas’ voter identification law to have discriminatory effects requiring fixes before the November election, a federal judge released guidelines for a remedy on Thursday.…

Jim Malewitz, Texas Tribune • Thu 2016 Jul 21, 11:42am

Texas’ voter identification law violates the U.S. law prohibiting racial discrimination in elections, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday.

The U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed previous rulings that the 2011 voter ID law — which stipulates the types of photo identification election officials can and cannot accept at the polls — does not comply with the Voting Rights Act.…

Bill Mears, Fox News • Fri 2016 Apr 29, 12:39pm

Texas' controversial voter identification law will remain in effect, possibly through November's elections, after the Supreme Court on Friday denied an emergency request from a coalition of Latino advocacy groups and Democratic lawmakers who say the measure is discriminatory.…

Now, why would the Latinos and Democrats have a problem here, hmmm?
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Your Anon News • Wed 2012 Nov 14, 11:56am

How e-voting machines compare to Vegas slot machines

voanews.com • Mon 2009 Jun 22, 7:26pm

US FlagThe U.S. Supreme Court issued a narrow ruling related to the 1965 Voting Rights Act.... ruled that a small voting district in Texas can seek to be exempted from the law's requirement that any changes in voting procedures must be approved in advance by the federal government....