Student IDs OK for voting under Tenn. bill

By   /  March 15, 2013  /  Around the Web  /  No Comments

By John Klein Wilson | TNReport
A bill clarifying what types of photo identification Tennesseans can use at polling places passed the state Senate Thursday, but some lawmakers were unhappy with certain forms of ID that were added to the list.
The sponsor of Senate Senate Bill 125, Bill Ketron, reworked some language in the existing voter ID [...]

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VA Week in Review: State records law on trial at high court

By   /  February 22, 2013  /  Virginia  /  No Comments

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By Kenric Ward | Watchdog.org Virginia Bureau
FREDERICKSBURG – Virginia was center-stage this week in a national drama that will likely determine citizens’ rights to public information in all 50 states for decades to come.
U.S. Supreme Court justices fired questions in oral arguments Wednesday as attorneys jousted over the constitutionality of a “citizens-only” provision in the [...]

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Shame if GOP caves on Democrats’ transportation ‘deal’

By   /  February 21, 2013  /  Virginia Watchblog, WatchBlog  /  No Comments

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By Kenric Ward | Watchdog.org Virginia Bureau
FREDERICKSBURG — Democrats want Gov. Bob McDonnell to expand Medicaid and veto photo-ID at the polls. In exchange, they might vote for a transportation bill before the General Assembly concludes its business Saturday.
While the governor desperately wants his roads package to pass – even in its heavily amended form – [...]

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Voter photo-ID bill heads for final approval at General Assembly

By   /  February 15, 2013  /  Virginia Watchblog, WatchBlog  /  1 Comment

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RICHMOND — A requirement that Virginia voters show a photo ID at the polls moved one step closer to reality on Friday.
The House Appropriations Committee voted 15-7 along mainly partisan lines to send Senate Bill 1256 to the floor for final approval.
Fourteen Republicans and one Democrat, Delegate Johnny Joannou, D-Portsmouth, voted in favor. Six Democrats, joined [...]

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Watchdog report spurs voter photo ID bill

By   /  February 14, 2013  /  Featured, Fraud, News, Politics & Elections, Virginia, Voter Fraud  /  No Comments

GETTING OUT THE VOTE: Patrick Moran, son of Democratic Rep. Jim Moran, was caught on video discussing ways to vote by using fake documents.

By Kenric Ward | Watchdog.org Virginia Bureau
FREDERICKSBURG — With a push from a Watchdog.org report, legislation requiring voters to present photo identification at the polls is moving through the General Assembly.
Senate Bill 1256, by Sen. Mark Obenshain, passed the Senate and is scheduled to be heardFriday  in the House Appropriations Committee.
Previous photo ID bills have floundered [...]

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