After halting implementation of South Carolina’s voter identification law, the Obama administration has blocked a similar piece of legislation in Texas, POLITICO reports: The Justice Department has rejected Texas’s new voter identification law, concluding that its requirements allowing only certain IDs at the polls are likely to discriminate against Latinos. “According to the state’s own data, a Hispanic registered voter is at least [...]
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Could Voter ID Laws Actually Help the Poor and Elderly?
For proponents of Voter ID laws, it has become commonplace to list the normal duties or errands that require photo identification. Currently, you must have an ID to board a plane, open a bank account, receive many government benefits, or even purchasing certain types of cold medicine (not to mention banquets held by groups that oppose voter ID [...]
Learn the Facts About Georgia’s Experience with Photo ID
For those who missed it or would like a refresher, we have posted Georgia Sec. of State Brian Kemp’s presentation from the Conservative Leadership Conference. Kemp shows how the critics of photo ID were proved wrong and that the law has passed several legal challenges. Stay tuned for more looks into CLC as we make them available [...]
Romney wins CLC strawpoll
Mitt Romney won the Presidential straw poll at the Conservative Leadership Conference held by the Civitas Institute. The conference gathered over 600 conservative activists in Raleigh, NC on March 2nd and 3rd, 2012. The full results of the contest were: Mitt Romney – 38% Rick Santorum – 30% Newt Gingrich – 22% Ron Paul – [...]
Krauthammer at CLC: America in a glorious, crucial debate
Charles Krauthammer tells the Conservative Leadership Conference what’s happening in Washington. “This has been an epic moment in American political history.” The country has been engaged in a great national debate. “This is about one question … about the size, the scope, the reach of government … about the nature of the American social contract” between [...]
