TODAY! TAKE ACTION! Come to the State Capitol in Support of Voting Rights for All

Tennesseans concerned with the erosion of voting rights in the state are calling for the immediate repeal of the photo ID to vote law. Along with the No Barriers to the Ballot Box Coalition and state legislators, they will hold a press conference TODAY, Wednesday, February 22, at 3:00 PM to present the case for [...]

Student Amanda Wolf Waiting Over Six Months to Get Photo ID to Vote

Sure, Amanda Wolf is from South Carolina, but if you’re going to try and  tell us that there are no students in Tennessee who are in the same situation as Amanda Wolf, then you are absolutely in denial. From a PBS report: LUCKY SEVERSON, correspondent: This is a scene more than a few Americans are [...]

Nobody Should Put Grandma In a Corner

While the richest 1% in Tennessee are coddled and given special treatment and hardworking Tennesseans get dumped on, Tennessee extremist conservative legislators are also fiddling with what is very often the only voice hardworking Tennesseans have in our government – the right to vote. This week, the bills that start fiddling with the excessive law [...]

What’s the Difference Between some South Carolina Voters and Monty Python’s Parrot?

What’s the difference between some South Carolina voters and Monty Python’s Parrot? The parrot is dead. Not a very good joke but it serves its purpose.  Andrew Rosenthal of the NY Times and Think Progress have more. From Mr. Rosenthal: “…although South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson has still not disclosed the identities of all [...]

AAPD Disability Vote Project Leader & EAC Advisory Board Member to Address Tennessee Photo ID to Vote Law

Today, Tuesday, January 31, at 2:30 pm CT at Legislative Plaza Room 31 (301 6th Avenue North, Nashville, TN), Jim Dickson, Vice President of Organizing and Civic Engagement for the American Association of People with Disabilities and the Disability Vote Project, and member of the Board of Advisors for the U.S. Election Assistance Commission, will [...]

Why New Photo ID to Vote Laws Mean Some Won’t Vote

NPR ran a story about the new voter suppression laws in the U.S. and gives real world example of those who will be affected. And, yes, it is those who very often only have their vote as their voice in our democratic process. Read and/or listen to the coverage at NPR.org and then go sign the petition to [...]

Tennessee League of Women Voters Criticizes Redistricting Process

The Tennessee League of Women Voters doesn’t like the way redistricting is done in this state. FYI, we don’t like it either and for pretty much the same reasons. Tennessee Statement on Redistricting League of Women Voters of Tennessee Representative democracy depends on voters freely choosing their elected officials, not elected officials choosing them. The [...]

Redistricting in TN: As Transparent as a Smoked Filled Room

Last week we watched the Ad Hoc Committee on redistricting present the state house majority’s map proposal. This week we watched them do the same during the House State and Local Government Committee. Through it all something was gnawing at us and that little voice was telling us that something was not quite right. The [...]

The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Releases Statement Following Speech by U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. on Voting Laws

Lawyers’ Committee Commends Holder’s Call to Action to Address Restrictive Voting Laws and Modernize our Elections WASHINGTON, D.C., December 13, 2011 – The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law released the statement below following today’s speech by U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. on voting laws. Executive Director Barbara Arnwine and Public Policy Director Tanya [...]

No Lights, No Camera, Just Action. A Day of Action, That Is.

Action. That’s what it’s going to take to repeal the excessive photo ID to vote restrictions in Tennessee by the March 2012 primary. So, with the help of Tennesseans all over the state, the “No Barriers to the Ballot Box” coalition is holding a Day of Action to gather as many petition signatures as possible. Won’t you join us and [...]

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