Election Protection a (Very) Busy Success
November 16, 2012 by Mary Mancini
Filed under Fair Elections, Recent Blog Posts
A ginormous THANK YOU to all our volunteer poll watchers, hotline answerers (is that even a word?), lawyers, and law students who made our Election Day Poll Watching effort a success. And by success we mean *phew* we’re glad someone was watching…and helping! The Election Protection Hotline did not stop ringing all day, some of our poll watchers wererecruited to become poll [...]
Requiring Photo IDs to Vote is a Solution in Search of a Problem
February 10, 2011 by Mary Mancini
Filed under Fair Elections, Recent Blog Posts
On Monday, 2/14, the Tennessee State Senate will vote on SB0016 sponsored by Sen. Bill Ketron (companion bill is HB0007 by Rep. Debra Maggart and is assigned to the General Subcommittee of the House State & Local Government Committee), a law that will require a voter “to present qualified photographic identification before voting.” When there [...]
