Tag Archives: voting rights

Voting Rights and the March on Washington

Posted on August 16, 2013 by Paul Deaton

(Editor’s Note: Ari Berman is a friend of Blog for Iowa, and he passed along this note which may be of interest to readers). Dear Friends, I wanted to pass on a few timely new stories that I thought would … Continue reading →

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Suppressing the Vote: New Voter ID Laws

Posted on June 6, 2012 by Trish Nelson

by Ralph Scharnau The great majority of the amendments to the Constitution either assures the recognition of individual rights or extends the franchise.  But we are now in an ugly season of intolerance against workers’ rights, women’s rights, and the … Continue reading →

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