Oct 31, 2012
From San Diego City Beat By Zach Hagadone “Astonishing.” “Remarkable.” “Sinister.” Those are words that come up again and again when confronting the wave of voter-identification laws that has recently swept through more than 30 Republican-dominated state legislatures. The measures sound innocuous enough: When a voter shows up on Election Day, he or she must present valid photo ID [...]
Oct 31, 2012
It’s called “Corporatocracy” and as I’ve written for more than two years now, it is alive, well and on the rise. Corporate involvement in government controls, regulations and programs has become dominant over the past two decades – and in the past four years it has increased exponentially following the election of America’s first African-American [...]
Oct 31, 2012
Today was one of those days…one of those days that make what I do very difficult. We were administering the state high school exit exam. A 2 part test that ever student in the state must pass in order to be eligible for graduation. There was this young brother in the class. I could see [...]
Oct 31, 2012
Alleges African-American and disabled students systematically targeted, rights violated Ella Townsend of Meridian, Miss., said she worries that if her son, Lionel, 13, gets in trouble at school again, he could be sent to prison and do time with dangerous adults. (Photo: Maggie Lee / Juvenile Justice Information Exchange) The U.S. Department of Justice on [...]
Oct 30, 2012
Good news – the IRS has accepted the ALEC IRS claim for an award that we filed back in August. They assigned a master claim number to the case, 2013-000818 and under that two other claim numbers are provided; 2013-000820 and 2013-000821. The letter advises that as soon as they determine whether or not to [...]
Oct 30, 2012
Under the leadership of Republican Speaker Jase Bolger members of the Michigan House have been busy as bees destroying democratic rule, dismantling the public sector, treating women as reproductive chattel, busting unions, polluting the air and water, fostering racial tension, gutting public education, selling public assets, trampling individual rights, and wrecking havoc with the state’s fragile economy and infrastructure. Following [...]
Oct 27, 2012
ALEC Corporate Slush Fund Pays for State Lawmakers’ Junkets Corporate backers of the ALEC have funneled an estimated $4 million in gifts to state legislators for travel, hotel rooms, and meals at posh resorts with corporate lobbyists since 2006. View the main report here View the ALEC “scholarships” by state here Ask corporations to [...]
Oct 27, 2012
Posted on our VLTP Facebook Page by member Dov Rosenberg. Don’t let anyone illegally take away your right to vote! PLEASE SHARE: The Voter Protection Hotline (855.868.3171) is staffed by attorneys who can quickly respond to questions and report any issues that may arise. If you have any questions, please call the voter protection hotline: [...]
Oct 25, 2012
The Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe has monitored several previous elections in the US. Photograph: Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images ############################ State Attorney General calls international group’s plan to watch for fairness at the polls ‘legally irrelevant in the United States’ The Texas attorney general, Greg Abbott, has threatened to arrest international election monitors invited [...]
