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State Legislature Steps into Voter ID Firestorm
As a number of states throughout the country face allegations of trying to keep people from voting, California Senate approves resolution condemning what Democrats call voter suppression.
Some call it “caging.” Others label it “voter suppression.” The ACLU says 30 states since 2008 have introduced laws making it harder to cast a ballot.
“In fact, while documented instances of voter fraud are almost nonexistent—nationally, the Department of Justice found just 26 cases over a three-year period—up to 5 million potential voters may be kept from the ballot box by these laws,” the ACLU said in a recent newsletter.
Now Sacramento has weighed in. The state Senate last week approved Senate Joint Resolution 29, calling for a federal investigation into voter-ID laws and similar Republican-led efforts. Does voter suppression exist?
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