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Fighting Back to Defend Voting Rights
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January 1, 2012
CWA and allies are fighting back in the states to repeal restrictive voter ID laws and to safeguard measures that encourage and support citizens in voting: early voting, voting by mail, same day voter registration and broad voter registration efforts.
The Truth about "Voter Fraud"
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January 1, 2012
From 2002 to 2007, when the Bush administration ordered its U.S. attorney generals in every state to look for and prosecute cases of voter fraud, only 120 people had been charged nationwide, with just 86 convictions, out of the 300 million votes cast.
The Attack on Voting Rights
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January 1, 2012
Many state legislatures have been working overtime to pass laws to restrict the rights of more than 5 million Americans ? mostly students, people of color, lower income citizens, people with disabilities and senior citizens ? to vote in the 2012 elections.
Other Voices
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January 1, 2012
Two Stories: 'Income Inequality Tied to Decline in Unions' and 'Restore the Basic Bargain'
How Redistricting Can Block the Democratic Process
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January 1, 2012
Every 10 years, following the U.S. Census, congressional and state legislative districts are redrawn in every state.