Jon Stewart On What's Stopping Voters from Pulling the Lever
Last night on The Daily Show, Jon Stewart broke down states with rules that prevented some people from voting in the best way he knows how.
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As if we needed more racism in politics these days, a South Carolina lawmaker admitted in court on Tuesday that he had replied "amen" to a supporter's not-at-all subtle email comparing black people to "a swarm of bees going after a watermelon."
Last night on The Daily Show, Jon Stewart broke down states with rules that prevented some people from voting in the best way he knows how.
While the voter identification laws passed in several states have become a national political debate, the Justice Department blocked Texas's law Monday for extremely local reasons.
South Carolina's Attorney General Alan Wilson filed a lawsuit Tuesday after the Justice Department blocked South Carolina's controversial law requiring voters to present a photo I.D.
The Justice Department blocked a South Carolina law that would require voters present photo I.D., saying it would discriminate against minority voters, weighing in today for the first time on one of several new state laws seeking to combat voter fraud.
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