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News for the Carolinas
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Tuesday, January 08, 2013
The federal government will have to pay part of South Carolina's $3.5 million price tag for a lawsuit over the state's tough new voter ID law.
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Tuesday, January 01, 2013
The hope is the law will cut down on voter fraud.
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Monday, August 27, 2012
A federal court in Washington considers a lawsuit challenging whether South Carolina's voter ID law is legal.
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Monday, July 02, 2012
U.S. Justice Department has turned down South Carolina's voter identification law for a second time.
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Tuesday, April 10, 2012
The federal government has officially objected to claims that South Carolina's new voter identification law is fair to minorities.
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Monday, April 02, 2012
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People wants to get involved in a federal lawsuit over South Carolina's voter ID law.
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Tuesday, March 27, 2012
A second group wants to participate in a legal challenge to South Carolina's voter identification law.
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Friday, February 24, 2012
The American Civil Liberties Union wants a role in a federal lawsuit over South Carolina's new voter ID law.
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Tuesday, January 10, 2012
South Carolina GOP leaders are scheduled to hold a news conference to discuss the U.S. Justice Department's challenge to the state's new voter ID law.
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Tuesday, December 27, 2011
"This is a political challenge," said SC State Representative Thad Viers, a Republican who represents parts of Horry County. The challenge he's talking about is the Federal Justice Department's move to block South Carolina's Voter ID Bill into law. The bill would require all SC voters to show a picture identification at the election polls before they cast their vote.
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Friday, December 23, 2011
The U.S. Department of Justice has rejected South Carolina's voter ID law, saying the new policy doesn't do enough to ensure that minority voters aren't discriminated against.
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Thursday, December 22, 2011
A Department of Motor Vehicles analysis says South Carolina election officials have bad information about voters who could be affected by a new law requiring photographic identification when people cast ballots in person.
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Tuesday, October 18, 2011
South Carolina's new voter photo identification law appears to be hitting black precincts in the state the hardest.
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