The Academy Awards of Voter Suppression

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Introduction

From he Producers Guild o America awards o he Golden Globes o he Oscars film award

season is upon us So oo are he anniversaries o wo key civil righs milesones he Selma

march991252depiced in he criically acclaimed film o he same name991252and he 1965 signing

o he Voing Righs Ac While ldquoSelmardquo received an Oscar nominaion or Bes Picure i

didnrsquo go wihou noice ha he Academyrsquos 20 acing nominaions wen o a group wih no

represenaion rom communiies o color1 Tis omission sparked a wave o criicism o he

Academy and is process and even promped Academy presiden Cheryl Boone Isaacs o

call or greaer diversiy ldquoamong all our nominees in all o our caegoriesrdquo2 I also highlighs a

hisory o underrepresenaion and under-acknowledgemen o people o color in Hollywood

Te irony o his glaring oversigh is he ac ha ldquoSelmardquo one o he mos highly acclaimed

films o his award season depics he figh or voing righs and he batle o eradicae barriers

o equal proecion and ull paricipaion in American democracy991252a sruggle ha sill

coninues Across he counry we are in he mids o a new onslaugh o sae laws designed

o make i more difficul o voe Facially neural and making he specious claim o argeing

an epidemic o voer raud hese new laws have a disproporionae affec on people o color

Tese atacks on voing righs have reached a ever pich in he wake o he 2013 US Supreme

Cour ruling in Shelby County v Holder which overurned Secion 5 o he Voing Righs Ac

and eliminaed preclearance requiremens or many saesrsquo voing laws3 Prior o he Shelby

decision saes and jurisdicions wih a significan hisory o voer discriminaion were

required o submi all changes o voing and elecion law o he US Jusice Deparmen or

pre-approval prior o enacing hose changes Nine enire saes as well as jurisdicions in six

addiional saes were covered by Secion 5 preclearance requiremens4

Raher han sparking a naional biparisan effor o resore voing proecions in he wake o he Shelby decision oo many Republicans are in a race-o-he-botom o urher

disenranchise voers In 2014 alone a leas 83 resricive voing bills were inroduced in

29 saes5 Tis regressive wave o voer suppression effors arges and mos affecs voers in

he same communiies already fighing or inclusion in oher aspecs o lie young people

low-income amilies and people o color

1 Center for American Progress Action Fund | Academy Awards of Voter Suppression

The Academy Awards of Voter SuppressionBy Lauren Harmon and Sarah Baron February 20 2015



Tis is a movie we have seen beore Despie plo wiss991252such as poll axes lieracy ess

voer ID and conraced early voing windows991252and a changing cas o characers he scrip

remains he same a concered coordinaed effor o suppress he basic righ o cas a voe and

have i couned

One migh say irsquos as hough some conservaives are vying or he Academy Awards o Voer

Suppression In his case hink he Koch brohers insead o he Coen brohers Tis issue brie examines he people and organizaions ha in recen years have sood ou or creaing

new obsacles o voing Te approach in his documen is cheeky by design bu make

no misake he implicaions o he awardeersquos effors o make i more difficul o voe are

excepionally serious

And so wihou urher ado he awards go ohellip

Best Director Charles and David Koch

Best Director is awarded to the person or people who define and orchestrate the overall vision of

the performance to achieve the ultimate goal of voter suppression

As key bankrollers o he righ-wingrsquos inrasrucure991252rom poliical acion commitees and

hink anks o lobbying effors and individual candidae campaigns991252he Koch brohers and

heir convolued nework o affiliaed organizaions have an enormous impac on he sae o

play or voing righs6

Key in he Koch brohersrsquo effor o suppress he voe is he American Legislaive Exchange

Council or ALEC While i is impossible o know he ull exen o unding ha he Kochs

have provided o ALEC he amoun mos likely exceeds $1 million

7

A Cener or AmericanProgress invesigaive repor has revealed ha ALEC is in ac drafing many o he ani-voer

laws inroduced in saes8 For insance in 2009 ALECrsquos public saey and elecions ask orce

drafed a model ldquovoer ID billrdquo drawn rom legislaion in Georgia and Indiana9 In 2011 and

2012 lawmakers in 37 saes proposed 62 bills relaed o voing and phoo ID991252hal o which

were sponsored by eiher ALEC members or ALEC conerence atendees10

ALEC is no he only way ha Koch money finds is way ino he voing debae Americans

or Prosperiy or AFP anoher Koch-backed eniy has been responsible or misleading voer

mailings in a leas our saes Teir acics include absenee ballo applicaions wih deadlines

or submission ha all afer he elecion and atemps o purge he voer rolls via ldquocagingrdquo991252orsending mail o a lis o voers and hen atemping o purge any voers rom he rolls whose

mail is reurned as undeliverable11

AFP has also parnered wih rue he Voe an organizaion ha rains voluneers o police

polling places or voing irregulariies including enorcemen o voer ID laws According





o Te Nation rue he Voersquos elecions coordinaor Bill Ouren describes he recruis job as

making voers eel like ldquoheyrsquore driving and seeing he police ollow yourdquo12 rue he Voe had

rainees in 35 saes in 2012 wih a saed goal o 1 million voluneers naionally13

Te Koch brohers spen $100 million hrough heir nework o affiliaed organizaions in he

2014 elecion cycle14 and hey have pledged anoher $889 million o deea he Democraic

presidenial nominee in 201615

Much o his money will go oward poliical adverising 1 in10 poliical ads seen in he 2014 elecion cycle was paid or by groups wih Koch ies 16 Te

Koch brohers and heir nework o organizaions such as AFP also coninue he effor o push

ani-voer legislaion

For building unding and susaining such a vas nework o conservaive organizaions

engaging in ani-voer aciviy Charles and David Koch win he disincion o Bes Direcor

Best Picture North Carolina

Best Picture is awarded to the best collective performance to suppress the vote

In April 2012 in he wake o he Shelby decision Norh Carolinarsquos legislaure passed ldquoa bill

ha combines every idea or suppressing voer urnou ha Republicans have advanced in

oher saesrdquo17 according o a New York imes blog In Augus 2012 Norh Carolina Gov Pa

McCrory (R) signed he bill ino law18 which pu an end o same-day regisraion ended

pre-regisraion or 16- and 17-year olds ended a requiremen ha provisional ballos cas in

incorrec precincs be couned or all eligible races shorened he early voing window rom 17

days o 10 days and effecive in 2016 insiues phoo ID requiremens wihou provisions o

allow or suden or public-employee idenificaion19 Te US Deparmen o Jusice and civil

righs groups filed sui20

and evenually received an order by he 4h Circui Cour o Appeals which resored boh ou-o-precinc voing and same-day regisraion bu lef oher provisions

o he law inac21 Days laer however he US Supreme Cour overurned ha ruling22

allowing he sae o move orward wih wha nonparisan elecion advocae Rick Hasen

deemed ldquohe mos sweeping ani-voer law in decadesrdquo23

Former Norh Carolina GOP precinc commiteeman Don Yelon spoke candidly abou he

lawrsquos inenion saying ldquoi i hurs a bunch o lazy blacks ha wan he governmen o give

hem everyhing so be irdquo24 Jus one day laer Yelon resigned his pos25 Off-he-cuff racism

aside he Norh Carolina voing law affecs all Norh Carolinians wishing o cas a voe and

have i couned bu i disproporionaely affecs he saersquos Arican American voers According

o Te Nation 33 percen o he 96000 Norh Carolinians who ook advanage o same-day

regisraion in 2012 were Arican American26 Ta same year 56 percen o Norh Carolina

voers cas an early ballo wih 28 percen o hose early voes cas by Arican American

voers27 In 2012 900000 voers were cas during he now eliminaed firs week o early voing




which represened 35 percen o he oal voe ha year28 Te Brennan Cener or Jusice

indicaes ha he number o voers affeced by hese resricions exceeds he very narrow

margin991252roughly 48000 voes991252by which Tom illis (R) he ormer Norh Carolina sae

house speaker deeaed incumben Sen Kay Hagan (D) in he 2014 miderm elecion29

Te impac o Norh Carolinarsquos regressive voing law will only be greaer when he addiional

sric voer ID requiremens go ino effec in 2016 I has been esimaed ha 318000regisered Norh Carolina voers lack he ID required o cas a ballo under he new

requiremens 34 percen o whom are Arican American30

For his excepionally aggressive effor o suppress he voe Norh Carolina receives he award

or Bes Picure

Best Actor Wisconsin Gov Scott Walker

Best Actor is awarded to the best performance by a leading man to suppress the vote

In his our years as Wisconsinrsquos governor Scot Walker (R) has championed a susained muli-

aceed effor o limi he abiliy o Wisconsin voers o cas heir ballo hrough boh sric

voer ID requiremens and narrowing he early-voing window In 2011 Gov Walker signed

ino law a bill mandaing phoo ID or voers as well as a separae bill cuting he early-voing

window rom hree weeks and wo weekends o wo weeks and one weekend31 Gov Walker

and he sae deended he voer ID bill in boh circui cour and he Wisconsin Supreme

Cour bu he law was ulimaely blocked in 2012 as an ldquounconsiuional burdenrdquo32 In 2013

and 2014 Walker and he sae again deended he law in boh sae and ederal cour and

finally beore he US Supreme Cour which ulimaely blocked he lawrsquos implemenaion jus

weeks beore he 2014 elecion33

Along he way Gov Walker hreaened o call a special legislaive session o modiy he law

should i be sruck down in order o ensure i ook effec by Elecion Day34 Wisconsinrsquos voer

ID law is once again beore he US Supreme Cour wih Wisconsinrsquos response o he Frank v

Walker sui pending35 Undeerred in 2014 Gov Walker signed a law ha limied early voing

hours o weekdays beween 8 am and 7 pm36 and eliminaed he abiliy o Milwaukee and

Madison991252where roughly 15 percen o Wisconsinrsquos oal populaion and nearly hal o he

saersquos people o color live991252o offer exended voing hours o mee voer demand37 I should

be noed ha Gov Walkerrsquos 2014 early voing atack came on he heels o his 2011 cus o early

voing which despie his bes effor saw more han 20 percen o voes in he 2012 elecion

come rom early ballos38 Approximaely 7000 o hese voes came rom Madison and

Milwaukee alone39

Moreover should he phoo ID bill suppored by Gov Walker be implemened roughly

300000 Wisconsin voers991252largely Hispanic and Arican American voers991252will lack he




required documenaion o cas a ballo40 Boh o hese moves991252cuting voing and insiuing

phoo ID991252rack naional voer suppression rends Eleven saes have passed new voer ID

laws since 201141 According o an analysis rom he Governmen Accounabiliy Office or

GAO his demonsraes a suppressing effec on urnou paricularly among young newly

regisered and Arican American voers42 Similarly here is a naional movemen o cu

early-voing opporuniies paricularly among saes ha have seen recen upicks in minoriy

early voing such as Florida Georgia Nebraska ennessee Wes Virginia and Wisconsin43

For being on he ronline o voer suppression and or his unrelening perormance o

undermine voing which is he bedrock o democracy Gov Scot Walker receives he award

or Bes Acor in a leading role

Best Actress South Carolina Gov Nikki Haley

Best Actress is awarded to the best performance by a leading woman to suppress the vote

Since her elecion o Souh Carolina governor in 2011 Gov Nikki Haley (R) has been a

srong proponen o phoo ID requiremens which is par o a naional rend o enac ani-

voer laws beore a new ederal fix can be ound in saes previously covered by Voing Righs

Ac preclearance requiremens As she signed he saersquos phoo ID law in 2011 Gov Haley

saed ldquoI you can show a picure o ge on an airplane you should be able o show a picure

ID o (voe)rdquo according o Te Sae44 In December 2011 he US Jusice Deparmen

rejeced he law as discriminaory under preclearance requiremens ha were sill in effec

prior o he Shelby ruling991252he firs ime in nearly 20 years ha he ederal governmen

had blocked a voer idenificaion law45 In January 2012 Souh Carolina sued he Jusice

Deparmen or inerering wih he law46 and a hree-judge panel laer agreed o approve he

law or implemenaion in 2013 wih he addiion o a ldquoreasonable impedimenrdquo provision47 Following he Shelby decision Souh Carolina moved orward wih implemening he voer ID

law wihou ldquobeing required o jump hrough he exraordinary hoops demanded by ederal

bureaucracyrdquo as Souh Carolinarsquos Atorney General Alan Wilson pu i a he ime48

When Gov Haley signed he phoo ID law roughly 178000 Souh Carolina voers lacked

driverrsquos licenses or oher phoo idenificaion issued by he sae deparmen o moor vehicles49

An Associaed Press analysis ound his new requiremen paricularly affeced Arican American

voers991252including 10 precincs in which almos every voer affeced comes rom a communiy

o color50 Te law makes provisions or eligible voers o receive a ree voer ID card however

voing advocaes say providing he required documenaion is oo ofen a ldquolong complicaed

cosly processrdquo51 O saes previously covered by Voing Righs Ac preclearance requiremens

seven have announced new voer resricions since he Supreme Courrsquos Shelby decision52

For her effors o block he ballo box by championing voer ID Gov Nikki Haley receives he

award or Bes Acress




Best Actor in a Supporting Role Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach

Best Actor in a Supporting Role is awarded to the best male performance to change electoral rules

to support others leading the charge for voter suppression

Kansas Secreary o Sae Kris Kobach leap ono he naional sage in 2011 by creaing

Kansasrsquo wo-ier voing sysem991252wih differen rules or hose regisering wih sae and

ederal orms He proceeded o deend boh Kansasrsquo sysem and Arizonarsquos similar sysem

despie judicial rebuke and conusion surrounding he new voing sysemrsquos implemenaion

Basing his 2011 Sae and Fair Elecions Ac on debunked claims o nonciizen voing Sec

Kobachrsquos new law included a requiremen o prove US ciizenship prior o voing 53 Te law

was o be implemened in wo seps sric voer ID in 2012 and addiional proo o ciizenship

requiremens in 201354 In June 2013 however he US Supreme Cour ruled agains similar

ciizenship requiremens in Arizona wih a 7ndash2 ruling ha a sae canno require ldquoa ederal

orm applican o submi inormaion beyond ha required by he orm iselrdquo55 Arguing

ha his decision applied only o ederal elecions boh Kansas and Arizona moved orward

wih rules o creae a wo-iered sysem o voing voers who qualiy o voe only in ederal

elecions and voers who991252having proved heir ciizenship o he saisacion o Kobach andhe sae o Kansas991252are eligible o voe in sae and local elecions as well56 Afer receiving

a avorable ruling in 2014 rom a US disric judge boh Arizona and Kansas conduced

heir elecions under his sysem Days afer he elecion however a ederal Cour o Appeals

overurned ha decision57991252a ruling Kobach has vowed o appeal58

Some 17000 eligible Kansans991252one-hird o all oal regisraion applicans991252were blocked

rom regisering o voe in 2013 he firs year o he lawrsquos implemenaion because o

difficulies ranserring ciizenship inormaion rom sae deparmen o moor vehicles o

elecion adminisraion officials59 Even wih addiional ime o sreamline implemenaion

more han 24000 regisrans were ldquoin suspenserdquo jus weeks beore he 2014 elecion60 Tosemos affeced by he new voing laws were young and low-income voers who are less likely o

have access o he documens hey need o prove heir saus61

In 2014 Kansas Gov Scot Brownback (R) aced one o he mos holy conesed

gubernaorial elecions in he counry and a small number o disenranchised voers had

he poenial o ip he balance o ha elecion62 Indeed nearly 500 voers may have been

blocked in 2014 due o hese new rules and many more simply did no go o he polls because

hey did no have an opporuniy o produce proo o ciizenship prior o Elecion Day63 Te

wo-iered voing sysems in Kansas and Arizona are no however Sec Kobachrsquos only claim

o ame as he auhor o Arizonarsquos inamous ani-immigran legislaion SB 1070 he creaed

model legislaion or ALEC o deploy o oher saes64

For aking his immigraion scare acics o he naional sage and changing he rules o he

game o suppor Gov Brownbackrsquos re-elecion effor Sec Kris Kobach receives he award or

Bes Supporing Acor




Best Actress in a Supporting Role Texas Secretary of State Nandita Berry

Best Actress in a Supporting Role is awarded to the best female performance by a woman to

change electoral rules to support others leading the charge for voter suppression

Alhough he figh o enac voer ID in exas began beore Nandia Berry (R) ook office

as exas secreary o sae in 2014 he embatled law ound a new champion in Berry Wih

her help he exas law widely considered he mos resricive voer ID requiremen in he

counry successully navigaed is final cour batles beore he 2014 general elecion In

2012 he year afer hen-Gov Rick Perry (R) signed he saersquos voer ID regulaions ino law a

hree-judge panel unanimously rejeced i as ldquohe mos sringen in he counryrdquo saying he law

would place ldquosric unorgiving burdensrdquo on minoriy voers and low-income voers65 Mere

hours afer he Shelby decision however exas rushed o enac he law which could no longer

be blocked under preclearance requiremens66

When Sec Berry ook office in 2014 she ook on he ask o deending he law even as civil

righs groups and he US Deparmen o Jusice brough sui in ederal cour naming Berry

as a deendan67 A ederal judge blocked he voer ID law in Ocober 201468 Shorly beore

he general elecion however he US Supreme Cour overurned he ruling in an unsigned

decision which while no ruling on he meris o he law isel allowed Berry o proceed wih

is implemenaion69 Te Jusice Deparmen has indicaed he case will likely reurn o he

US Supreme Cour afer a ruling rom he 5h Circui Cour o Appeals70

A US disric judge ound in 2014 ha more han 608000 regisered exas voers lacked he

required ID a burden ha disproporionaely affecs communiies o color Arican American

voers are 305 percen more likely han whie voers o lack ID while Hispanic voers are 195

percen more likely o be unable o produce he required documenaion71 Te new resricive

requiremens mos likely conribued o he ac ha rom 2010 o 2014 urnou in exasdropped 5 percenage poins72 O saes rushing o enac new ani-voer legislaion in he

wake o he Shelby decision exas led he charge by pushing hrough enacmen o voer ID

requiremens jus hours afer he Supreme Cour handed down is decision

For playing a key role in ensuring ha exasrsquo voer ID law successully navigaed is final cour

batles in advance o he 2014 elecion Secreary o Sae Nandia Berry receives he award or

Bes Acress in a Supporing Role

Best Cinematography New Mexico Secretary of State Dianna Duran

Best Cinematography is awarded to the person who starred in or released grossly misleading

advertisements with the aim of suppressing the vote

Troughou her ime as New Mexico secreary o sae Dianna Duran has soked ear o voer

raud in suppor o her own conservaive agenda From las-minue atemps o purge he

voer roles o atacking an opponen wih he sory o a pe regisering o voe Duranrsquos claims




have consanly been proven oulandish overblown and exreme In 2011 Duran alleged

64000 cases o voer raud in New Mexico9912525 percen o he saersquos oal regisered voers991252

urning he names o hose 64000 almos enirely innocen New Mexican voers over o law

enorcemen or invesigaion73 In 2012 hree monhs prior o Elecion Day Duran mailed

regisraion confirmaion poscards o 177000 voers 14 percen o he saersquos oal regisrans

in an atemp o remove inacive voers rom he rolls However acive and regular voers were

among hose who received he conusing mailing74

Duran doubled down on claims o voer raud in her 2014 re-elecion campaign and in order

o atack her opponen or ailing o suppor voer ID laws she cied a 2012 sory abou a

man regisering his dog o voe75 Te man in quesion was laer idenified as he husband o a

Republican candidae or sae senae who apologized once he relaionship was revealed76 In

January 2015 Duran announced she would no suppor a biparisan voer ID bill because she

avors a sricer bill requiring phoo idenificaion o cas a ballo77

No only did an invesigaion o hose 64000 poenially raudulen regisrans find Duran

ldquocompleely righ 00296875 percen o he imerdquo78 he claims made in her campaign ad wereoverblown and raudulen Sadly his is nohing new or proponens o voer ID As noed in

a Cener or American Progress invesigaive repor ldquosoking ears abou voer raud has been

par and parcel o many Republican campaigns around he counry in recen elecionsrdquo79 Sec

Duran has no only ollowed he scrip991252she produced he railer

For her effors o champion dubious claims in overblown and raudulen ads New Mexico Sec

o Sae Dianna Duran receives he award or Bes Cinemaography

Best Original Screenplay George Will

Best Original Screenplay is awarded to the author or thought-leader perpetuating the myth of

widespread voter fraud in support of conservative voter suppression attempts

George Will wries a wice-weekly column or Te Washington Post is a regular conribuor

o Fox News and was once deemed ldquoperhaps he mos powerul journalis in Americardquo by

Te Wall Street Journal80 As a conservaive hough-leader however he has used his bully

pulpi o provide cover or effors o make i more difficul o voe81 In a December 2012

column iled ldquoFederal voing drive makes a mounain ou o a molehillrdquo Will wries ha low

voer urnou and voers who ace barriers o casing a ballo are a non-issue and ha nonvoers

have made a choice o absain rom voing In 2014 Will appeared on he Fox News showldquoSpecial Repor wih Bre Baierrdquo o echo saisics rom Koch-unded rue he Voe He saed

ha 68 million people are double regisered in various saes adding ha ldquohe number o

whies and blacks is almos idenical ha do no have phoo IDsrdquo82 Te nonparisan Brennan

Cener however indicaes ha ldquono only are minoriy voers less likely o possess phoo ID bu

hey are also more likely o be selecively asked or ID a he pollsrdquo83




Willrsquos ignoring he very real debae over access o he ballo box is as Atlantic columnis Andrew

Cohen wries ldquooffensive o every American whose righ o voe was jeopardizedrdquo and ignores

he ldquonaional debae over how hose [voing righs] batles ough o be resolvedrdquo84 Will as a

conservaive hough-leader has inspired a whole class o conservaive wriers rom Michelle

Malkin wriing abou ldquohe Lefrsquos voer raud whiewashrdquo85 o Glenn Beck asking ldquoAre voer ID

laws racisrdquo991252o which Beck answers no86

For using his posiion o influence o parro Koch-backed alking poins George Will receives

he award or Bes Original Screenplay

Best Costume Design Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp

Best Costume Design is awarded to the person who provided the finishing touches to a

per for mancemdash sew ing it all togethermdasht o effecti vely suppress the vote

Afer being caugh lamening Democraic effors o regiser people o color o voe87 Georgia

Secreary o Sae Brian Kemp execued he mos blaan voer purge in recen memory He

simply ailed o process housands o voer regisraion orms largely rom minoriy voers in

Democraic-leaning areas o he sae In 2014 communiy organizers submited more han

10000 new voer regisraion orms in advance o he miderm elecion By Augus however

roughly 40000 o hose new regisrans991252nearly all o hem people o color991252were no lised

in he official voer daabase88 Raher han meeing wih organizers o he voer regisraion

projec o discuss wha may have gone awry Sec Kemp responded by accusing he organizers

New Georgia Projec o submiting raudulen regisraions89 however jus 25 confirmed

orgeries were ound among he 100000 submissions90 New Georgia Projec and he NAACP

wen o cour o orce Kemp o process he regisraions bu a Georgia judge dismissed he sui

jus one week beore he elecion91

Unsure o heir regisraion saus991252despie having submited orms monhs earlier991252many

Georgia voers were orced o cas a provisional ballo92 Compacing he problem he

secreary o saersquos websie991252which voers use o confirm heir saus and locae heir polling

place991252experienced echnical difficulies or much o Elecion Day morning93 Some voers

were direced o polling places as ar as 35 miles away94 and here were repors o long lines

across he sae95 Tis voer conusion is even more roubling given ha jus weeks beore he

elecion Georgiarsquos US Senae race was considered a ldquosaisical dead heardquo 96 During he 2014

elecion 44 percen o Georgia voers largely rom communiies o color ook advanage o

early voing o avoid poenial Elecion Day issues991252and ye he opion o voe early is under

atack97 In February 2015 Republicans in he Georgia House o Represenaives advanced a

bill o mandae ldquouniormrdquo early voing98 hours across he sae cuting he early voe window




rom is curren maximum o 21 days o jus 12 days and mandaing ha counies allow no

more han our hours o weekend voing Kemp has ye o speak ou agains his

For no processing housands o voer regisraions as par o effors o seek new avenues

o remove voers rom he rolls Secreary Brian Kemp receives he award or Bes

Cosume Design

Conclusion

Tis naional wave o voer suppression has been spearheaded by conservaive eleced officials

jusified by he movemenrsquos hough-leaders and bankrolled by he Koch brohers and heir

shadowy nework o allied organizaions In shor he awardees are leading he charge o make

i more difficul or young people low-income amilies and people o color o voe across

he counry Tey rely on rheoric abou preserving elecion inegriy when as Mother Jones

repors ldquoUFO sighings are more common han voer raudrdquo99 Tey wase millions o axpayer

dollars pursuing ruiless invesigaions and cosly cour cases and ignore he very real impachese barriers o voing have on hose who simply wan o exercise a basic righ o cas a voeand have i couned

Lauren Harmon is the Voting Campaign Manager at American Progress Sarah Baron is the State

Advocacy Coordinator for American Progress Action




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Reporter January 15 2015 available at httpwwwhollywoodre-

portercomnewsoscars-acting-nominees-all-white-764018

2 Melissa Locker ldquoAcademy President Calls For More Diversity In

Wake Of Oscar Nominationsrdquo Vanity Fair Hollywood January 18

2015 available at httpww wvanityfaircomhollywood201501academy-president-diversity-oscarsmbid=social_twitter

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available at httpswwwacluorgvoting-rightsshelby-county-

v-holder

4 US Department of Justice ldquoJurisdictions previously covered by

Section 5rdquo available at httpwwwjusticegovcrtaboutvot

sec_5coveredphp (last accessed February 2015)

5 Brennan Center For Justice ldquoVoting Laws Roundup 2014rdquo (2014)

available at httpswwwbrennancenterorganalysisvoting-

laws-roundup-2014

6 Tony Carrk ldquoThe Koch Brothers What You Need to Know About

the Financiers of the Radical Rightrdquo(Washington Center For

American Progress Action Fund 2011) available at https

cdnamericanprogressactionorgwp-contentuploadsis-

sues201104pdfkoch_brotherspdf

7 Lisa Graves ldquoALEC Exposed The Koch Connectionrdquo (Madison WI

The Center for Media and Democracy 2011) available at http

wwwprwatchorgnews20110710904alec-exposed-koch-

connection

8 Scott Keyes Ian Millhiser Tobin Van Ostern and Abraham White

ldquoVoter Suppression 101 How Conservatives Are Conspir-

ing to Disenfranchise Millions of Americ ansrdquo (Washington

Center For American Progress 2012) available at https

wwwamericanprogressorgissuesprogressive-movementre-

port2012040411380voter-suppression-101

9 Ethan Magoc ldquoFlurry of Voter ID laws tied to conservative group

ALECrdquo NBC News August 21 2012 available at httpinvestiga-

tionsnbcnewscom_news2012082113392560-flurry-of-voter-id-laws-tied-to-conservative-group-alec

10 Ibid

11 Sue Sturgis ldquoAmericans for Prosperityrsquos trail of voter misinforma-

tion goes far beyond NCrdquo (Durham NC The Institute for South-

ern Studies 2014) available at httpwwwsouthernstudies

org201410americans-for-prosperitys-trail-of-voter-misinform

html

12 Brentin Mock ldquoHow the Right is Building its lsquoPoll Watcherrsquo

Network for Novemberrdquo The Nation August 24 2012 available at

httpwwwthenationcomarticle169532how-right-building-

its-poll-watcher-network-november

13 Ibid

14 Alex Roarty ldquoThe Koch Network Spent $100 Million This ElectionCyclerdquo The National Journal November 4 2014 available at

httpwwwnationaljournalcompoliticsthe-koch-network-

spent-100-million-this-election-cycle-20141104

15 Kenneth P Vogel ldquoThe Kochs put a price on 2016 $889 millionrdquo

Politico January 26 2015 available at httpwwwpoliticocom

story201501koch-2016-spending-goal-114604html

16 Chris Cillizza ldquoThe Koch Brothers have funded 44000 ads in

the 2014 electionrdquo The Washington Post September 4 2014

available at httpwwwwashingtonpostcomblogsthe-fix

wp20140904one-out-of-every-10-ads-run-in-the-2014-elec-

tion-have-ties-to-the-koch-brothers

17 David Firestone ldquoNorth Carolina First in voter sup pressionrdquo TheNew York Times Taking Note Blog July 26 2013 available at

httptakingnoteblogsnytimescom20130726north-carolina-

first-in-voter-suppression

18 Pat McCrory ldquoGovernor Pat McCrory signs popular voter ID

into lawrdquo YouTube available at httpswwwyoutubecom

watchv=ykw2zre6yrQ

19 Firestone ldquoNorth Carolina First in Voter Suppressionrdquo

20 Richard Fausset ldquoJudge Backs New Limits on Nor th Carolina Vot-

ingrdquo The New York Times August 8 2014 available at httpw ww

nytimescom20140809usjudge-in-north-carolina-upholds-

2013-voting-lawhtml

21 Rick Hasen ldquoBreaking 4th Circuit on 2-1 Vote Partially Blocks NC

Voting Changes Analysisrdquo Election Law Blog October 1 2014

available at httpelectionlawblogorgp=66138

22 Brent Kendall and Jess Bravin ldquoSupreme Court Allows North

Carolinarsquos Tighter Voting Rulesrdquo The Wall Street Journal October 8

2014 available at httpwwwwsjcomarticlessupreme-court-

allows-north-carolinas-tighter-voting-rules-1412810380

23 Rick Hasen ldquoNC Senate approves GOP-backed election changesrdquo

Election Law Blog July 25 2013 available at httpelectionlaw-

blogorgp=53461

24 The Daily Show ldquoSuppressing the Voterdquo October 23 2013 avail-

able at httpthedailyshowcccomvideosdxhtvksuppressing-

the-vote

25 Brett Logiurato ldquoHerersquos The Racist lsquoDaily Showrsquo Interview That

Cost A Local GOP Chair His Jobrdquo Business Insider October 24

2013 available at httpwwwbusinessinsidercomdaily-show-

interview-don-yelton-racist-resign-2013-10

26 Ari Berman ldquoNorth Carolina Passes the Countryrsquos Worst Voter Sup-

pression Lawrdquo The Nation July 26 2013 available at httpw ww

thenationcomblog175441north-carolina-passes-countrys-

worst-voter-suppression-law

27 Ibid

28 Ari Berman ldquoNorth Carolinarsquos lsquoMonsterrsquo Voting Law Challenged in

Federal Courtrdquo The Nation July 7 2014 available at httpwww

thenationcomblog180559north-carolinas-monster-voting-

law-challenged-federal-court

29 Wendy R Weiser ldquoHow Much of a Difference Did New Voting

Restrictions Make in Yesterdayrsquos Close Racesrdquo Brennan Center for

Justice November 5 2014 available at httpswwwbrennancen-

terorgbloghow-much-difference-did-new-voting-restrictions-make-yesterdays-close-races

30 Berman ldquoNorth Carolina Passes the Countryrsquos Worst Voter Sup-

pression Lawrdquo

31 Jason Stein and Don Walker ldquoScott Walker signs early-voting

bill partial veto extends voting hoursrdquo The Milwaukee-Wisconsin

Journal Sentinel March 27 2014 available at httpwwwjsonline

comnewsstatepoliticsscott-walker-signs-asbestos-lawsuit-bill-

b99234687z1-252672541html

Endnotes




32 Robert Barnes ldquoWisconsin high court wonrsquot restore voter ID

law before Election DayrdquoThe Washington Post September 27

2012 available at httpwwwwashingtonpostcomblogselec-

tion-2012wp201209278271

33 Patrick Marley Daniel Bice and Bill Glauber ldquoUS Supreme Court

blocks Wisconsin voter ID lawrdquo The Milwaukee-Wisconsin JournalSentinel October 9 2014 available at httpwwwjsonline

comnewssupreme-court-blocks-wisconsin-voter-id-law-

b99368251z1-278710831html

34 Andrew Beckett ldquoWalker could call special session o n voter IDrdquo

Wisconsin Radio Network March 11 2014 available at http

wwwwrncom201403walker-could-call-special-session-on-

voter-id

35 Ian Millhiser ldquoThe Future Of Voter Suppression Is Before The

Supreme Courtrdquo ThinkProgress February 9 2015 avail able at

httpthinkprogressorgjustice201502093620677future-

voter-suppression-supreme-court

36 Stein and Walker ldquoScott Walker signs early-voting bill partial veto

extends voting hoursrdquo

37 Jennifer L Clark ldquoEarly Voting Under Attack in Wisconsinrdquo (NewYork Brennan Center for Justice 2014) available at httpswww

brennancenterorgblogearly-voting-under-attack-wisconsin



39 Zachary Roth ldquoWisconsin is the latest swing state to target early

votingrdquo MSNBC March 19 2014 available at httpwwwmsnbc

commsnbcwisconsin-gop-early-voting

40 Erika Eichelberger ldquoThe Supreme Court Just Blocked Scott

Walkerrsquos Voter ID Lawrdquo Mother Jones October 10 2014 available

at httpwwwmotherjonescommojo201410courts-block-

texas-wisconsin-voter-id-laws

41 Brennan Center for Justice ldquoVoter ID Laws Passed Since 2011rdquo

(2013) available at httpswwwbrennancenterorganalysis

voter-id-laws-passed-2011

42 US Government Accountability Office ldquoIssues Related to State

Voter Identification Lawsrdquo (2014) available at httpwwwgao

govproductsGAO-14-634

43 Wendy R Weiser ldquoVoter Suppression How Bad (Pretty Bad)rdquoThe

America Prospect Longform Fall 2014 available at httpprospect

orgarticle22-states-wave-new-voting-restrictions-threatens-

shift-outcomes-tight-races

44 Gina Smith ldquoHaley signs Voter ID bill into lawrdquo The

State May 18 2011 available at httpwwwthestate

com201105181824061_haley-signs-voter-id-bill-into

htmlrh=1

45 Jerry Marko ldquoJustice Dept rejects South Carolina voter I D law

calling it discriminatoryrdquo The Washington Post December 232011 available at httpwwwwashingtonpostcompolitics

justice-dept-rejects-south-carolina-voter-id-law-calling-it-

discriminatory20111223gIQAhLJAEP_storyhtml

46 David Ingram ldquoSouth Carolina voter ID law blocked until 2013rdquo

Reuters October 10 2012 available at httpwwwreuters

comarticle20121010us-usa-campaign-south-carolina-idUS-

BRE89916820121010

47 Del Quentin Wilber ldquoCourt approves South Carolina voter-ID

law but delays it until at least 2013rdquo The Washington Post

October 10 2012 available at httpwwwwashingtonpost

comnationalcourt-approves-south-carolina-voter-id-law-

for-201320121010ac7108c4-130f-11e2-ba83-a7a396e6b2a7_

storyhtml

48 Alan Wilson South Carolina Attorney General ldquoAttorney General

Alan Wilson Issues Statement on Shelby County v Holderrdquo Press

release available at httpwwwscaggovarchives9396

49 Seanna Adcox ldquoOpponents call SC voter ID bill too costly for tax-

payersrdquo Myrtle Beach Online March 30 2011 available at http

wwwmyrtlebeachonlinecom201103302069077_opponents-

call-sc-voter-id-billhtmlrh=1

50 Mackezie Weinger ldquoStudy South Carolina voter ID law hit black

precincts hardestrdquo Politico October 19 2011 available at http

wwwpoliticocomnewsstories101166343html

51 Adcox ldquoOpponents call SC voter ID bill too co stly for taxpayersrdquo

52 Kara Brandeisky Hanqing Chen and Mike Tigasrdquo Everything

Thatrsquos Happened Since Supreme Court Ruled on Voting Rights

Actrdquo ProPublica November 4 2014 available at httpwwwpropublicaorgarticlevoting-rights-by-state-map

53 Jonathan Brater ldquoVoting 2014 Stories from Kansasrdquo (New York

Brennan Canter for Justice 2014) available at httpswwwbren-

nancenterorganalysisvoting-2014-stories-kansas

54 Ibid

55 Robert Barnes ldquoSupreme Court says states may not add citizen-

ship proof for voter registrationrdquo The Washington Post June 17

2013 available at httpwwwwashingtonpostcompolitics

supreme-court-says-states-may-not-add-citizenship-proof-for-vo

ting20130617734a1aca-d760-11e2-a9f2-42ee3912ae0e_sto-

ryhtml

56 Ari Berman ldquoSeparate and Unequal Voting in Arizona and

Kansasrdquo The Nation October 15 2013 available at httpwww

thenationcomblog176650separate-and-unequal-voting-

arizona-and-kansas

57 Dion Lefler ldquoFederal appeals court rejects citizenship proof rule

for Kansas votersrdquo The Kansas City Star November 7 2014 avail-

able at httpwwwkansascitycomnewsgovernment-politics

article3654328html

58 Peter Hancock ldquoKobach to appeal 10th Circuit citizenship rulingrdquo

Lawrence Journal World November 10 2014 available at http

www2ljworldcomnews2014nov10kobach-appeal-10th-

circuit-citizenship-ruling

59 Berman ldquoSeparate and Unequal Voting in Arizona and Kansasrdquo

60 Brater ldquoVoting 2014 Stories from K ansasrdquo

61 Peter Hancock ldquoCitizenship law hits young voters low-income

neighborhoods hardestrdquo Lawrence Journal World October 30

2014 available at httpwww2ljworldcomnews2014oct30

citizenship-law-hits-young-voters-low-income-neigh

62 Harry Enten ldquoOne Day Left The Most Competitive Races For Gov-

ernorrdquo Five Thirty Eight November 3 2014 available at http

fivethirtyeightcomfeaturesone-day-left-the-most-competitive-

races-for-governor






65 Sari Horwitz ldquoTexas voter-ID law is blockedrdquoThe Washington

Post August 30 2012 available at httpww wwashington-

postcomworldnational-securitytexas-voter-id-law-struck-

down201208304a07e270-f2ad-11e1-adc6-87dfa8eff430_sto-

ryhtml

66 Michael Cooper ldquoAfter Ruling States Rush to Enact Voting Lawsrdquo

The New York Times July 5 2013 available at httpwwwnytimes

com20130706uspoliticsafter-Supreme-Court-ruling-states-

rush-to-enact-voting-lawshtmlpagewanted=all

67 Veasey v Perry No 14-41127 2014 US App available at http

electionlawblogorgwp-contentuploads20141014-5thpdf

68 Josh Gerstein ldquoJudge blocks Texas voter ID lawrdquo Politico October

9 2014 available at httpwwwpoliticocomblogsunder-the-

radar201410judge-blocks-texas-voter-id-law-196865html

69 Curtis Skinner ldquoSupreme Court denies request to block Texas

voter ID lawrdquo Reuters October 18 2014 available at httpw ww

reuterscomarticle20141018us-usa-court-texas-election-idUSKCN0I708Z20141018

70 Lyle Denniston ldquoThe Court wonrsquot interrupt Texas voter ID lawrdquo

Scotus Blog October 18 2014 available at httpwwwscotus-

blogcom201410court-wont-interrupt-texas-voter-id-law



72 Carson Whitelemons ldquoVoting 2014 Stories from Texasrdquo (New York

Brennan Center for Justice 2014) available at httpswwwbren-

nancenterorganalysisvoting-2014-stories-texas

73 John Travis ldquoDoubling Down on Dubious Claims of Voter Fraudrdquo

Brennan Center for Justice June 28 2011 available at https

wwwbrennancenterorgblogdoubling-down-dubious-claims-

voter-fraud

74 Associated Press ldquoVoter purge hits active votersrdquo KUNM August

10 2012 available at httpkunmorgpostvoter-purge-hits-

active-voters

75 Neera Tanden Gov Ted Strickland Arkadi Gerney and Tiffany

Germain ldquoBackfire Republican Rhetoric in 2014 Will Be an

Albatross for 2016rdquo (Washington Center For American Progress

Action Fund 2014) available at httpswwwamericanprogres-

sactionorgissuesgeneralreport20141103100149backfire

76 Ibid

77 Steve Terrell ldquoSecretary of State Duran withholds support for

voter ID bill that doesnrsquot require photosrdquoDaily Times January

26 2015 available at httpwwwdaily-timescomfour_corners-

newsci_27399386secretary-state-duran-withholds-support-

voter-id-bill

78 Ryan J Reilly ldquoGOP New Mexico Sec of State Finds Tiny Fraction

Of The Voter Fraud She Allegedrdquo Talking Points Memo November

18 2011 available at httptalkingpointsmemocommuckraker

gop-new-mexico-sec-of-state-finds-tiny-fraction-of-the-voter-

fraud-she-alleged

79 Tanden Strickland Gerney and Germain ldquoBackfire Republican

Rhetoric in 2014 Will Be an Albatross for 2016rdquo

80 Linsey Bald ldquoGeorge Will dumped Prize winning author George

Will dumped after column on raperdquo Examiner June 21 2014

available at httpwwwexaminercomarticlegeorge-will-

dumped-prize-winning-author-george-will-dumped-after-

column-on-rape

81 George F Will ldquoGeorge Will Federal voting drive makes a moun-tain out of a molehillrdquoThe Washington Post December 19 2012

available at httpwwwwashingtonpostcomopinionsgeorge-

will-federal-voting-drive-makes-a-mountain-out-of-a-molehill20

121219461e17c4-494c-11e2-ad54-580638ede391_storyhtml

82 Bret Baier ldquoConfirmed Cases Of Voter Fraud Illegal Immigrants

Voting In Drovesrdquo YouTube October 30 2014 available at https

wwwyoutubecomwatchv=DNgRnEsCmp4

83 Brennan Center for Justice ldquoPolicy Brief on Voter Identificationrdquo


policy-brief-voter-identification

84 Andrew Cohen ldquoGeorge Will Gets (Almost) Everything Wrong

About Voting Rightsrdquo The Atlantic December 20 2012 available

at httpwwwtheatlanticcompoliticsarchive201212george-

will-gets-almost-everything-wrong-about-voting-rights266504

85 Michelle Malkin ldquoThe Leftrsquos voter fraud whitewashrdquo October 27

2010 available at httpmichellemalkincom2010102762680

86 Wilson ldquoMRC TV Are voter ID laws racistrdquo Glenn Beck March 27

2012 available at httpwwwglennbeckcom20120327mrc-

tv-are-voter-i-d-laws-racist

87 Josh Israel ldquoGeorgia Secretary Of State Laments That

Democrats Are Registering Minority Votersrdquo ThinkProgress

September 11 2014 available at httpthinkprogressorg

justice201409113566493georgia-secretary-of-state-laments-

minority-voters

88 Erik Eckholm and Richard Faussetnov ldquoAs New Rules Take

Effect Voters Report Problems in Some Statesrdquo The New York

Times November 4 2014 available at httpwwwnytimes

com20141105uselection-tests-new-rules-on-votinghtml

89 Hunter Schwarz ldquoGeorgiarsquos GOP secretary of state investigates al-

legations of voter fraud by Democrat-led grouprdquoThe Washington

Post GovBeat September 10 2014 available at httpwww

washingtonpostcomblogsgovbeatwp20140910georgias-

gop-secretary-of-state-investigates-allegations-of-voter-fraud-

by-democrat-led-group

90 Hunter Schwarz ldquoLess than 1 percent of voter registration forms

turned in by a Georgia group accused of fraud are actually

fraudulentrdquo The Washington Post GovBeat September 18 2014

available at httpwwwwashingtonpostcomblogsgovbeat

wp20140918less-than-1-percent-of-voter-registration-forms-

turned-in-by-a-georgia-group-accused-of-fraud-are-actually-

fraudulent

91 Ibid

92 Brian Wood ldquoJudge Refuses To Intervene In 40000 Lost Voter

Registrations In Georgiardquo Liberals Unite October 28 2014

available at httpsamuel-wardecom201410judge-wont-

intervene-lost-voter-registrations-georgia

93 Election Protection ldquoGeorgia Fails Voters on Critical Elec tion Dayrdquo

Press release November 4 2014 available at httpwwwlawyer-

scommitteeorgnewsroompress_releasesid=0531



94 Lawrence Dortch ldquoGeorgia Voter Redirected To Polling Place 35

Miles Awayrdquo ThinkProgress November 4 2014 available at http

thinkprogressorglbupdate3588740georgia-voter-redirected-

to-polling-place-35-miles-awaylbu-1415128140

95 AJC ldquoDeKalb polling station to stay open late complaints about

state voter websiterdquo November 4 2014 available at httpwwwajccomnewsnewsstate-regional-govt-politicselection-day-

brings-long-lines-sporadic-problemsnhy6s

96 Ashley Killough ldquoCNN Poll Georgia Senate race statistical

tierdquo CNN October 24 2014 available at httpwwwcnn

com20141024politicscnn-poll-georgiaindexhtml

97 Zachary Roth ldquoGeorgia Republicans look to cut early voting

againrdquo MSNBC February 16 2015 available at httpwww

msnbccommsnbcgeorgia-republicans-look-cut-early-voting-

again

98 Ibid

99 Hamed Aleaziz Dave Gibson and Jaeah Lee ldquoUFO Sightings

Are More Common Than Voter Fraudrdquo Mother Jones July

August 2012 available at httpwwwmotherjonescompoli-

tics201207voter-id-laws-charts-maps



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voer ID and conraced early voing windows991252and a changing cas o characers he scrip

remains he same a concered coordinaed effor o suppress he basic righ o cas a voe and

have i couned

One migh say irsquos as hough some conservaives are vying or he Academy Awards o Voer

Suppression In his case hink he Koch brohers insead o he Coen brohers Tis issue brie examines he people and organizaions ha in recen years have sood ou or creaing

new obsacles o voing Te approach in his documen is cheeky by design bu make

no misake he implicaions o he awardeersquos effors o make i more difficul o voe are

excepionally serious

And so wihou urher ado he awards go ohellip

Best Director Charles and David Koch

Best Director is awarded to the person or people who define and orchestrate the overall vision of

the performance to achieve the ultimate goal of voter suppression

As key bankrollers o he righ-wingrsquos inrasrucure991252rom poliical acion commitees and

hink anks o lobbying effors and individual candidae campaigns991252he Koch brohers and

heir convolued nework o affiliaed organizaions have an enormous impac on he sae o

play or voing righs6

Key in he Koch brohersrsquo effor o suppress he voe is he American Legislaive Exchange

Council or ALEC While i is impossible o know he ull exen o unding ha he Kochs

have provided o ALEC he amoun mos likely exceeds $1 million

7

A Cener or AmericanProgress invesigaive repor has revealed ha ALEC is in ac drafing many o he ani-voer

laws inroduced in saes8 For insance in 2009 ALECrsquos public saey and elecions ask orce

drafed a model ldquovoer ID billrdquo drawn rom legislaion in Georgia and Indiana9 In 2011 and

2012 lawmakers in 37 saes proposed 62 bills relaed o voing and phoo ID991252hal o which

were sponsored by eiher ALEC members or ALEC conerence atendees10

ALEC is no he only way ha Koch money finds is way ino he voing debae Americans

or Prosperiy or AFP anoher Koch-backed eniy has been responsible or misleading voer

mailings in a leas our saes Teir acics include absenee ballo applicaions wih deadlines

or submission ha all afer he elecion and atemps o purge he voer rolls via ldquocagingrdquo991252orsending mail o a lis o voers and hen atemping o purge any voers rom he rolls whose

mail is reurned as undeliverable11

AFP has also parnered wih rue he Voe an organizaion ha rains voluneers o police

polling places or voing irregulariies including enorcemen o voer ID laws According













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Endnotes







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column-on-rape
























minority-voters

















fraudulent

91 Ibid























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ani-voer legislaion






































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Milwaukee alone39








































award or Bes Acress







































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v-holder






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connection










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13 Ibid

















watchv=ykw2zre6yrQ





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blogorgp=53461



the-vote









27 Ibid










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Endnotes







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voter-id































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connection










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13 Ibid

















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the-vote









27 Ibid










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Endnotes







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voter-id































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minority-voters

















fraudulent

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connection










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13 Ibid

















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blogorgp=53461



the-vote









27 Ibid










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Endnotes







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b99368251z1-278710831html




voter-id































htmlrh=1








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races-for-governor










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voter-fraud



active-voters






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minority-voters

















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91 Ibid























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98 Ibid











































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Cosume Design

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v-holder






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connection










10 Ibid





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13 Ibid

















watchv=ykw2zre6yrQ





2013-voting-lawhtml










blogorgp=53461



the-vote









27 Ibid










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Endnotes







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b99368251z1-278710831html




voter-id































htmlrh=1








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arizona-and-kansas




article3654328html














races-for-governor










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voter-fraud



active-voters






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voter-id-bill





fraud-she-alleged







column-on-rape
























minority-voters

















fraudulent

91 Ibid























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98 Ibid




























































































































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v-holder






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connection










10 Ibid





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13 Ibid

















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2013-voting-lawhtml










blogorgp=53461



the-vote









27 Ibid










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Endnotes







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voter-id































htmlrh=1








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voter-fraud



active-voters






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minority-voters

















fraudulent

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98 Ibid
















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connection










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13 Ibid

















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2013-voting-lawhtml










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27 Ibid










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voter-id































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active-voters






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minority-voters

















fraudulent

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98 Ibid











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voter-id































htmlrh=1








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