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Will Florida Laws Keep Young Voters From Primary?MTV.comBut according to some longtime voter-registration organizations, that right could be threatened this year in a number of states due to new laws that make signing up new voters more difficult. The issue has come into sharp relief this week in Florida, …and more » View full post on [...]

Emergency manager law divides Michigan voters, poll showsDetroit Free Press18 photo by JARRAD HENDERSON/Detroit Free Pre Michigan voters are split on whether the state should keep its controversial emergency manager law for cities and school districts, according to a Free Press/WXYZ-TV (Channel 7) poll.Emergency Managers Destroy DemocracyHuffington Postall 17 news articles » View full post on [...]

WXYZ Half of Michigan voters oppose legal potUPI.comOnly 5 percent of respondents said they are undecided, while 45 percent support legal pot. In 2008, 63 percent of Michigan voters approved a referendum to legalize marijuana for medical uses, and advocates of complete legalization have launched a …EPIC: Mich voters close on legal potWOOD-TVPoll: Voters wary [...]

Missouri voters may vote on legal marijuana industry in November 2012Examiner.comLast fall, Missouri Secretary of State Robin Carnahan gave approval to circulate petitions submitted by Show-Me Cannabis Regulation, a political organization lobbying for a legal medical marijuana program in the state of Missouri. …and more » View full post on legal – Google News

The Daily Star Put proposed same-sex marriage law to the votersLongview Daily NewsWhile not one of the six US states enabling same-sex marriage, Washington has expanded "partners' rights" over the years, culminating in a 2009 statute, approved that year by state voters, that was dubbed the "Everything but marriage" law. …Washington governor supports gay marriage [...]

Washington Times Voter fraud, disenfranchised voters, and voter ID lawsWashington TimesOn December 23, the Justice Department blocked South Carolina's new voter ID law. Attorney General Eric Holder spoke out against the law, saying that we should "resist the temptation to suppress certain votes in the hope of attaining electoral success. …Holder's Racial PoliticsWall Street JournalSC [...]

Politico Voters Fight Wisconsin's Voter ID LawCourthouse News ServiceScott Walker, saying Wisconsin's new voter ID law is unconstitutional. Represented by the ACLU, lead plaintiff Ruthelle Frank also sued eight officials on the state's Government Accountability Board and 10 officials at the Department of Motor Vehicles. …ACLU sues Wisconsin over voter ID lawReutersACLU Sues Over Voter-ID [...]

Federal law, voters' wishes clash in proposed First Coast districtsFlorida Times-UnionThe amendments require that districts be drawn compact, but federal law also mandates that lawmakers draw minority districts, which can often be odd in shape. The House and Senate have each created their own redistricting plans for Congress and their …and more » View full post [...]

USA Today Obama Touts Health-Care Law Before Donors While Mum With VotersSan Francisco Chronicle23 (Bloomberg) — President Barack Obama is using passage of the health-care law to help him get re-elected. He's just not making the sales pitch in public. Asked at a Nov. 13 press conference in Kapolei, Hawaii, about whether he was concerned [...]

USA Today Poll: Voters want court to kill Obama health care lawUSA TodayA new poll shows that most voters want the Supreme Court to overturn President Obama's health care law, with opposition and support falling largely along party lines. Overall, voters oppose the law by 48-40%, according to …and more » View full post on law [...]