Monday, August 27, 2012
South Carolina makes the case for its Voter ID law before a panel in Washington, D.C., this week.
UPDATED (8 p.m. Aug. 27, 2012): After a day spent in federal court, Attorney General Alan Wilson held a conference call with the media. Wilson was joined in Washington, D.C. by Lt. Governor Glenn McConnell, House Speaker Bobby Harrell, Sen. Chip Campson (R – Charleston) and Rep. Alan Clemmons (R – Horry). Campson and Clemmons took the stand and Clemmons will continue his testimony on Tuesday. Wilson immediately defended the Voter ID law against charges that it would suppress the vote of the poor and minorities, groups that tend to vote Democratic. “The bill does not change the requirements for registering to vote. Citizens can get an ID free of charge at their nearest election office,” Wilson said. Wilson also noted that even if voters …
Thursday, June 21, 2012
18-month-long investigation House Oversight and Government Reform Committee held Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt on Wednesday.
On Wednesday, the House committee overseeing the investigation into Operation Fast and Furious, found United States Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt for citing executive privilege and not handing over documents relevant to the inquiry. The Fast and Furious investigation has strong ties to South Carolina, with U.S. Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-4) one of its lead investigators and the whistleblower who helped shed light on the operation residing in Simpsonville. Next week, House Speaker John Boehner is expected to bring the contempt hearings to a vote before the entire House. While the investigation has dragged on, some have called a little more than political theater and precisely the kind of gridlock that has Congess' favorability polling in…
Monday, April 16, 2012
73 percent think voter ID before voting is not discriminatory.
A poll released today shows most Americans favor showing an ID before voting, because they believe voter fraud is a substantial problem. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 64 percent of Likely U.S. Voters rate voter fraud at least a somewhat serious problem in the United States today, and just 24 percent disagree. This includes 35 percent who consider it a very serious problem and 7 percent who view it as not at all serious. Twelve percent are undecided, according to Rasmussen. The voter ID issue has been a hot-button topic in South Carolina, which has vowed to fight for a voter ID requirement after the U.S. Department of Justice struck down the state's law mandating IDs at the polls. Opponents say voter ID …
stanley seigler
1:18 pm on Wednesday, November 14, 2012
@Tom Utley re: I really don't understand any of your post. we're even...i dont understand most of posts...weel hear what you say...but dont begin to know where you are coming from...very few if any of yo opines bare any resemblance to reality or basis in fact. re: I don't see how requiring proof of identification to vote is "voter suppression." ...all this talk about hurting the elderly and … more ›