Five Million Voters May Lose Rights in the 2012 Elections

New York City : NY : USA | Mar 11, 2012 at 7:21 PM PDT

By Stephanie Sklar

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Today’s Super Tuesday primary involves 10 states and 437 delegates at stake for the Republican Party’s presidential prospects. There are two states among that crop that are worth taking a look at: Georgia and Tennessee. Both are emblems for a growing and troubling legislative trend in which new election laws mandate citizens to produce photo identification to vote, ask people to prove their citizenship to vote or outright curtail voter registration efforts.

According to the Brennan Center for Justice, as many as five million eligible voters could meet difficulties this Election Day due to these new, imposing voter laws.

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http://www.truth-out.org/five-million-voters-may-lose-rights-2012-elections/1331310979

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Stephanie Sklar is based in Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America, and is an Anchor for Allvoices.

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