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Will New Voter ID Laws Protect the Polls or Suppress Turnout?
Is the GOP trying to stop voter fraud or keep Obama supporters away from the polls? Can Dem's prove minorities, old people and college students can't produce state-issued picture ID's?
By Warren Olney • • 50m ListenAre Republicans trying to prevent voter fraud or keep supporters of Barack Obama away from the polls? Do Democrats have real proof that minorities, old people and college students can't produce state-issued picture ID's? We hear a debate that’s raging in state legislatures across the country. Also, the Supreme Court rejects a ban on violent games to minors, and Michele Bachmann's presidential campaign will be based on cutting the federal spending. What do her own financial disclosure forms reveal?
Banner image: A voter fraud sign is seen at Lupica Towers November 4, 2008 in Cleveland, Ohio. Voting is underway in the US presidential elections with Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) leading in the race against the Republican presidential nominee Senator John McCain (R-AZ). Photo: J.D. Pooley/Getty Images
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3 storiesSupreme Court Rejects Ban on Violent Games to Minors
The Constitution does not allow states to protect children by limiting the violence in video games or any other medium. That's according to the US Supreme Court in a 7-to-2 ruling today in a case from California. David Savage reports on the court for the Los Angeles Times .
Read the story8 minElection Fraud, Voter ID and Gerrymandering
Red-State Republicans are enacting laws to require voters to identify themselves at the polls with picture-identification not everybody has access to. Democrats claim the GOP is trying to rig next year's elections by depriving minorities, old people and college students from exercising the right to vote.
Read the story36 minBachmann Declares Candidacy amid Reports Her Family Received Federal Subsidies
Michele Bachmann is running for president on a campaign of cutting the federal government. But she's also responding to reports that she and her immediate family have benefited from government assistance.
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