AltWeeklies Wire
Wedge Issues Bring Heated Debatesnew
Mississippi Democrats turned up the heat in debates over abortion, immigration and voter rights last week.
Jackson Free Press |
R.L. Nave |
03-18-2012 |
Policy Issues
96-Year-Old Woman Who Voted During Jim Crow Is Denied Photo IDnew

At age 96, Dorothy Cooper is the new poster child for what's wrong with Tennessee's photo ID voter law.
Nashville Scene |
Jeff Woods |
10-05-2011 |
Politics
Indiana's Voter ID Law Creates Hasslenew

For many in Indianapolis, obtaining the right identification will be very difficult. Those who have never had a driver's license and don't have their original birth certificate still won't be able to get an ID to vote. And the catch-22 is that to get a birth certificate or a driver's license or a passport, you have to have valid ID -- the very thing you're trying to obtain.