(DIR) Return Create A Forum - Home --------------------------------------------------------- Ukraine English News Forum (HTM) https://ukraineenglishnewsforum.createaforum.com --------------------------------------------------------- ***************************************************** (DIR) Return to: Politics ***************************************************** #Post#: 7489-------------------------------------------------- Hillary Clinton allies plan lawsuits to fight voter suppression By: discjocke52 Date: June 3, 2015, 6:22 pm --------------------------------------------------------- The Democrats began last month with lawsuits filed in Ohio and Wisconsin, presidential battleground states whose governors are likely to run for the Republican nomination themselves. Now, they are most likely going to attack a host of measures. They include voter identification requirements that Democrats consider onerous, time restrictions imposed on early voting that they say could make it difficult to cast ballots the weekend before Election Day, and rules that could nullify ballots cast in the wrong precinct. The effort, which is being spearheaded by a lawyer whose clients include Mrs. Clinton’s campaign, reflects an urgent practical need, Democrats say: to get litigation underway early enough so that federal judges can be persuaded to intervene in states where Republicans control legislatures and governor’s offices. A similar lawsuit was begun last year in North Carolina. Other potential fronts in the pre-emptive legal offensive, Democrats say, could soon be opened in Georgia, Nevada and the increasingly critical presidential proving ground of Virginia................ Read further at link: dailykos.com (HTM) http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/06/03/1390225/-Hillary-Clinton-allies-plan-lawsuits-to-fight-voter-suppression?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+dailykos%2Findex+%28Daily+Kos%29 *****************************************************