Obama Administration Joins Suits Against GOP-Backed Voting Restrictions In Wisconsin, Ohio

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Ryan J. Reilly
Obama Administration Joins Suits Against GOP-Backed Voting Restrictions In Wisconsin, Ohio
Posted: 07/30/2014 3:21 pm EDT Updated: 4 hours ago


The Obama administration on Wednesday sought to join two ongoing lawsuits against voting laws in Wisconsin and Ohio. In the filings, the Justice Department argued that a federal judge was right to strike down Wisconsin's voter ID law and that Ohio is incorrectly interpreting its duties under a provision of the Voting Rights Act.

Attorney General Eric Holder, who talked about the filings in an interview with ABC earlier this month, said in a statement on Wednesday that they "are necessary to confront the pernicious measures in Wisconsin and Ohio that would impose significant barriers to the most basic right of our democracy."

"These two states' voting laws represent the latest, misguided attempts to fix a system that isn't broken," Holder continued. "These restrictive state laws threaten access to the ballot box. The Justice Department will never shrink from our responsibility to protect the voting rights of every eligible American. And we will keep using every available tool at our disposal to guard against all forms of discrimination, to prevent voter disenfranchisement, and to secure the rights of every citizen."

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/30/obama-voting-rights-ohio-wisconsin_n_5634804.html

[freebrew]

1. The only thing laws like this fix is elections...nt