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Editorials: League of Women Voters denounces passage of South Carolina voter suppression legislation | The Pickens Sentinel

May 27, 2011

League of Women Voters of South Carolina President Barbara Zia strongly denounced passage of the “voter photo identification” bill in the state General Assembly and calls on Governor Haley to veto this legislation.

The legislation requires eligible citizens to present specific government-issued photo identification in order to exercise their constitutional right to vote. This is an expensive new government program that will create barriers to voting for thousands of citizens in an effort to “fix” a problem that doesn’t exist.

South Carolina: Opponents of New South Carolina Voter ID Law Take Fight to the Feds | Free Times

May 26, 2011

When Republican Gov. Nikki Haley strode out to the podium as The Black Eyed Peas song “I Gotta Feeling” pumped through a PA system in the background and her entourage began a slow, rolling clap, clap, clap before she sat down to sign perhaps one of the strictest voter ID laws in the nation, it…

South Carolina: Governor Nikki Haley signs South Carolina Voter ID bill into law | TheState.com

May 21, 2011

With music pumping, Gov. Nikki Haley signed into law Wednesday a bill requiring S.C. voters to show a photo ID, such as a driver’s license, to cast a ballot. Currently, voters only must show a voter registration card, which does not have a photo. “If you can show a picture to buy Sudafed, if you can…

South Carolina: The Voter ID Bill Faces New Problems in South Carolina | WYFF Greenville

May 20, 2011

But opponents believe the measure will suppress voter turnout. An estimated 178,000 voters in South Carolina don’t have a driver’s license. Those voters will be able to get state-issued ID cards for free. However, in the middle of a budget crisis in South Carolina, there is no money to pay for it. “So it could be…

South Carolina: Haley signs South Carolina bill requiring voters show photo ID | TheState.com

May 19, 2011

With The Black Eyed Peas blaring, South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley signed a bill Wednesday requiring people to show photo identification to vote, as opponents pledged to fight it through the U.S. Justice Department. Haley arrived at the bill signing with the hip-hop group’s “I Gotta Feeling” playing in the background, as Republican legislators and tea…

South Carolina: Voting Machine Critics Get Their Day in the South Carolina Senate | Free Times

April 22, 2011

After a Senate panel heard testimony on April 14 from a handful of election watchdogs critical of the state’s system of electronic voting machines, a rather testy exchange took place in the hallway. “You guys have a tough job,” said USC computer scientist Duncan Buell to Chris Whitmire, the spokesman for the South Carolina State Election…

South Carolina: Bipartisan support for paper trail voting in South Carolina | Examiner.com

April 18, 2011

It’s no secret that opposing political parties frequently disagree. But when it comes to voting machines currently used in their state, South Carolina Democrats and Republicans unite in demand for improvement. Distrust in the use of electronic voting machines is noted in the 2011 resolutions of both state parties. Both call for changes to include…

South Carolina: South Carolina Senate blocks House version of Voter ID bill | SCNOW

April 15, 2011

The South Carolina Senate voted to non-concur on what senate leaders called a “flawed” Voter ID bill passed by the House of Representatives. Because of the flaws in the House language and new matter inserted in the supposedly clean bill, the vote to non-concur was overwhelming. Without agreement from the house, the bill, which would…

Editorials: South Carolina: Resolve voting machine questions | The Post and Courier

April 10, 2011

There have been ongoing complaints about supposed problems with the state’s electronic voting machines since last year’s Democratic primary election, and now the local Council of Governments has taken up the drumbeat. It’s time to resolve the matter. The Legislative Audit Council is the obvious choice to investigate performance and security questions raised about the…

South Carolina: South Carolina House rejects early voting, pushes ID bill | thestate.com

April 7, 2011

House Republicans squashed a Senate plan Wednesday to let voters cast ballots early and sent back to the Senate a bill requiring voters to present a photo ID at the polls. Under the bill approved by the Republican-controlled House, voters must bring a driver’s license, passport, military ID or other photo ID to the polls…

South Carolina: South Carolina voting machines to get closer probe | The Sun News

April 5, 2011

A few dozen of the Lowcountry’s elected officials appear concerned enough about South Carolina’s voting machines to urge the legislature to look into them. Frank Heindel, a Charleston businessman, has spent months investigating the machines’ performance, and outlined his findings Monday to the board of the Berkeley-Charleston-Dorchester Council of Governments. Board members agreed to prepare…