By now we're sure that you've heard of Voter ID laws. If your a regular MyBlackCoffee reader you remember our post about the "Jim Crow" look alike laws that were being pushed in specific states to place hurdles in the way of, mainly people from low socioeconomic areas voting at the polls in November. Some of the most significant features of the laws are the type of government issue id's that are permitted at the polls, addresses matching, and even testing to exercise the right to vote. Many of the states have attempted to but these laws on the books by the November election but a judge in Pennsylvania...

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We first told you about the Voter ID controversy surrounding new laws in Texas, but that isn't the only state being affected by the legislation. These laws will adversely affect as many as 5 million voters nationwide. These issues today are reminiscent of the 2000 election between Al Gore and George W. Bush, where many early and absentee voters in Florida were slighted and their votes were not counted because of new procedures. The following states have been reported to have serious changes implemented concerning Voter ID: Tennessee, Florida, Indiana, Pennsylvania, Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama,...

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