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A previous Heritage Foundation report found that declining welfare caseloads contributed substantially to the decline in public assistance voter registrations from 1996 to 2006. Despite recent criticisms by R. Michael Alvarez and Jonathan Nagler, this finding still holds. Members of Congress, policymakers, and the media should not dismiss the major role that welfare reform and decreased welfare participation have played in reducing voter registrations at state public assistance offices.

Voting rights have become a key issue in the Rhode Island secretary of state race between Gregg Amore and Pat Cortellessa.

Who: Michael Shmina for State Representative, 32nd District What: mailer, robocall Truth Squad calls: Foul, Technical fouls and no foul

Barack Obama, in full Barack Hussein Obama II, (born August 4, 1961, Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.), 44th president of the United States (2009–17) and the first African American to hold the office. Before winning the presidency, Obama represented Illinois in the U.S. Senate (2005–08). He was the third African American to be elected to that body since the end of Reconstruction (1877). In 2009 he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize “for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy...

This Friday, the U.S. Justice Department, due to the prior actions of the Obama administration, will be conspicuously absent from a federal courtroom in Virginia as a lawsuit kicks off that could prove critical to protecting the integrity of American elections.

Youth Development worker Diana Harahwa said the issue of ineffective participation of PWDs emanated from the society’s education system that was not inclusive.

The right needs to wake up to lopsided electoral funding practices.

There's nothing nonpartisan about Biden's overly broad executive order directing every federal agency to focus on voter participation.

WPM Honors Bob Beck, Directing the WPR News Team Since 1988

Contrary to claims made by prominent newspapers and attorneys,in-person voting fraud is a real problem. It is also widespread, asdocumented in reports and court cases from around the country.Voter-ID requirements directly target in-person voting fraud; wouldprevent illegal aliens from casting votes; and, contrary to theclaims of opponents, do not affect voter turnout.