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Supreme Court Hears Arguments in Arizona About Law That Denies Legal Voters the Ability to Vote

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The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments today in the case of Arizona v. Inter Tribal Council of Arizona Inc., determining the constitutionality of Arizona’s Prop. 200, a law that requires voters to present certain documents as proof of U.S. citizenship when using the federal form to register to vote at the polls.

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Today is National Voter Registration Day

Today is National Voter Registration Day. Volunteers, celebrities and organizations from all over the country are "hitting the streets" for National Voter Registration Day. This single day of coordinated field, technology and media efforts will create awareness of voter registration opportunities. Want to get involved? Find a National Voter Registration Day event near you

Are you on Twitter? Follow the action using the hashtags #925NVRD and #voteready. 

Make sure all your friends and family are ready to vote this November. Send them to www.aflcio.org/register.

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One Good Reason Why the Pa. Voter ID Law Must be Overturned: Jean Foreman

Don't forget to register to vote: www.aflcio.org/register

Jean Foreman, 80, had to wait four hours at the Pittsburgh PennDOT to get her voter ID last Tuesday. Foreman was denied a Pennsylvania state-issued  ID on the first try. The problem was, Foreman did not have a birth certificate (although she had tried several times to obtain one without any success). When she was born, the hospital did not record the births of African American children. Volunteer attorneys with the United Steelworkers (USW) at the My Vote, My Right event outside the PennDOT, were able to help Foreman come up with additional printouts of bills, voter registration paperwork and an affidavit from a person who swore Foreman lived at her residence. During the four-hour process hunting down paperwork, Foreman had to take a break to sip orange juice because as a diabetic, her blood sugar was getting low and she was feeling weak.

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Voter Fraud? You're More Likely to Be Struck by Lightning

Think voter fraud is a problem? Think again. The chance of voter fraud occurring in a federal election is 1 in 2.3 million. A person is more likely to be struck by lightning or attacked by a swarm of bees than commit voter fraud. 

Thirty-four states introduced voter ID requirements that would effectively disenfranchise more than 21 million eligible voters who don’t have the required IDs—mostly people of color, low-income voters, students, seniors and people with disabilities.

The NAACP recently released this video, Dangerous World, which shows voter fraud isn't dangerous but stopping 21 million people from voting is. 

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