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UPDATE: ID and assistance restrictions on tap for voters in Mississippi

| April 13, 2012 - 4:55 pm

Tags: 112th Congress, ALEC, American Legislative Exchange Council, Bill Denny, disabled voters, Mississippi, Policy Corner, public policy, voter assistance, voter ID, voter suppression, voting assistance, voting rights

UPDATE: HB 921, which passed the House in March, has now passed the Senate and gone into concurrence. It’s unlikely to go into effect before the November elections. HB 1315, which also got through the House, has died in committee in the Senate.

ID and assistance restrictions on tap for voters in Mississippi

| March 16, 2012 - 6:12 pm

Tags: 112th Congress, ALEC, American Legislative Exchange Council, Bill Denny, disabled voters, Mississippi, Policy Corner, public policy, voter assistance, voter ID, voter suppression, voting assistance, voting rights

Last November, Mississippi voters approved by referendum a voter ID constitutional amendment. Because it requires enacting legislation, the House has passed HB 921. It must get through the Senate and Governor, and be approved by the US Department of Justice, before becoming law. Representative Bill Denny, an ALEC member, is its primary sponsor.

Representative Denny also sponsors HB 1315, which puts voting even further out of reach for those who are blind, disabled, or unable to read and write. Clarion Ledger, page 3: