Editor’s note: Brad Todd is a Republican media strategist. In 2010, his firm OnMessage Inc. advised the National Republican Congressional Committee, Sen. Ron Johnson R-Wisconsin, Gov. Rick Scott, R-Florida, and 10 Republicans who captured Democratic congressional seats. Washington (CNN) — Hardly a day goes by without dismissive and arrogant invective from the White House about the House    .. more …

Jackson criticized provisions of the law that have been strongly attacked by many Democrats.They include reducing early voting from 14 days to eight and excluding the Sunday before the general election; imposing fines on third-party groups that register voters if they do not submit applications within 48 hours; and requiring voters who change counties to cast provisional ballots if they    .. more …

Registration to vote is the bedrock of the democratic process, and it’s important that electoral registers are as complete and accurate as possible ” so everyone who is entitled to vote can, and no one is on the register who shouldn’t be. The electoral roll (also known as Voters roll searches and Electoral register searches) is a list of people who are eligible to vote, it also contains their    .. more …

OAK PARK, Ill. — At this critical time in our nation’s history, when wider participation by the American people in their own democracy should be encouraged, Republican politicians are instead suppressing that participation by limiting access to the voting booth.So-called “voter ID” laws signed into law this year in several states have nothing to do with their purported aim of protecting the    .. more …

(AP)- 1 day ago PITTSBURGH (AP) ” A federal judge in Pittsburgh has dismissed a lawsuit begun by ACORN that sought to overturn a state law used to prosecute voter registration groups who required canvassers to fulfill quotas.ACORN has since disbanded, but an affiliated group, Project Vote, took over as plaintiff of the 2009 lawsuit defended by the Pennsylvania attorney general.U.S. District Judge    .. more …

TALLAHASSEE — Secretary of State Kurt Browning announced Friday that he would use a rare maneuver to try to secure approval for the state’s controversial new elections law, setting off a new legal battle over a measure that could shape the 2012 elections.Browning filed suit in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., asking a three-judge panel to allow the state to begin enforcing the law in the    .. more …

Voters prefer Labour’s remedy for the economy over National’s, according to the latest Herald-DigiPoll survey – but they still don’t like the doctor.A slip in support for Labour has given Labour leader Phil Goff a massive challenge to make up ground four months out from the election.In the latest survey, Mr Goff has again dropped back into the single digits as preferred Prime Minister – down to 9    .. more …