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Friday, April 05, 2013  Columbia Urban League President and CEO J.T. McLawhorn was a college student in 1968; the year Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was shot and killed in Memphis.

Friday, March 08, 2013  State election officials have printed over 1,100 photo identification cards for voters to use at the polls to comply with South Carolina's new voter ID law.

Wednesday, February 27, 2013  Civil liberties groups say federal voter protections are still needed in South Carolina.

Wednesday, January 16, 2013  South Carolina can recover about $54,000 of its $3.5 million costs for a lawsuit defending the state's voter identification law.

Tuesday, January 08, 2013  The federal government will have to pay part of South Carolina's $3.5 million price tag for a lawsuit over the state's tough new voter ID law.

Tuesday, December 11, 2012  South Carolina House lawmakers are getting a head start on the legislative session by pre-filing more than 100 bills.

Monday, November 05, 2012  Every election is the important, but for one South Carolina voter, voting in this year’s election is a must.

Thursday, October 11, 2012  A panel of three federal judges in Washington has upheld South Carolina's voter identification law, but says the state cannot put it in practice until 2013..

Wednesday, October 10, 2012  A panel of three federal judges in Washington has upheld South Carolina's voter identification law, but says the state cannot put it in practice until 2013.

Tuesday, October 02, 2012  A judge on Tuesday blocked Pennsylvania's divisive voter identification requirement from going into effect on Election Day, delivering a hard-fought victory to Democrats who said it was a ploy to defeat President Barack Obama and other opponents who said it would prevent the elderly and minorities from voting.

Monday, September 24, 2012  Federal judges are questioning whether South Carolina can wait until 2014 to put its new voter ID law into effect.

Monday, September 24, 2012 

Monday, September 24, 2012  South Carolina is returning to federal court over whether its voter photo identification law will keep some minorities from the polls on Election Day.

Friday, August 31, 2012  Attorneys are wrapping up testimony in the federal trial of South Carolina's voter identification law.

Thursday, August 30, 2012  South Carolina's NAACP president says a racist email acknowledged by the author of the state's voter ID law should help persuade a panel of federal judges to find against it.