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John C. Reilly has covered a lot of film territory over the past 20 years. He made us laugh as a diehard NASCAR-driver in “Talladega Nights” and made us cry as a sensitive cop in “Magnolia.” But in his new film, Jake Kasdan’s “Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story,” he wants to make us sing. In “Walk Hard,” Reilly shows off his musical talents for the first time since 2002?...
...case concerns a Florida statute that went into effect on Jan. 1, 2006, which requires election officials to match information provided on voter registration applications - such as name, address, date of birth, Social Security number, and driver's license number - against data in official records before an individual can be registered to vote. The problem is that even a simple error such as a typo can keep a legitimate voter off the registration rolls. Compounding that issue is the state's large number of citizens with Haitian or Hispanic names that are either hyphenated or use multiple surnames. Opponents...
...Attorneys for the state of Florida, in court documents, referred to the law as a "common-sense anti-fraud measure" and pointed out that the federal Help America Vote Act of 2002 requires everyone who signs up to vote and has a driver's license to provide that number on the application. All other applicants should provide the last four digits of their Social Security number (provided they have...
...almost 40% of the unmatched" cases, according to attorney Myrna Perez of the Brennan Center for Justice at the NYU School of Law, who also represents the plaintiffs. Similarly, African Americans make up 13% of the applicants but account for 26% of the cases where the names or driver's license or Social Security numbers on the applications don't match those in the official databases. "Perfectly eligible real people are not getting registered," says Perez...
...someone from filling in a fake voter application and then voting - which explains the fact, he argues, that fraudulent voting has not been a problem. "If a false person submits an application for Dick Tracy, a person has to show up at the polls with Dick Tracy on the driver's license," Mellor says. "There needs to be a lot more than just filling out a fake voter application to get to vote...