NAACP, Unions, La Raza intend nationwide protests over Voter ID laws

At the link, groups ranging from the Urban league, teacher and health care unions and Hispanic activist groups intend to bus in 10,000 members to the Mid-Atlantic region to protest voter ID laws.  The protests will culminate in a “day of action” on December 10, 2012 at the United Nations on international human rights day.  

The NAACP is joining with minority and labor groups for a series of protests around the country meant to move discussion of voter identification laws out of policy circles and onto street corners, the organization’s president said Tuesday.

Benjamin Todd Jealous appeared on the steps of New York City Hall with the Rev. Al Sharpton, U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel and community and labor leaders to announce plans for nationwide protests on Dec. 10 and across the South in the following weeks, decrying what they described as a nationwide voter suppression effort.