In order to vote in Florida, one must confirm their citizenship through a voter identification program, aimed at preventing non-citizen residents from voting in Florida elections. Gov. Rick Scott implemented the program in response to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's refusal to grant the state access to the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) database, leading the Florida Governor to file suit.
Walter Jones of the Savannah Morning News examines the possibility of California's new open primary system as electoral reform in Georgia.
Attorney General Eric Holder, rejected Republican requests for his resignation on Tuesday, after Republican Senator John Cornyn delivered harsh criticism toward Holder at today’s Senate hearing stating,
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The much ballyhooed war on drugs in the United States is a failure. Our prisons are filled with low level drug users but drug cartels hardly ever get broken up. Meth is a scourge, devastating families and communities, as does heroin and cocaine. Tons of marijuana are routinely smuggled into the country, or grown here.
The Economist – Rating Countries by Peacefulness [Graph]
The Institute for Economics and Peace in conjunction with the Economist Intelligence Unit has developed a metric for national peacefulness. Here is a map showing the results in 2007 vs. 2012.