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• 'Last Week Tonight' host John Oliver gets into election year issues, blasts voter ID requirements

  HBO late night talk show host John Oliver tackles the election season by making fun of the voter ID laws during the 3rd season premiere of Last Week Tonight. Oliver calls voting fraud pointless and a "pretty stupid crime" because of the risks versus reward.

• North Carolina awaits voter ID mandate for weeks

  The fate of North Carolina's voter ID law may not be known for weeks after six-day trial. The law could affect the presidential election, with challengers say it discriminate against black and Latino voters.

• Appeals court strikes down 'discriminatory' Texas voter ID law

  A U.S. appeals court struck down a Texas law on Wednesday requiring voters to show authorized identification before casting ballots, saying the measure violated the U.S. Voting Rights Act through its "discriminatory effects."

• Supreme Court declines to review North Carolina voting law

  The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to review the legality of new Republican-backed voting restrictions in North Carolina that were part of a law opponents argued was aimed at making it harder for voters who tend to favor Democrats to cast ballots.

• Voting machine, ID problems crop up in U.S. elections

  Voting machine and voter identification problems emerged in some U.S. states on Tuesday when Americans went to the polls in midterm elections that will shape the final two years of Barack Obama's presidency.

• Opponents ask U.S. Supreme Court to block Wisconsin voter ID law

  Opponents of a Wisconsin law that requires voters to present photo identification when they cast ballots asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday to stop the measure from being applied to elections in November.

• Closing statements made in Texas voter ID case

  A U.S. judge heard closing arguments on Monday in a lawsuit challenging a state law requiring Texas voters to show identification at the polls, which plaintiffs argue is an attempt to suppress minority turnout.

• Appeals court gives temporary okay to Wisconsin voter ID law

  A U.S. appeals court in Chicago said on Friday that Wisconsin can implement its 2012 law requiring voters to present photo identification at the ballot box, allowing the state to put the new rules into effect at the general election in November.