This has been a busy day following a busy weekend in Voting Rights news.

As the recall election in Wisconsin inches closer, the Department of Justice announced this morning that it will send monitors to Milwaukee. On Twitter, progressive supporters have been reminding voters that the state’s voter ID bill is stalled in the courts, so ID is not yet required at the polls.

Florida attracted national attention this weekend for court-ordered holds on its voter registration laws, with press mentions including The New York Times, NPR and The Wall Street Journal.

Here are some stories we’ve been reading in the News21 newsroom.

What We’ve Been Reading

“Justice Department to Monitor Elections in California, New Mexico, South Dakota and Wisconsin,” (Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs, 06/04, Justice.gov)

“Voter ID Opponents Shift Focus to Education, Rallying Democrat Voters,” (Andrea Zelinski, 06/04, TNReporter)

“Insight: From Alabama, en epic challenge to voting rights,” (Joan Biskupic, 06/04, Reuters)

“Heritage Foundation ‘Expert’ Cannot Cite Any Examples of Actual Voter Fraud,” (Josh Israel, 06/04, ThinkProgressJustice)

“Watch Out for Voter Registration Cancellations,” (Lise Olsen, 06/04, Houston Chronicle)

Twitter Trends

On the social media search engine Topsy.com, mentions of voting rights, voter ID and voter fraud are tied up with mentions of the Wisconsin recall election.

In particular, a tweet from progressive voting rights group EPWIsco has seen dozens of retweets this morning:

You DO NOT NEED ID to vote in WI tmrw. If you get asked, give us a call immediately @866OURVOTE#wirecall#wivote#voterid#votingrights

We’ll have our own tweets from the Wisconsin election Tuesday from reporters @AJVicens and @khantasha. Follow them and @WhoCanVote for more from the field.