Senator Stevens Goes Down the Tubes
By Ned Resnikoff - Nov 19th, 2008 at 10:05 amApparently it’s official now. Looks like Joe Lieberman dodged another bullet.
Not like Stevens’s legacy needs any more tarnishing at this point, but there are…
Posts Tagged ‘voting rights’
What’s the Matter With Alaska?
By Jesse Singal - Nov 7th, 2008 at 11:49 amThere’s a post up at the Washington Post’s site about some fishy numbers coming out of Alaska:
The final voter turnout numbers won’t be available…
Campus Progress Helps Video the Vote
By Celia Segel - Nov 6th, 2008 at 9:26 amCampus Progress filmed students at George Mason University in Northern Virginia after hearing that the school’s 35,000 students received a fraudulent email from a computer…
National Review Doesn’t Like Poor People
By Daniel Strauss - Nov 4th, 2008 at 6:12 pmI’ve been having trouble figuring out a reason not to have an early voting option. What’s there to lose? Fewer people would flood the polls…
I for One Welcome Our New Robot Overlords
By Jesse Singal - Nov 4th, 2008 at 3:42 pmGiven what we know about electronic voting, I can’t say this would be entirely surprising:
But only time will tell.
Voter Suppression is Hilarious
By Jesse Singal - Nov 4th, 2008 at 2:53 pmThis doesn’t make any sense:
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — State elections officials have identified the person responsible for a phony election flier that told Republicans…
Keeping an Eye on the Chaos
By Jesse Singal - Nov 4th, 2008 at 9:59 amThe blog of Our Vote Live appears to be a good place to keep track of all of the issues likely to crop up throughout…
Vote!
By Jesse Singal - Nov 4th, 2008 at 9:29 amIt goes without saying, but vote today. This is four friggin’ years we’re talking about.
Oh, and when you’re done–or while you’re waiting in line–brainstorm…
Early Voting is Very Time-consuming
By L. Russell Allen - Nov 3rd, 2008 at 1:55 pmOn Friday I walked the two miles to my local early voting place in the heart of Columbus, Ohio. I figured that on a Friday…
What About An Election Weekend Instead?
By Daniel Strauss - Nov 3rd, 2008 at 11:19 amThere is a certain irony to the current obsession with the polls since by Election Day an estimated one-third of all voters will have already…
Early Voting Should Be Standard Everywhere
By Daniel Strauss - Oct 30th, 2008 at 4:10 pmHaving voted early I can see the appeal: shorter lines (I waited only two hours in line; sounds long, yes, but vote on Election Day…
Scary Voting Technology
By Kay Steiger - Oct 29th, 2008 at 4:37 pmOne thing that experts have worried about it is faulty electronic voting technology. This video reveals that some machines have dangerously flawed programming:
As precincts…
With Crist, Anything is Possible
By Jesse Singal - Oct 29th, 2008 at 10:57 amI wanted to respond to Ned’s post about Governor Charlie Crist of Florida’s decision to extend early voting in his state by pointing out that…
In Which a Florida Politician Actually Facilitates the Democratic Process
By Ned Resnikoff - Oct 28th, 2008 at 7:13 pmWeird, right? Well, props to Governor Charlie Crist, a republican, who moved to extend early voting in the Sunshine State.
It’s even more admirable given…
An Imminent Wave of Disenfranchisement?
By Jesse Singal - Oct 27th, 2008 at 5:13 pmCan you imagine how agonizing this would be (via)?
College senior Kyla Berry was looking forward to voting in her first presidential election, even carrying…
