Depending on what state you live in and who you are, your voting rights may be either expanding or contracting this year. At the
Tag: Voter suppression
50 ways to cheat your voters
If you want to prevent certain people from voting, you’ve got a lot of options. Some are legal; some are not. Most of us
Voting rights watch: Florida’s bathroom blockade
In their incessant quest to find ever more creative and nasty ways to suppress the vote, Florida Republicans have come up with a doozy.
Voting rights watch: KS and AZ have scary plans for “two-tier” voting
Republican Secretaries of State in Kansas and Arizona are devising a whole new way to make voting harder. Thwarted by the U.S. Supreme Court
Voting rights watch: Suppressing the vote by targeting voter registration
The assault on voting rights is moving upstream. A recently released report by Project Vote [September 2013] lists legislation introduced—and in some cases, passed—in
Four ways Republicans are guilty of attempting to murder democracy
American democracy—or, at least, the flawed, but better-than-the-alternative system that we call democracy—is under attack, and not from Muslim terrorists. Our democratic system, with
Voting rights watch: KS and AZ want to move voter suppression upstream
For many years, the federal voter-registration form used in virtually all states has required that the person filling it out swear that he/she is
How to fix long lines at polling places
No one should have to stand in line for three hours to vote in a presidential election. But that’s just what 102-year-old Desiline Victor had
Birther goes after 102-year-old voter honored at State of the Union speech
The birthers just won’t go away, and now they’re transferred their wrath to Desiline Victor, the 102-year-old Miami voter–born in Haiti–whose perseverance in the
Extreme gerrymandering: Coming to a state near you?
Americans woke up on November 7 having elected a Democratic president, expanded the Democratic majority in the Senate, and preserved the Republican majority in