I started this essay a few days before the massacre of school children in Connecticut. Looking it over again this morning, I’m glad I didn’t
Category: States
Reforming campaign finance in Missouri
A friend of mine lobbied for campaign finance reform in Missouri for more than a dozen years. He finally gave up in 2000, when
Religious right and super-rich join forces to kill public education
The movement in our country to defund public education and shift tax money to private and/or religious schools is not going away. Five years ago,
Blueprint for a federal takeover of national elections
Some Democrats in the last election had a hard time voting. Republicans, like Secretary of State John Husted of Ohio, worked overtime, using a
Our recent history of “Voting Wars”
“Procedures and equipment vary from county to county, with the result that voters’ chances of casting a vote in a statewide election that will
What if electoral votes were awarded proportionally?
The record shows that President Barack Obama was reelected in 2012 by defeating Mitt Romney with 332 electoral votes to 206. Even though Obama
A rural-Missouri progressive reflects on 2012 voters & victories
Like you, I’m still digesting the 2012 election results and trying to make sense of what happened. I worked at a polling station out
Wackiest ballot measures of 2012
Who says voting can’t be entertaining? Here are some of the more unusual ballot measures that will be slowing up the already long-enough lines
FEMA: another example of why states’-righters are wrong
The current conflict regarding FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) is essentially about whether the federal government should have primary responsibility for addressing disasters, or
Hurricane Sandy’s election impact: What if polling places can’t open by Election Day?
Hurricane Sandy hit the East Coast on Sunday, October 28 and Monday, October 29, slightly more than a week before Election Day 2012. Suppose