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Play the N.C. Voter ID Game!new
In the waning days of its legislative session, the North Carolina General Assembly is tackling a key tenet of democracy: voting. And by tackling we mean pummeling, trouncing and mowing it down.
Why Texas Still Needs the Voting Rights Actnew
The ability to vote—to have this process be simple, accessible, free of intimidation—is the cornerstone of a functioning democracy.
San Antonio Current |
Mary Anne Henderson |
07-18-2013 |
Elections
Greg Abbott: Rick Perry 2.0new
Last week, standing before a crowd at the HOLT Caterpillar plant in none other than San Antonio, Gov. Rick Perry announced he would step aside to “pass the mantle” of leadership, officially marking the end of his painfully long reign as governor.
San Antonio Current |
Mary Tuma |
07-18-2013 |
Elections
In N.C., 40 counties are no longer governed by Section 5 of the Voting Rights Actnew
Voting advocates worry that county and state leaders will now have the leverage to pursue redistricting intended to pack minority voters into districts, marginalizing their voting power.
Florida Dems Search for a Gubernatorial Candidatenew
The speculation runs rampant as Democrats ponder who will run against Rick Scott.
Creative Loafing (Tampa) |
Mitch Perry |
05-17-2013 |
Elections
Tags: Mitch Perry
Great Black Hopenew
Can Nina Turner become the first African-American Democrat to win statewide office in Ohio?
Cleveland Scene |
Chris Parker |
05-17-2013 |
Elections
Tags: Ohio Politics
GOP bills ensure less voting, fraudulent or legitimatenew
More ways to keep North Carolina Dems from polls.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
John Grooms |
04-11-2013 |
Elections
Presidential Tokenism, Part 2
Obama fooled progressives into thinking that an African-American president would be inherently liberal. Now supporters of Hillary Rodham Clinton are trying to convince them that a woman president would guarantee hope and change. This time, however, there's a record to look at.
Like a Bad Rash, N.C. Voter ID Bill Returnsnew
In North Carolina, 506,000 active registered voters don't have photo ID: 31 percent are African-American, 66 percent are women, 26 percent are seniors and 53 percent are Democrats, compared to 23 percent who are Republican.
Tags: North Carolina Voter ID
Is the GOP Doomed? Slightly Less than the Dems
Is the Republican Party doomed? Yes, probably, but Democrats shouldn't take much solace in their rivals' travails.
Voter Fraud in Florida? Oh do tell!new
Florida voter-fraud investigation charges two ex-strategic allied consulting workers.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Chris Joseph |
03-06-2013 |
Elections
"M" Is For Mayornew
Are Carson, Calif. residents ready to turn away from patronage style politics?
Random Lengths News |
Terelle Jerricks |
03-01-2013 |
Elections
Major Pro-Voucher Group Might Have Broken PA Election Lawnew
Political operative John D. McDaniel's Progressive Agenda PAC funneled $5,900 from Students First PAC, a Pennsylvania group backed by Bala Cynwyd hedge fund managers and wealthy national school voucher advocates, to a Penn. state house candidate who was heavily supported by voucher proponents.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Daniel Denvir |
02-27-2013 |
Elections
Elizabeth Colbert Busch could rally the Democratic faithful in SC-1 electionnew
For Lowcountry Democrats, 2008 was the election year that got away. In addition to being the year 54 percent of Charleston County voters picked Barack Obama for president, it was the first year in decades that the Democrats put up a serious challenger for South Carolina's District 1 U.S. House seat.
Charleston City Paper |
Paul Bowers |
02-20-2013 |
Elections
Tags: Elizabeth Colbert Busch
These Strange Politics
Hunter S. Thompson said: "When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro." But what do you do when politics go from weird to completely psychedelic?
