A Warning for Our Mess at the Polls in November
Esquire| Charles Pierce The good folks at Demos, led by the indefatigable Liz Kennedy, released a report today about the legal underpinnings under what Demos predicts will be an epidemic of direct...
View ArticleThe Politics of Voter Suppression: Tova Wang at The Century Foundation
The onslaught against voter rights is in full swing throughout the country.read more
View ArticleIs Your State A Bully? Liz Kennedy on Huffington Post Live
Common Cause & Demos released 'Bullies At The Ballot Box' about states that are the biggest bullies when it comes to taking away the right to vote.read more
View ArticleTrue the Vote
Balloon Juice| Kay You’re going to hear “both sides do it” on this issue and that’s not true, so I thought I’d compare what voter protection lawyers and others actually do on the ground in Ohio with...
View ArticleSecuring the Vote: A Key Moment for Election Officials
The historic elections taking place this November will not just decide what candidates win or lose, or even "just" what policy directions our states and country will take. They will also be a test for...
View ArticleThe Million Wingnut March
The Washington Monthly| Ed Kilgore At a minimum, we can expect “poll-watchers” to come up with enough “documented” examples of “voter fraud” to support a general post-election effort to de-legitimize...
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Demos and Other Voter Rights Advocates Launch Billboard Campaign
Release Date: October 19, 2012COLUMBUS, OH – Voting rights, civil rights and labor organizations are joining forces to erect get-out-and-vote billboards in four Ohio and Wisconsin cities this week,...
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Voter Rights Advocates Commend Clear Channel for Removing Intimidating Voter...
Release Date: October 21, 2012WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Civil and voting rights groups today commended Clear Channel Corporation for agreeing to take down a number of billboards placed in predominantly...
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2012 Election Lessons Learned: How Voters Stood Up Against Suppression, ID,...
November 15, 2012 http://www.demos.org/sites/default/files/publications/LessonsLearned2012.pdf Author: Tova Wang The right to vote is just that – a fundamental right which is the cornerstone of...
View ArticleLessons of 2012: Pushing Back Against Voter Suppression
The right to vote is just that – a fundamental right which is the cornerstone of American democracy. In the 2012 election, that sacred value was challenged in a way we have not seen in a couple of...
View ArticleSecond Thoughts on Voter ID: Posner Admits Laws are Used to Disenfranchise
Voting Rights & Voter RegistrationIn 2005, Indiana passed a law requiring voters to present a government issued photo-ID before they would be allowed to vote. The law was challenged by voting...
View ArticleSeparate but Equal: Arizona and Kansas Implement Two-Tiered Voting System
Talk about your sore losers. After the Supreme Court struck down its attempt to make voter registration harder, Arizona is now attempting to implement a two-tier voting system that would require proof...
View ArticleTwo-tiered Voting System Imposes Huge Costs on Cash-strapped States
Voting Rights & Voter RegistrationLast week, I wrote about the “separate but equal” two-tiered voting system that Arizona and Kansas want to implement that would create two separate ballots for...
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Georgia Reveals a Minefield of Voter Suppression Tactics in the 2014 Midterms
When many think of 21st century voter suppression, the first thing that might come to mind is the network of unnecessary voter ID laws that disproportionately affect the young, the elderly and voters...
View ArticleVoter Suppression in 2014
Political scientist Michael P. McDonald recently released preliminary turnout rates at the state (and national) level. These data are preliminary and will be continuously updated, but still yield some...
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