The avalanche of voter suppression laws over the last few election cycles has been met with court injunctions, voter rejection and -- when enacted -- long lines at voting precincts. Nevertheless, conservative legislatures are continuing the onslaught of ways to make voting more difficult.

Recent attempts by GOP controlled legislatures to tie electoral votes to performance in gerrymandered congressional districts might lead one to believe that they feel they have an obligation to fix an antiquated system and have it reflect the will of the voters more accurately.

If the concern was real...

As the saying goes, if you can't beat them, join them. Or, if it's 2013 and you're the Republican party, if you can't beat them, change the rules of the game so you can at least give yourself a shot.

After President Obama swept all seven "toss-up" battleground states...

The following is a letter to my granddaughter, Larkin, who was born last year. I don't mean for this letter to be overdramatic -- that is not my intention. Having been so personally and professionally invested in elections for as long as I can remember, I've felt a noticeable difference...

There has been a lot of discussion of Mitt Romney's reference to "binders full of women" in the town hall forum when asked what he would do for equality of women in the work force. I was more struck by his use of the two-letter word "if" than by the...

Governor Romney couldn't help himself. After telling the Des Moines Register editorial board earlier in the week that, "There's no legislation with regards to abortion that I'm familiar with that would become part of my agenda," and then facing a barrage of backlash from the conservative community, he...

After Wednesday night's debates, the pundits attacked. Sensing a potential tightening of the race ahead, they unequivocally gave Governor Romney a win in the first debate. While it was clear that the president was not as aggressive in countering Romney's assertions about his plan for the economy, and focus groups...

As the country debates the issues that the Occupy Wall Street protesters have raised, it is important to connect the dots between their grievances with the greed and corruption on Wall Street and the philosophy of conservative elected officials who in recent years have gone out of their way to...

On June 29, Scott Walker's ban on collective bargaining goes into effect in Wisconsin. What this means for public employees in Wisconsin is that they no longer have a seat at the table as their employers make critical decisions about things like the employees' health care benefits, workplace...

In states across the country, the overreach of Republican governors has rallied hard-working Americans together in mass protests. While many conservatives are quick to quip that, "elections have consequences," these governors did not openly run on the harsh, union-busting punishments-masquerading-as-policies they are now pushing on their voters. Their true colors...