Election Protection

Ready for Election Day? Take GOTV Campaign Boot Camp Quiz

Christine Pelosi | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dnc, Election Protection, Campaign Boot Camp, Midterm Elections, Midterm Elections 2010, 2010 Elections, Voter Registration, 2010 Midterm Elections, Get Out the Vote, Gotv, Politics News
Christine Pelosi

Over the next 7 days, last-minute campaigning will separate winners from losers. To convince people to exercise our right to vote, you must flex your organizing muscle. Take the Campaign Boot Camp GOTV Quiz and make sure you're in top shape to succeed.

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Democracy at Risk: Act Now to Protect Military & Overseas Voting Rights

Christine Pelosi | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dnc, Move Act, Democrats Abroad, DNC Veterans and Military Families Council, Election Protection, Board of Elections, Voting Rights, Military Vote, Overseas Voting, Democrats, Politics News
Christine Pelosi

When votes are at risk, our democracy's at risk. Men and women fighting for democracy abroad must participate in America's civic sacrament at home.

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Election Protection in Afghanistan

Mike Signer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Usaid, Election Protection, Strategy, Afghanistan, Mike Signer, Mark Warner, Democracy, Taliban, Democracy Promotion, Constitution, Afghan Taliban, Afghanistan War, World News
Mike Signer

This Saturday, I'll be stepping off a plane in Dubai along with several dozen other Americans, on the way to Kabul for a mission to monitor elections for the Wolesi Jirga, Afghanistan's lower house of Parliament.

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VA Lt. Gov. Candidate Mike Signer: 25% of Af-Am Men Are Disenfranchised

Baratunde Thurston | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Virginia, Voter Disenfranchisement, Election Protection, Mike Signer, Felon Vote, Lieutenant Governor, Election, Voting, Politics News
Baratunde Thurston

If you told me there was man seeking office who raised the disenfranchisement of African-Americans as an issue worth addressing, I would have called you crazy or a liar, but that's just what Mike Signer did.

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10 Reasons to Be Hopeful About 2009 and 3 Reasons to be Terrified

Sarah van Gelder | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lists, Yes We Can, Election Protection, Hope, Economic Alternatives, Economic Crisis, Corporate Power, Youth Activism, Obama Young People, Obama Foreign Policy, Barack Obama, Foreign Policy, Nuclear Weapons, Barack Obama 2009, Universal Health Care, Climate Change, YES! Magazine, Loose Nukes, Health Care, Obama Science, World News
Sarah van Gelder

We humans have the free will to make choices that assure our collective survival, or do otherwise. We have the creativity and intelligence to build on the best possibilities while averting the worst.

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Will Obama-Mania Lead Us to Solartopia? Yes We Will!

Harvey Wasserman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Organic Farming, Yes We Can, Election Protection, Obama-Mania, Gynecology, George W. Bush, Solartopia, Renewable Energy, Obama, King CONG (Coal, Oil, Nukes, Green Energy Mass Transit, Environment, Agribusiness, Gas), Nuclear Power, Green News
Harvey Wasserman

Rebirthing Detroit as a clean, lean, green machine with union labor making carbon free cars and the New Solartopian mass transit network we really need... Yes We Can!

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Hot Flashes From the End of the Trail

Alison Teal | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Election Protection, Election Night, Election Day, Sam Brown, Ernest Green, American City, Wesley Clark, Election, 1968, Forty Years Ago, Obama Chicago, Obama Grant Park, Political Activism, Abraham Lincoln, Political Fundraising, Chicago Riots, HuffPost Election Reaction, Obama Presidency, Politics News
Alison Teal

I told Clark how much I admired him and his campaign and with tears streaming down his face, he said, "That was just a lucky moment in time for me. This, this is history."

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Our Inadequate Patchwork Quilt of Registration Processes

Stuart Comstock-Gay | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Election Protection, 2008 Election, Voting Problems, Election Day, Voter Registration, Registration, Voter, Voter Issues, Home News
Stuart Comstock-Gay

Again in 2008, despite the valiant efforts of election officials and voter rights organizations, legitimate voters are once again being thwarted at the polls. It's now painfully clear: We simply must get America's voter registration house in order.

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Presidential Politics at the Heart of the Yellow Brick Road

Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bloomington, Voting, Jesse Fell, The Wizard of Oz, Abraham Lincoln, Election Day, Dorothy Louise Gage, Election Protection, Election, Susan B. Anthony, L. Frank Baum, Voting Rights, Spirituality, Mickey Carroll, Munchkin, Barack Obama Grandmother, Barack Obama, Obama Grandmother, Suffragist, Obama, Chicago News
Karen Dalton-Beninato

There's still a sense of optimism running through the downstate city of Bloomington, Illinois, where Abraham Lincoln spent much of his career as a young attorney.

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Marcus Baram

Over 100,000 Have Complained About Voting Problems

HuffingtonPost.com | Marcus Baram | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: 000 Voter Calls, Election Protection, Voting Malfunctions, Broward County Voters, 80, Voting Problems, Broward County Voting Problems, 866-Our-Vote, Over 100, 000 Phone Calls, Video, Politics News

UPDATED at 7:30 P.M. on November 3: Today, Barbara Anwine of the Election Protection Coalition (1-866-OUR-VOTE), a nonpartisan group, told MSNBC abou...

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Election Protection Wiki at EPWiki.org

Dave Johnson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Voting Problems, Voter Suppression, Election Protection, Wikipedia, Epwiki, 2008 Election, Politics News
Dave Johnson

The EP Wiki serves as an internet hub that helps media, activists, advocates and the public get the information they need in a hurry on election day.

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Online Assistance Arrives to Combat Voting Hurdles, Glitches and Dirty Tricks

Sarah Granger | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rock the Vote, Hava, Voter Suppression, Databases, Electronic Voting Machines, Election Protection, Techpresident, Epic, Usacm, Voting, Vrd, Home News
Sarah Granger

Twitter users are encouraged to report any voting problems with the hashtag #votereport now through Election Day. Specific problems should be sent to @866ourvote along with #EP followed by the state in question, like #EPFL for Florida.

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The Case for the College Voters

Matthew Segal | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: 2004 Election, College Students, Matthew Segal, Student Association for Voter Empowerment, Election Protection, Youth Vote, College Voters, Student Vote, Student Voters, Kenyon College, Voting Rights, Voting Problems, 2008 Election, Young Voters, Election Reform, Stephanie Tubbs Jones, Politics News
Matthew Segal

It seems young voters will turn out in record numbers this year, yet there are those who, after all these years, are still trying to pull the reins from us when it comes to our franchise.

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Nosh On This: The Jewish Vote

Andrea Chalupa | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: 2004 Election, 2000 Election, Jews, Video, Election Protection, Steven Spielberg, Katherine Harris, Jewish, Jewish Culture, Online Video, Voting Problems, Jewish Voters, Obama Jewish Voters, Politics News
Andrea Chalupa

Video the Vote will dispatch a trained volunteer to capture those evil demons that keep popping up in polling places, especially the ones they got down in Florida and Ohio.

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Because We Fought for Them, My Daughters Have Cast Paper Ballots

Harvey Wasserman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Stolen Elections, Election Protection, Barack Obama, 2008 Election, John McCain, Election, Voter Fraud, Swing States, Voter Disenfranchisement, Electronic Voting Machines, George W. Bush, Ohio, Voter Turnout, Politics News
Harvey Wasserman

Throughout the US, Republican operatives are working overtime to decimate the Democratic turnout and it's crucial to remember that favorable polling numbers will not guarantee a fair election.

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Protecting The Vote

Laura Flanders | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Live From Main Street, Rights, Election Protection, Voting Rights, Election, Voting, Ohio, Politics News
Laura Flanders

Voter registration deadlines are just over a week away in many states. Polls open in just over a month. In an election that could well be decided by n...

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