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How Those Names Get On Your Ballot

Ariel Chesler | Posted 06.17.2013 | New York
Ariel Chesler

Candidates know about it. Election lawyers know about it. Political insiders do too. Yet, I've learned over the past few years that in this otherwise politically savvy town, ballot access still remains foreign to many.

Our Language, Our Neighbors

John F. Schwaller | Posted 01.19.2013 | Home
John F. Schwaller

There is no point in the history of the United States in which there was not a multiplicity of languages being spoken.

Shepard Fairey Discusses Election 2012 and the Importance of Voting (VIDEO)

Shira Lazar | Posted 01.06.2013 | Politics
Shira Lazar

While he's considered making a similar poster for the 2012 election, the artist says that it would be naive to deny the realities and changes of the last four years.

2008 Election's Biggest Videos: YouTube Flashback

Shira Lazar | Posted 01.06.2013 | Politics
Shira Lazar

Take a ride down YouTube's memory lane with the best news flubs, pop culture parodies, musical tributes, dug-up footage, and celebrity endorsements from one of the most revolutionary political events in American history.

You Might Have Broken The Law If You Instagrammed Your Ballot

Dominique Mosbergen | Posted 11.06.2012 | Technology

It's a familiar motif of modern-day life: Had a baby, bought a house or a enjoyed a particularly delicious hamburger? If so, Instagram it immediately ...

What Voting in the Future Looks Like

Maria Ehsan | Posted 01.05.2013 | Politics
Maria Ehsan

I have the good fortune of living in Washington state. I was born and raised here, so a lot of the forward thinking and progressive values that the people of this state have are something I grew up with. One of our most impressive and forward thinking systems is that my state votes entirely by mail.

Share Your Voice in Our Future by Voting Tuesday

Benny Napoleon | Posted 11.02.2012 | Detroit
Benny Napoleon

The future of our nation, Michigan and Wayne County rests with you and other voters. Do not give up your right to vote! I encourage you to become familiar with your ballot by reviewing it online and deeply considering each candidate and issue.

The Times They Are a-Changin'... or Are They?

David Morris | Posted 11.17.2012 | Gay Voices
David Morris

Opponents of same-sex marriage argue they are defending the institution of marriage but their arguments have little to do with marriage. After all, the institution of marriage has suffered grievously in the only-heterosexuals-can-marry era.

It's Election Time in America

Monica Medina | Posted 11.10.2012 | Latino Voices
Monica Medina

A year of campaigning, grandstanding, hand-shaking, politicking, debating, mud-slinging and flag-pin wearing. A year filled with super-PACs, soapboxes, and the good ol' red, white and blue.

Arizona State Militia Formed, Sovereignty on the Ballot, Will Gov. Brewer Sign Bill for State Takeover of Federal Lands?

Jeff Biggers | Posted 07.04.2012 | Politics
Jeff Biggers

The key point in Arizona's new bill underscores the state's intent to sell public land to private enterprise and elude federal environmental protections guaranteed by the Clean Water Act, the Clean Air Act and other regulations.

Christina Wilkie

GOP Candidate Blames Ballot Failure On 'One Guy'

HuffingtonPost.com | Christina Wilkie | Posted 12.28.2011 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich on Wednesday blamed his campaign's failure to produce the required number of signatures ...

Shhh! Here's Your Winning Oscar Ballot

Michael Giltz | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Michael Giltz

If you want to win the Oscar pool, why not use my ballot? If you triumph, you can lord it over your friends. If you lose, you can blame me. It's a win-win!

Did Your Vote Count?

Mary Ann West | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Mary Ann West

Think back to this past Election Day -- you went to the polls, checked in, received a ballot, voted and placed your ballot in the scanner -- bam: you'...

Ignore the Media Conflictinator: 2010 Vote Was Turning Point Against Conservative Doctrine

David Sirota | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
David Sirota

Ballot measures get ignored because they don't involve personality, but that's exactly why they're so good at telling us what an election is about. When you look at the measures, you see an overwhelming rejection of conservative doctrine.

How Did You Learn?

Jonathan Richards | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Jonathan Richards

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Ballot Secrecy Compromised By Detailed Election Data

AP | BARRY MASSEY | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

SANTA FE, N.M. — Retired state worker Joyce Pankey cast her absentee ballot in New Mexico's primary election last month thinking that she alone ...

Elections Modernization Bill Won't Get a Vote

Shad Murib | Posted 05.25.2011 | Denver
Shad Murib

On April 21, Speaker of the House Terrance Carroll announced that he would not be introducing the Elections Modernization bill during this session.

Arkansas Adoption Ban Overturned: Law Kept Unmarried Straight, Gay Couples From Adopting

AP | CHUCK BARTELS | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A state judge on Friday struck down an Arkansas law approved by voters that banned gay couples and other unmarried people li...

Prop 17, Mercury Insurance Claims Mocked In New Ad (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011 | Los Angeles

A new advertisement by documentary filmmaker Robert Greenwald aims to derail Mercury Insurance Group's efforts to change the rules that ultimately det...

It's Time to Get Judicial Retention Elections Off the Ballot in Illinois

David Orr | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago
David Orr

Judicial retention races are a paradox, where too much democracy means no democracy at all. Not a single judge has lost a retention election since 1990.

Signature Gathering Reform: The Most Critical and Immediate Fix to Direct Democracy

Kristina Wilfore | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Kristina Wilfore

Only by implementing solutions to the problems that exist will states be able to provide people with a ballot measure process that works for voters instead of against them.

The Hypocrisy of Bill Maher

Jeff Norman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Jeff Norman

Bill Maher blasted the Democratic Party for kowtowing to its corporate paymasters, and bemoaned the lack of real liberals on ballots and television.

Oscars: The Star-Studded Stimulus Package We've Been Waiting For

Sally Horchow | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Sally Horchow

In some ways, this year will be no different: for the die-hard movie fans, fashionistas and slaves to pageantry, these Oscars will deliver.

North Carolina's Undervote Problem

New York Times | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

In Florida's "butterfly ballot" debacle of 2000, voters in Palm Beach County were so confused by the odd layout that many appear to have voted for the...

126 Faulty Absentee Ballots Sent Out In DC

The Washington Post | Nikita Stewart and Hamil R. Harris | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

As many as 126 District voters were mailed incorrect absentee ballots in the latest slip-up for the D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics, already under ...