Vote Suppression

ProPublica's VoteWatch

ProPublica | Posted 12.05.2008 | Politics


ProPublica

Election Day is upon us, and like many other people here, we're posting reports of voting troubles as they come in.

12 Ways to Safeguard Your Vote

Sarah van Gelder | Posted 12.04.2008 | Politics


Sarah van Gelder

Are you worried that we will wake up November 5th to find that, once again, election results in key races are in question? Here's what you can do.

Arc of Darkness

Michael Carmichael | Posted 12.02.2008 | Politics


Michael Carmichael

The only ray of hope that will overwhelm flagrant attempts to render democracy dead and inert forever, is for a pro-democratic revolution in a massive turnout of Americans demanding their right to vote.

Early Voting Hazards and Victories

Sarah van Gelder | Posted 12.01.2008 | Home


Sarah van Gelder

The Institute for Southern Studies reports voters are waiting in line for hours in early voting in Florida (fortunately, Governor Charlie Crist has ex...

Voting Rights Activists Warn Of Chaos On Election Day

LA Times | Posted 11.30.2008 | Politics


Counting down to an election day expected to draw a record-shattering turnout, voting-rights watchdogs are sounding the alarm that a repeat of the Flo...

If Democracy Is Denied

Michael Carmichael | Posted 11.24.2008 | Politics


Michael Carmichael

The sheer momentum of the Obama-Biden ticket has triggered frantic and massive Republican vote-rigging operations in key battleground states designed ...

New Mexico Minority Voters Report Intimidation By GOP Lawyer And PI

Talking Points Memo | Posted 11.24.2008 | Politics


Minority voters in New Mexico report to TPMmuckraker that a private investigator working with Republican party lawyer Pat Rogers has appeared in perso...

How to Stop the Rigging of Election '08

Sarah van Gelder | Posted 11.23.2008 | Politics


Sarah van Gelder

The issues of ACORN and voter fraud are a smokescreen designed to cover a much more serious issue with a long and ugly history: the suppression of the vote of groups that tend to vote Democratic.

A Quarter Of McCain's "Clean Election" Committee Involved In Voter Fraud

Oxdown Gazette | Posted 11.15.2008 | Politics


Nearly a quarter of John McCain's "Clean Election and Voter Fraud Committee," chaired by Warren Rudman and John Danforth, have been involved in GOP vo...

GOP Vote Suppressors Blackwell and Von Spakovsky Set to Testify in House on "Lessons Learned from 2004 Election"

Brad Friedman | Posted 07.31.2008 | Politics


Brad Friedman

Former Ohio Sec. of State Kenneth Blackwell and disgraced former FEC chair Hans Von Spakovsky have confirmed that they will testify about the myriad crimes that occurred on and by their watch in the 2004 Presidential Election.