Voter

How to Use Modern Crowdsourcing Apps to Keep an Eye on the Original Crowdsourcing App

Ben Berkowitz | Posted 01.07.2012

Ben Berkowitz

The original crowdsourcing app, the voter booth, is going to be put to use tomorrow in thousands of municipalities around the United States. This once...

Bloomberg Says: Tweet Your Election Day Complaints

dnainfo.com | Posted 05.25.2011

MANHATTAN -- Got a problem with your ballot? Get on Twitter or call 311. That's the advice of Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who announced Thursday via T...

Fallon & The Roots Slow Jam Low Voter Turn Out (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

Compared to the 2008 election, the midterm elections weren't nearly as exciting. So, to make a low Democratic turnout at the polls a little more stimu...

Our Inadequate Patchwork Quilt of Registration Processes

Stuart Comstock-Gay | Posted 05.25.2011

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.

What Do Undecided Women Want?

Joel B. Schwartzberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Joel B. Schwartzberg

There are roughly eight million more female voters than male, and more women than men say they are still undecided. Senator Hillary Clinton and Govern...

Campaign Journal: McCain Husbands and Obama Wives

Lori Jewett | Posted 05.25.2011

Lori Jewett

Lori Jewett is an OffTheBus grassroots correspondent. Each week she contributes a campaign journal documenting her life out on the trail. The wor...

Florida's Early Voting Process Seems Rife For Another Challenge If Election Close

Brian Ross | Posted 05.25.2011

Brian Ross

Most of the poll workers are elderly, and not particularly adept at using the computers. My agent took almost five minutes to find me in the system and issue me a ballot. One woman who exited the polling place after half an hour was apparently dead, even though she looked quite well.

Sacrificing Car Windows For Obama In Alabama

Mark J. Hainds | Posted 05.25.2011

Mark J. Hainds

People are surprised to see the Obama bumper sticker next to an Alabama license plate on a Ford F150, four-wheel drive pickup. So surprised down here that one of them broke my window.

Pennsylvania Station 2008

Gloria Feldt | Posted 05.25.2011

Gloria Feldt

The superdelegates will go with whoever they perceive as a winner. Today it could be Clinton-- she's hung in there despite being badgered mercilessly to drop out.