Voter Disenfranchisement

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Taking our Democracy to the Next Level -- in Virginia

Mike Signer | Posted 04.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Virginia, Virginia Voters, Convicted Felon, Voter Disenfranchisement, Disenfranchized Voters, Disenfranchisement, Felon Vote, Politics News

Disenfranchisement laws that date back to our Jim Crow era currently prevent at least one in five African-American men from voting in Virginia.

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Hip-GOP

Rev. Lennox Yearwood | Posted 04.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Michael Steele, Michelle Bachmann, Voter Disenfranchisement, Hip Hop, T.I., Republican Party, Politics News

For the Republican Party to appeal to urban voters, and our culture, a "makeover" is not what they need. They need to tweak their policies.

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Identity Crisis: Voter Suppression Legislation Hits Texas

Rachel Farris | Posted 04.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Texas, Voter Disenfranchisement, Texas Politics, Voting Rights, Voter Turnout, Black Voters, Republican-Identity-Crisis, Voter Fraud, Legislation, Republican-Ideology, Democratic Voting Rights, Voter-Fraud, Voter Supression, Elderly Voters, Elderly-Voting, Voting, Voter-Supression, Politics News

Voter fraud in Texas is not any sort of epidemic. The voter-ID bill is designed to deter thousands of indigent, disabled and elderly voters, who might not have a form of photo identification, from voting.

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

Baratunde Thurston | Posted 04.10.2009 | Politics

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

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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Is The Election About to be Stolen in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Elsewhere?

Cynthia Boaz | Posted 12.05.2008 | Politics

It would be a travesty if Obama won the national popular vote by a large margin, but lost the Electoral College narrowly because of electronic-voting manipulation in two or three states.

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Know Your Rights on Election Night

Leslie Griffith | Posted 12.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Republican Machine, Voter Hotlines, Voter Disenfranchisement, County Election Boards, Voter Turnout, Stolen Elections, Straight Party Voting, Absentee Ballots, Voter Fraud, Provisional Ballots, Voter Suppression, Voter Protection, 2008 Presidential Election, Politics News

How to make sure your vote is counted. It is up to American citizens to do their own reporting and their own investigations. Here's how to insist on a democratic election by your own means.

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Millions of Ex-Offenders Did Their Time, But Still Can't Vote

Tara Graham | Posted 12.04.2008 | Home

Read More: Florida, Convicted Felon, Voter Disenfranchisement, Disenfranchised Voters, Voting, Ex Felon Voting Ban, American Civil Liberties Union, Barack Obama, Florida Ex-Offenders, Black Men Disenfranchisement, Disenfranchisement 2008, Right to Vote, The Sentencing Project, Home News

America has a long history of depriving entire groups of people the right to vote. Before the Civil Rights Act, black citizens were ridiculed, threate...

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Election '08: A Transparent Disaster?

Craig Stoltz | Posted 12.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Transparency, Digital Democracy, Electoral, Voting Problems, Voter Fraud, Voter Disenfranchisement, Media Coverage of 2008 Election, Media Coverage of the Election, Voter Suppression, Politics News

Instantly networked communications allow anybody see whatever they want and tomorrow's public exercise in democracy will be the first example of a massively transparent election.

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Voting Problems May Arise As Voters Swamp Untested System Tuesday

NY Times | IAN URBINA | Posted 12.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Voter Disenfranchisement, Polling Places, Voting Problems, Voter Turnout, Voting, Politics News

Millions of voters will encounter an unfamiliar low-tech landscape at the polls on Tuesday. About half of all voters will vote in a way that is differ...

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7 Ways to Steal Back Your Vote

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Greg Palast | Posted 11.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: Acorn Voter Fraud, Comic Books, Greg Palast, Acorn Voter Registration, Steal Back Your Vote, Voter Disenfranchisement, Rfk Jr, Voting Problems, Politics News

You can have all the paper ballots in the world, but if you don't demand to look at them, publicly, in a recount, you might as well mark them with invisible ink. Democracy requires vigilance.

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Election Anxiety: As Serious As A Heart Attack

Eli Davidson | Posted 11.30.2008 | Living

Read More: Election Anxiety, Election 2008, Voter Disenfranchisement, Living News

Do your teeth ache and stomach churn every time you read about new ways to keep voters from the polls? Republican robocalls are telling voters in Colo...

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What to do Before and (If Necessary) After the Election is Stolen

Roberto Lovato | Posted 11.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Srolen Elections, Voter Disenfranchisement, Voter Suppression, History of Stolen Elections, General Strike, Voters, How to Fight Stolen Elections, 2000 Elections Stolen, Voter Fraud, Voting, Political Action and Elections, Politics News

When I hear the fear of first-time voters like 21-year-old Bertha Barrios, I hear the voice of a generation raised beneath the specter of questions about our last two elections.

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More West Virginia Voters Say Machine Flipping Votes From Democrat To Republican

Charleston Gazette | Paul J. Nyden | Posted 11.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: West Vriginia, Voter Disenfranchisement, West Virginia Voter Fraud, Local Politics, West Virginia Voters Disenfranchized, Voting Problems, Politics News

Three Putnam County voters say electronic voting machines changed their votes from Democrats to Republicans when they cast early ballots last week. T...

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Explaining How Stolen Elections Keep Obama From Being a Sure Win to a Friend in Tribal Area Pakistan

Rob Kall | Posted 11.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Voter Disenfranchisement, Acorn, Pakistan Taliban, Pakistan, Barack Obama, Election Theft, Voter Caging, Politics News

The fact is we haven't "gotten over" the thefts of two elections. And we're seeing signs that the GOP is doing all it can to steal the next election too, including, setting up the narrative with the lies about ACORN.

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A Cell Phone Call During Mass (Remembering the Anti-Catholic Smears of the 1928 Election)

David Quigg | Posted 11.19.2008 | Politics

"Great-great-grandma Frances will set you straight. By the time I'm done with you, you'll vote for who you want to vote for. You won't let anybody scare you out of it. That's the lesson of Al Smith."

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John McCain: "One of the Greatest Frauds in Voter History"

Brad Friedman | Posted 11.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: Gop, Charlie Crist, Florida, John McCain, Democracy, Voter Disenfranchisement, Voter Fraud, Acorn, 2008 Election, Politics News

Back in 2004, Michelle Malkin and wingnut "media" outlet Newsmax (along with many others of her ilk), alleged ACORN "voter fraud" in Ohio, just days before the Presidential election.

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Protecting Your Right to Vote

Anthony D. Romero | Posted 11.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Aclu, Us Constitution, Voter Disenfranchisement, 2008 Election, Voter Registration, Michigan, Politics News

The right to vote is protected by more constitutional amendments than any other right we have, yet if 2004 is any indicator, we can expect many more voter suppression tactics this Election Day.

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We Can't Afford to Lose a Single Vote

Cheryl Howard Crew | Posted 11.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Voter Fraud, Florida Voters, Voter Disenfranchisement, Voter Registration, Voter Turnout, Ohio, Swing States, Connie Rice, Electorate, Minority Voters, Absentee Ballots, Absentee Voting, Voting, Politics News

Don't fool yourselves, we may be the good ole' US of A, but we need international election monitors as much as any third-world government today.

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

Harvey Wasserman | Posted 11.06.2008 | Politics

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

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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The Great U.S. Political Party Tradition: Rally Yours, Disenfranchise Theirs

Colorado Independent | Posted 11.01.2008 | Home

Read More: Grittv, Voter Fraud, Voter Disenfranchisement, Laura Flanders, Voter Protections, Felon Vote, Voter IDs, Reading Tests Vote, Home News

From reading tests and ID challenges to felon disenfranchisement laws and the endless purging of voter rolls, the U.S. is almost alone among industrial world democracies in having no uniform federal voting law.

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The October Surprises Waiting for Obama

Johann Hari | Posted 10.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: Voter Disenfranchisement, October Surprise, Barack Obama, Voter Registration, Osama Bin Laden, Politics News

In five weeks, I hope look back on this column with a wry chuckle at my paranoia. If the system works, Barack Obama will take the White House. So why am I worried?

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Voting Foreclosure

Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. | Posted 10.20.2008 | Chicago

The Republican Party, led by this crew of rich, out-of-touch "homies" is preparing to deny the right to vote to Midwesterners who have already suffered from home foreclosures.

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A Big Week For Flawed Voter Matching Experiments

The Brennan Center for Justice | Posted 10.19.2008 | Home

Read More: Purging, Wisconsin, Voter Disenfranchisement, New Jersey, Motor Votor, Voter Registration, Florida, Election 2008, Disenfranchized Voters, African Americans, Voting, Off the Bus, Home News

Why would public servants push flawed policies proven time and again to unfairly disenfranchise American voters, and particularly voters of color? Well, you can draw your own conclusions.

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Electoral Logic

Peter A. Ubel | Posted 09.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Political Satire, Voter Disenfranchisement, Electoral College, 2008 Presidential Election, Humor, Swing States, Presidential Election Math, County Politics, Politics News

There is a better way to maximize the efficiency of the campaign: take the Electoral College to its logical conclusion, and award Electoral College votes not state-by-state, but county-by-county.

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Unearthed: News of the Week the Mainstream Media Forgot to Report

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Brendan DeMelle | Posted 07.19.2008 | Green

Read More: Gas Prices, Foreclosure Crisis, Fuel Efficiency, Bush Iran, Clean Air Act, Racial Profiling, Dick Cheney, Stopping Coal Power Plants, Whistleblowers, Voter Disenfranchisement, Extinction, Chemical Weapons Stockpile, Guantanamo Torture, Whale Hunting, CDC Climate Report, Global Warming, Wildlife, Green News

Home foreclosures could affect voting rolls, Judge blocks coal plant due to global warming, Japan automakers control 34.7 percent of U.S. market, and U.S. exports to Iran grew tenfold under Bush.

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