Voter Registration

Friday Talking Points [43] -- And The Gold Medal For Snarkiness Goes To...

Chris Weigant | Posted 08.15.2008 | Politics


Chris Weigant

I don't usually comment on sports, so take anything I say with a grain of salt. I'm no professional sports guy, nor do I play one on the web. But I h...

Brain Dead Bureaucrat Watch: VA Blocks Voter Registration at Vets' Hospitals

Paul Rieckhoff | Posted 08.15.2008 | Politics


Paul Rieckhoff

The irony is almost too great. Disabled veterans, who have made such tremendous sacrifices in defense of democracy, are now being denied assistance in voting.

The DNC "Register for Change" Bus Tour - Indianapolis Stop

Chuck Lasker | Posted 08.14.2008 | Home


Chuck Lasker

"Four years ago Halliburton called a friend of mine looking to go to college and said that they'd pay him $90,000 if he agreed to drive a truck in Iraq for the private sector. He kept his minimum wage job."

Bush Veterans Affairs Department Bans Voter Registration At Veterans Facilities

Think Progress | Posted 08.11.2008 | Politics


This past May, the Veterans Affairs Department, led by Secretary James Peake, issued a directive prohibiting nonpartisan voter registration drives "at...

Voter Registration for Vets

Heather Smith | Posted 08.05.2008 | Politics


Heather Smith

In May the Department of Veterans Affairs banned voter registration drives in V.A. hospitals and other government buildings. Last week, the Senate int...

Sam Stein

Women's Voices Women's Vote Could Shore Up Obama's Base

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.30.2008 | Politics


Barack Obama's campaign may get a major electoral boon from an organization that was accused of conspiring against him in the primary. Women's Voice...

DNC Chairman Dean Says North Carolina Is Key For Obama Win

Wes Isley | Posted 07.25.2008 | Home


Wes Isley

"If we win North Carolina, Obama will be president," Dean told the crowd. More voters turned out for the primary this year here than voted for John Kerry. "All it will take is registering people to vote."

A Win For Low Income Voters' Rights In Missouri

Demos | Posted 07.16.2008 | Home


Demos

A U.S. District Judge has directed the Missouri Dept. of Social Services to begin providing voter registration applications and assistance to their clients. The law to do so has been ignored since it passed 15 years ago.

Dems' Southern Campaign: Howard Dean Goes To Dixie

AP | NEDRA PICKLER | Posted 07.15.2008 | Politics


WASHINGTON — Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean is embarking on a voter registration bus tour he hopes will help push Dixie to t...

Florida Voter Registration Shows "Huge Swing" Towards Democrats

South Florida Sun Sentinel | Posted 07.13.2008 | Politics


An escalating number of voters registering as Democrats is providing evidence that the 2008 election could produce a wave of support for Barack Obama ...

Three Ways You Can Help Keep the Election from Being Stolen (Again) in 2008

Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman | Posted 07.07.2008 | Politics


Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman

Helping people register to vote, working as a polling monitor, volunteering to be a vote count observer after the polls close are three ways to prevent the presidency from being stolen again.

Tapping Barack Obama's Phone

Jonathan Leigh Solomon | Posted 06.30.2008 | Politics


Jonathan Leigh Solomon

When Obama eschewed the pundit's red-blue-purple state preoccupation during his '04 Democratic Convention speech, he was choosing poetry over polls.

Democratic Voting Rolls Still Climbing In Pennsylvania

Daniel Nichanian | Posted 06.30.2008 | Home


Daniel Nichanian

Democrats have pulled way ahead in the Penn. voter rolls as a result of the historic primary. And in Iowa, McCain is spending in areas covered in flood water, where people can't watch TV.

West Hollywood Obama Supporters Woo Clintonites

Tina Chong | Posted 06.09.2008 | Home


Tina Chong

Obama supporters rallied Clinton partisans at the West Hollywood L.A. Pride Parade. Reactions were mixed. He's got a "magical quality," said one Obama supporter, sure that nthe Clintonites would come around.

"A Diploma in One Hand, a Voter Card in the Other"

Steve Cobble | Posted 05.16.2008 | Politics


Steve Cobble

Given the level of excitement among young people during this year's primary process, doesn't it make sense to register as many outgoing public high sc...

Obama Campaign Launches "Vote For Change" Voter Registration Drive

Posted 05.10.2008 | Politics


Today, May 10, marks the first day of what the Obama campaign is calling its "Vote For Change" project. From barackobama.com: On May 10th, Barack Oba...

Obama's Consolidation of the Party

Matt Stoller | Posted 05.08.2008 | Politics


Matt Stoller

Obama has created a number of significant infrastructure pieces through his campaign, displacing traditional groups the way he promised he would by signaling the end of the old politics of division and partisanship.

Women's Voices, Women Vote

William McNary | Posted 05.01.2008 | Politics


William McNary

I can say with great conviction, there was no effort to suppress or confuse African American voters, or any other voters in the state of North Carolina by Women's Voices, Women Vote.

Senator Proposes Sweeping Election Reforms

Jacob Soboroff | Posted 04.21.2008 | Home


Jacob Soboroff

Last week I visited with Senator Bill Nelson (D-FLA) in his Washington, D.C. office to discuss his plan to change the way and day we vote, and why he chose now to introduce his plan.


 

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