Voter Turnout

Penn State: 1000 Youth in Line to Vote at 7am

Jake Brewer | Posted 12.05.2008 | Green


Jake Brewer

The youth vote is likely to make up 25% of the electorate today and is a powerful national voice that is demanding green jobs and clean energy to reinvigorate and re-power our economy.

Voter Turnout: The Craziest Election Day Stories (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 12.05.2008 | Politics


With record numbers expected to head to the polls all across America today, crazy moments are bound to ensue. Check out some of the best stories so fa...

Have a Transformative Election Day

Sarah van Gelder | Posted 12.05.2008 | Politics


Sarah van Gelder

Votekindly.org is not naive about possible voter suppression activities. But they are calling on voters to stand up to these methods -- with clarity and kindness.

Sam Stein

Urban, Diverse Areas Not Given Enough Voting Machines

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.05.2008 | Politics


TMZ, of all sites, has an interesting story up about a political saboteur telling Democrats in Deerfield Beach, Florida that they are supposed to vote...

From MLK to Obama: Birmingham Civil Rights Organizers (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Posted 12.05.2008 | Politics


On the eve of the 2008 presidential election people in Birmingham are celebrating the historic presidential campaign of Senator Barack Obama. For many...

Sam Stein

Voters Around The Country: Long Lines, Historic Crowds

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.05.2008 | Politics


Send us your Election Day stories here. Read letters from HuffPost readers at our On The Ground page. Voters are sending in incredible stories from t...

Seth Colter Walls

Virginia Voting: Broken Machines, No Paper Ballots

HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 12.05.2008 | Politics


At the Math and Science Center in Richmond, Virginia, an early breakdown of electronic voting machines led to a three-and-a-half hour wait to vote on ...

Election Day: Record Number Of Voters Expected

AP | DEBORAH HASTINGS | Posted 12.05.2008 | Politics


Lines stretched around buildings and down city blocks as people waited hours to cast ballots in the historic presidential race between Barack Obama an...

Extended Voting Mitigates the Weather and Delivers Democrats

Phil Trounstine | Posted 12.05.2008 | Politics


Phil Trounstine

The weather really matters, by preventing lower-income people and minorities who depend on public transportation from making it to the polls. Weather can significantly determine who votes on election day.

Let Us Now Praise The Unsung Heroes/Heroines of The Voting Booths

Erica Heller | Posted 12.05.2008 | Politics


Erica Heller

In my 24/7 nail-biting terror that the election will be snatched and stolen from Obama, I was reminded that there are many people, committed and dedicated, who work exceedingly hard on Election Day.

Community Values Vote: Election Day From the Grassroots

Sally Kohn | Posted 12.04.2008 | Politics


Sally Kohn

Since community organizers were front-and-center in this election -- sometimes celebrated, sometimes mocked -- why not hear from community organizers as Election Day unfolds?

Know Your Rights on Election Night

Leslie Griffith | Posted 12.04.2008 | Politics


Leslie Griffith

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.

Obama Needs You!

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 12.04.2008 | Politics


Frank Schaeffer

Voters in many places are either being prevented from voting, tricked into fearful silence or otherwise hindered. So the only safe option for our country is a landslide victory for Obama!

90 Second Video: Prepare For Election Day. Protect Your Rights.

Baratunde Thurston | Posted 12.04.2008 | Politics


Baratunde Thurston

This is a 90 second video with last-minute strategies to weather election day and protect your vote. So please digg the action alert and this video, so we can spread the word!

Voting Problems May Arise As Voters Swamp Untested System Tuesday

NY Times | IAN URBINA | Posted 12.04.2008 | Politics


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...

I Like What I See in Florida

Alan Fein | Posted 12.02.2008 | Politics


Alan Fein

I have never seen a volunteer effort like it in any Florida campaign, ever. I expect the laser focus and effort to stay in place through Tuesday.

America's Choice

Yvonne R. Davis | Posted 12.01.2008 | Politics


Yvonne R. Davis

The choice America makes will be a world wide broadcast on whether it is content with mediocrity and the cancer of anti-intellectualism that began to spread this Election season.

Voter Turnout Expected To Be Highest In Decades

AP | SETH BORENSTEIN | Posted 12.01.2008 | Politics


WASHINGTON — Voter turnout will be the highest in decades, dwarfing recent presidential elections, experts predict. The only question dividing e...

Let's Remember Super Bowl XLII and Chill on the Presumptive Victory, Please?

Jamie Frevele | Posted 11.30.2008 | Entertainment


Jamie Frevele

I'm not ready to declare any victory on anything until I see it on November 5th. That's what I've learned from being a New York Giants fan -- it ain't over till it's over. Really. I'm dead serious.

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...

Howard Zinn Will Vote For Obama But Says Direct Action is Needed

The Real News | Posted 11.23.2008 | Politics


The Real News

"Obama will not fulfill that potential for change unless he is enveloped by a social movement, which is angry enough, powerful enough, [and] insistent enough"

Expat Voters Tangled Up in Ballot Red Tape

Diane Tucker | Posted 11.23.2008 | Home


Diane Tucker

"Will Mississippi election officials accept a Czech-language notarization?" Brian Reagan, an American citizen living in Prague, asked OffTheBus. Reaga...

What You Can Do (To Help Obama Win)

Jack Helmuth | Posted 11.21.2008 | Politics


Jack Helmuth

Well, it depends on who you are. Here are some ideas for all sorts of people, of which you must certainly be one.

Does My Vote Matter! Take Action!

Alex Geana | Posted 11.21.2008 | Politics


Alex Geana

I've talked to voters, for many elections now. Yes, I've been a politico for a while. In this election voter apathy is at an all time low. This excite...

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

Brian Ross | Posted 11.21.2008 | Home


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.