Voting

Florida's Disgraceful New Attack on Voting

Bob Edgar | Posted 05.31.2012

Read More: Hispanic Voters, Florida Election 2012, Black Voters, Voting Rights, Voting, Florida Voting, 2012 Election, Elections 2012, Florida, Florida Voter Purge, Politics News
Bob Edgar

Despite a dearth of evidence that voter fraud is anything more than negligible -- so rare that it would not change the outcome of elections even in closely-contested Florida -- the governor is investing tens of thousands of taxpayer dollars to harass thousands of his constituents.

Read Post

Wolves at the Polls

Jeff Danziger | Posted 05.31.2012

Read More: Political Cartoon, Polls, Credentials, Voting, Intimidation, Voter Intimidation, Voter ID Laws, Voter Fraud, Politics News
Jeff Danziger

2012-05-31-wolvesdanz.jpg

Read Post

Don't Let Them Purge You

Rev. Al Sharpton | Posted 05.31.2012

Read More: Elections 2012, 2012 Election, Black Voters, National Action Network, Voting Rights, Voting, Florida Voters, Latino Voters, Voter Purging, Voter ID Laws, Hispanic Voters, Florida, Florida Voter Purge, Politics News
Rev. Al Sharpton

As the nation continues to diversify, and the GOP continues to fail to appeal to racial minorities and young people, they have resorted to their next best option: calculated efforts to block the vote. It's our job to ensure that they don't succeed.

Read Post

Colorado's Mike Coffman is Acting 'UnAmerican'

Wade Norris | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: Birther, Mike Coffman, Joe Miklosi, Elections, Ethics, Colorado, Secretary of State, Voting, Video, Denver News
Wade Norris

It seems that Mike Coffman of Colorado is doing his best to hand his congressional seat over to the Blue column.

Read Post

3 Steps to Becoming an American

Justine Rivero | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Obama, Immigration, America, Gay Marriage, Diversity, Same-Sex Marriage, Culture, Voting, Politics News
Justine Rivero

Becoming an American is a complicated privilege for me, because as a chubby five-year-old who hated cereal and missed her cousins overseas, that privilege wasn't my choice.

Read Post

3 Steps to Becoming an American

Justine Rivero | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Obama, Immigration, America, Gay Marriage, Diversity, Same-Sex Marriage, Culture, Voting, Women News
Justine Rivero

I am still learning to be comfortable in a country I was once reluctant to call home. But I'm choosing to vote this year to help other Americans feel like this country is their home, too.

Read Post

American Exceptionalism, Except for...

Norma Cook Everist | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Voter American Exceptionalism, Voter ID Laws, Voter Id Registration, American Exceptionalism Mike Coffman, American-Exceptionalism-Barack-Obama, Voter Registration, Voting Rights, Voting, College News
Norma Cook Everist

This week I heard two strikingly different meanings of American exceptionalism, one from a congressman, and one from high school musicians.

Read Post

Vote, A**hole

Katie Goodman | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Mitt Romney, Elections 2012, Youth Vote, Barack Obama, Voters, Voting, Politics News
Katie Goodman

If I hear one more arrogant liberal on Twitter say they are not going to vote, as an act of protest, I am going to smear blue stamp pad ink on their nose. Really, I mean it. I will fwap them with my registered voter card and hang them by their chads.

Read Post

Appeals Court Upholds Key Voting Rights Provision

AP | PETE YOST | Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: Elections, Video, Alabama, 2012 Election, Voting Rights Act, Voting Rights, Elections 2012, Appeals Court, Voting Rights Act Alabama, Voting, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- A federal appeals court on Friday upheld a key provision of the Voting Rights Act, rejecting an Alabama county's challenge to the landma...

Read Whole Story

The Best Democracy Money Can Buy

Floyd Elliot | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Elections 2012, Super Pac, Politics, Democracy, Citizens United, Humor, Satire, Comedy, Voting, Comedy News
Floyd Elliot

Once vote-selling has become an established part of the electoral process, we will eliminate paper contracts and sell our votes online, allowing us to immediately trade in the proceeds for merchandise from Amazon or SkyMall.

Read Post

Mother Knows Best

Barbara Lee | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Valerie Jarrett, Mother's Day, Mothers, Voting, Rep. Cathy McMorriss ROdgers, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Barbara Lee, Women in Office, Female Politicans, Women and Politics, Women News
Barbara Lee

Our research tells us women need to be asked between three and seven times to run for office. Men don't wait to be asked. So ladies, consider this your first ask.

Read Post

Election Regulations and Voter Disengagement

Sundeep Iyer | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: Voter ID Laws, Voter Participation, Voter Disenfranchisement, Super PACs, Voting, Campaign Finance, Elections, Elections 2012, Election Regulations, Politics News
Sundeep Iyer

Congress alone cannot completely counteract the harmful effects of the new rules governing our elections. But in an election cycle where these rules threaten to undermine voter participation, Congress must act now to soften the blow.

Read Post

A Plea to Students: Vote

Elizabeth Nerich | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: Elections, Student Voting, Elon University, Voting, North Carolina Amendment 1, Gay Rights, Terry Johnson, Marriage Equality, College News
Elizabeth Nerich

Even if they do know of the issue, they quickly brush it off using various ideas to ease their consciences. That they feel they aren't full members of Alamance County may be one reason; the fact that their permanent addresses are in another state could be another.

Read Post

The Assault on Voting and Democracy in Detroit

David Alexander Bullock | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: Detroit Emergency Manager, Elections 2012, Voter ID Laws, Elections Detroit, Detroit Emergency Manager Law, Detroit Consent Agreement, Voting, Detroit Elections, Detroit News
David Alexander Bullock

This year in the name of financial stability, the citizens of the city of Detroit will be disenfranchised. Democracy will be sacrificed at the altar of economic efficiency.

Read Post

Overcoming Obstacles to Photo ID Laws

Robert M. Brandon | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Voter ID Laws, Alec, Voter Suppression, Voting Rights, Voter ID, Voting, War on Voting, Politics News
Robert M. Brandon

While several voting rights groups are fighting to get strict Voter ID laws overturned in the courts, organizers and community groups on the ground are stepping up to make sure that voters will have the IDs they need to be able to vote.

Read Post

Military Voters Deserve a Mail Ballot

Richard Allen Smith | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Military Families, Colorado, Military, Scott Gessler, Secretary of State Scott Gessler, Voting Rights, Voting, Colorado Voting, Inactive Voters, Denver News
Richard Allen Smith

This year, Colorado lawmakers can pass a bill that will protect the right to vote for active military overseas.

Read Post

Fired up! Climate Change Gridlock Needs to Be Replaced With Action

Gov. Jennifer M. Granholm | Posted 04.21.2012

Read More: Current TV, 2012 Election, Earth Day, Climate Change, Al Gore, Action, Current, Election, Voting, Earth Day 2012, Politics News
Gov. Jennifer M. Granholm

The climate is changing. But excuses for inaction have not. Instead of complaining start campaigning. Put people in office who will allow your children to have a future on this planet.

Read Post

Voter ID Laws Could Hurt Obama

Reuters | Posted 04.22.2012

Read More: Rick Scott, Video, Barack-Obama-2012, Voter Registration Laws, 2012 Election, Acorn, Reuters, Elections 2012, Voter ID Laws, Barack Obama, Voting, Politics News

* In Florida, a court challenge over voters' rights * Groups say registering voters more difficult now * Obama, aided by...

Read Whole Story

Electoral College Challenged

Jim Jaffe | Posted 04.20.2012

Read More: Mitt Romney, Electoral College, 2012 Presidential Election, Barack Obama, Campaign Finance, National Popular Vote, 2012 Election, Elections 2012, Voting, Popular Vote, Politics News
Jim Jaffe

This year's election may be the last one where it is possible to win the American presidency while receiving fewer votes than your opponent.

Read Post

100 Years at the "Hart" of American Elections

Keya Dannenbaum | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Online Voting, Electronic Voting, Elections Technology, Early Voting, Hart InterCivic, Election Day, Elections 2012, Electnext, Phillip Braithwaite, Voting, Politics News
Keya Dannenbaum

For the vast majority of voting Americans, elections are a quadrennial affair. And while we may have a great time watching the politics -- who's up, w...

Read Post

WATCH: Your Turn: Voting

Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: Marlo Thomas, Elections 2012, Your Turn, Primaries, Video, Voting, Women News

Every election people complain about who the candidates are. But we could do something about that by getting more involved during the primaries, when ...

Read Whole Story

Voting Maybe

Warren Adler | Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: Polls, Politics, Candidate, Doctors, Advertising, America, Voting, Politics News
Warren Adler

I no longer take anything at face value. Like Freud asking, "What do women want?" I find myself asking this question without regard to gender...

Read Post

Why Pete Wentz Cares About the Future of Music, Social Media and Election 2012 (VIDEO)

Shira Lazar | Posted 04.12.2012

Read More: Rock the Vote, Promojam, Fall Out Boy, Black Cards, Rocker, Gym Class Heroes, Election 2012, Entrepreneur, Panic at the Disco, Pete Wentz, Voting, Video, Celebrity News
Shira Lazar

Pete Wentz rocks and he rocks the vote. He stopped by What's Trending live to chat about his new electro-pop duo, Black Cards, innovative ways to distribute music, social media and his passion for politics.

Read Post

Conditions Are Right for GOP to Make Big Inroads with Hispanics

Mark Pfeifle | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Latinos, Libre Initiative, Small Business, Unemployment, Prosperity, Hispanic Vote, Economic Optimism, Obama, Economic Recovery, Immigration, Hispanics, Economic Growth, Latino Prosperity, Voting, Elections 2012, Gop Primary, Republican Primary, Latino Voters, 2012 Election, Hispanic Voters, Politics News
Mark Pfeifle

We so often hear that Republicans have lost ground with Hispanic voters. But the real story is that Hispanic voters feel like both political parties -- Republicans and Democrats -- are more interested in securing their community's votes than in solving their problems.

Read Post

Voting Changes Everything

Malik Yusef | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: Voting, Elections 2012, Youth Vote, Voting Rights, Respect My Vote, Entertainment News
Malik Yusef

There was a time when just being able to vote was the main issue for this country. Now, the trouble is getting people to the booth.

Read Post