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Defining a Maverick

Robbie Gennet | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Robbie Gennet

If both candidates have voted overwhelmingly with their party do you want the one who voted with Bush 90% of the time or the one who voted against Bush 96% of the time?

Failure to Blow Election Stuns Democrats

Andy Borowitz | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Andy Borowitz

For Democrats, who have become accustomed to their party blowing an election even when it seemed like a sure thing, Tuesday night's results were a bitter pill to swallow.

Palin: Ohio Vets Are Unqualified Voters?

Max Bernstein | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Max Bernstein

The decent person in me chimes in and says, "I can't see how anyone could try to block a deployed soldier's right to vote and be able to live with themselves."

Ohio 2008 Opens With a Subpoena, A Surge and Calls For Election Protection

Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman

The presidency could again be decided here by how well what's left of the American democratic process can be protected.

Hollywood Republicans Respond to Satirical "Don't Vote" PSA with Counter-PSA

Alexis C. Jolly | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Alexis C. Jolly

A short film script, in response to this message from the Hollywood liberal elite.

Michelle Obama: Make Our Voices Heard

MOMocrats | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
MOMocrats

Registering to vote is absolutely crucial. Because there is so much at stake in this election, and the choice we make on November 4th will decide so many issues that shape our lives and impact our families.

Jews for Obama?

Michelle Haimoff | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Michelle Haimoff

The one issue that surpasses even those that center around civil liberties is the continued existence of the state of Israel.

Florida 2000 Redux: GOP Using "Voter Fraud" To Disenfranchise

The Washington Independent | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

You know it's going to be a heated election when a state attorney general sues his own state agency for not cracking down on voter fraud. But that's j...

Protecting The Vote

Laura Flanders | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Laura Flanders

Voter registration deadlines are just over a week away in many states. Polls open in just over a month. In an election that could well be decided by n...

Meet 425 of My Obama Sisters from the East End

Joyce McFadden | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Joyce McFadden

Something special happened in my community last weekend.

Why the Debates Won't Matter (Hint: It's a Felony)

Marty Kaplan | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Marty Kaplan

This election won't be won or lost at the debates. Nor will it be determined by the two campaigns' "ground games." My fear is that the results will hang on the swing state voting systems' vulnerability to sabotage.

Nearly 600,000 Subject To Possible Voter Caging In Ohio

Truthout | David Rosenfeld, Miller-McCune | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

How many voter-registration mass mailers are "returned to sender" in the run-up to Election Day may determine how many Ohio residents are eligible to ...

Voting Rights of Ohio Veterans and Deployed Troops Under Attack

Paul Rieckhoff | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Paul Rieckhoff

Regardless of which candidates they cast their ballots for, servicemen and women and hospitalized veterans, who rely on absentee voting, could find their ballots thrown out.

How About Bailing Out The Election System?

Julian E. Zelizer | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Julian E. Zelizer

The 2000 election taught us many things. The main lesson was the severely damaged state of our election machinery. But there are many warning signs that Election Day could be messy once again.

How About Bailing Out The Ballot Box?

Julian E. Zelizer | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Julian E. Zelizer

Although Congress is now preoccupied by the massive bailout of the financial markets that might cost $700 billion or more, government officials should...

A third of electorate could vote before Nov. 4

AP | STEPHEN OHLEMACHER and JULIE PACE | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

WASHINGTON — Election Day will be something of an afterthought for tens of millions of Americans _ they'll be voting well ahead of time. In fac...

It's Singles Week - Someone Tell Newsweek There Are 100 Million of Us and We Vote

Bella DePaulo | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Bella DePaulo

This week, September 21-27, is National Singles Week. If you think it is unnecessary to do a bit of consciousness-raising about people who are single ...

Stop Whining, Get Busy

Karen Russell | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Karen Russell

The democrats need to stop whining about Senator Obama, get off our butts and help him win. Enough with the all the hand wringing, with all the "what ...

Imprisoned Voters Take Aim at the Presidential Election

Anthony Papa | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Anthony Papa

A coalition of concerned citizens in Alabama is shaking up the GOP with their goal of registering voters in the most unlikely of places -- state prisons.

A Big Week For Flawed Voter Matching Experiments

The Brennan Center for Justice | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
The Brennan Center for Justice

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.

Can Obama's Ground Game Beat GOP Vote-Robbing?

Tom D'Antoni | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Tom D'Antoni

GOP-driven vote suppression that could lead to voters purged from registration rolls, vote-caging schemes to challenge voters at the polls, and malfunctioning voting machines leading to long lines and, potentially, stolen votes.

Undecided Voters: Go Fly A Kite!

Mike Garibaldi-Frick | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Mike Garibaldi-Frick

With only seven weeks to go before the general election, national polls report close to 10% of Americans still haven't decided who they will vote for ...

It's Wrong to Count People Who Don't Vote

Michael Markarian | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Michael Markarian

People who have died or moved and are still on the voter rolls.

Why the Democrats Need to Dumb It Down

Michelle Haimoff | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Michelle Haimoff

She makes them laugh and lets them think that they'll all head over to Culver's later for frozen custard and ButterBurgers.

GOP Attempting To Keep Eligible African-Americans From Voting In Several States

Newsweek | Jonathan Alter | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

It was a mainstay of Jim Crow segregation: for 100 years after the Civil War, Southern white Democrats kept eligible blacks from voting with poll taxe...