Stories by Steven Rosenfeld
Steven Rosenfeld covers democracy issues for AlterNet and is the author of "Count My Vote: A Citizen's Guide to Voting" (AlterNet Books, 2008).
Posted on Feb 8, 2012, Source: AlterNet
The 2012 money race is on, with both sides looking to secretive groups to fuel their ad wars.
Posted on Feb 7, 2012, Source: AlterNet
A movement to reform the Electoral College and elect the president based on the national popular vote has half the states it needs.
Posted on Jan 31, 2012, Source: AlterNet
These companies hide their electioneering and don’t care. But here's how we can change that.
Posted on Jan 29, 2012, Source: AlterNet
These five themes will dominate the airwaves as the election season heats up.
Posted on Jan 24, 2012, Source: AlterNet
Montana ACLU backed a corporate campaign spending ban. National ACLU did not.
Posted on Jan 22, 2012, Source: AlterNet
The recall campaign is becoming a nationwide proxy fight pitting union-busting Republicans against pro-labor Democrats.
Posted on Jan 19, 2012, Source: AlterNet
Is there anything in the years to come that can lead to a victory against the notorious Supreme Court decision?
Posted on Jan 10, 2012, Source: AlterNet
Like it or not, many of America's biggest corporations may be forced to disclose their political spending.
Posted on Jan 4, 2012, Source: AlterNet
They can spend unlimited amounts of money. They don't disclose donors until after the votes are counted. They deluged Iowa with millions of dollars of harsh negative ads.
Posted on Jan 2, 2012, Source: AlterNet
Will the DOJ investigate leaks in attacks on Voting Section employees and major voting rights decisions?
Posted on Jan 1, 2012, Source: AlterNet
State Supreme Court Issues Remarkable Ruling Against Corporate Speech
Posted on Dec 20, 2011, Source: AlterNet
If you live in a state where voting is becoming tougher, plan ahead to register, to get the right ID and to know where you can vote.
Posted on Dec 16, 2011, Source: AlterNet
Behind reports of recall volunteers being harassed, effort crossed half-million signature mark on Thursday.
Posted on Dec 14, 2011, Source: AlterNet
President Obama is expected to sign a defense policy bill allowing the military to arrest and indefinitely hold terrorism suspects -- even Americans arrested on U.S. soil.
Posted on Dec 13, 2011, Source: AlterNet
The Roberts court may insert itself into partisan politics to a degree not seen since the 2000 Florida recount, which installed George W. Bush as president.
Posted on Dec 12, 2011, Source: AlterNet
Some pro-business federal judges have shockingly approved a constitutional right for big companies to avoid revealing product dangers on labels.
Posted on Dec 4, 2011, Source: AlterNet
A spate of online disinformation, bullying and outright calls for the destruction of recall petitions raise the specter of fraud in the Wisconsin recall petition drive.
Posted on Dec 2, 2011, Source: AlterNet
The GOP has faced unexpected setbacks in the redistricting process.
Posted on Nov 29, 2011, Source: AlterNet
The Senate voted Tuesday to support a dangerous expansion of military authority.
Posted on Nov 28, 2011, Source: AlterNet
How far should a constitutional amendment go to roll back corporate rights? And is it possible?
Posted on Nov 16, 2011, Source: AlterNet
A hard lesson was learned in NYC over who has speech rights in America.
Posted on Jun 27, 2011, Source: AlterNet
The Court has issued yet another decision narrowing the options for campaigns and candidates to run for office without relying on the largesse of wealthy people and institutions.
Posted on Apr 25, 2011, Source: AlterNet
A tide of new stricter state voter ID laws proposed by Republicans targets presumed Democratic voters.
Posted on Nov 26, 2008, Source: AlterNet
But the Minnesota Democrat's latest hurdle to a U.S. Senate seat might affect the GOP's senate candidate in Georgia's upcoming runoff election.
Posted on Nov 25, 2008, Source: AlterNet
The ongoing Senate races in Minnesota and Georgia highlight America's disparate systems of voting and auditing the count.
Posted on Nov 18, 2008, Source: AlterNet
A preliminary study of 2008 results finds more than a million fewer white voters than in 2004 and nearly 7 million new minority voters.
Posted on Nov 13, 2008, Source: AlterNet
Voting machine issues and the confusion they caused compounded the delays faced by untold thousands of voters this fall.
Posted on Nov 4, 2008, Source: AlterNet
As the 2008 election comes to close, swing states may find voting is needlessly complex -- and that is before any ballots are counted.
Posted on Nov 1, 2008
So much for McCain's claim that "the fabric of democracy" is being torn. It's only being ruffled by Republicans in battleground states.
Posted on Oct 31, 2008, Source: AlterNet
How to vote early, find your polling place, check your registration, know what ID to bring and more. With new updated info.
Posted on Oct 29, 2008
The divisions over what's wrong in America's elections are deepening on the eve of what may be the biggest turnout in decades.
Posted on Oct 26, 2008
As activists worry about paperless voting machines, a top DNC lawyer describes the party's election protection efforts for voting machines.
Posted on Oct 23, 2008
Court ruling, decisions by secretaries of state in Wisconsin, Ohio and Nevada blunt GOP's anti-voter agenda.
Posted on Oct 23, 2008, Source: AlterNet
On the eve of the 2008 election, the Department leaks a FBI probe of ACORN but remains silent on widespread voter intimidation tactics.
Posted on Oct 22, 2008, Source: AlterNet
Author John R. MacArthur's new book ponders the enduring problems in American democracy.
Posted on Oct 21, 2008, Source: AlterNet
Voters should verify their voter registrations are current and then vote early to avoid Election Day delays at polling places.
Posted on Oct 18, 2008, Source: AlterNet
The GOP push for lists of voters whose registrations don't match state and federal databases may be prelude to a big intimidation campaign.
Posted on Oct 15, 2008, Source: AlterNet
Ohio's GOP says there will be no challenges of voters this year. But Democrats point to actions suggesting otherwise.
Posted on Oct 14, 2008
Mistakes in big voter registration drives are inevitable, even in Republican campaigns.
Posted on Oct 9, 2008, Source: AlterNet
If the November vote is close, key swing states that have been illegally rejecting voters could become recount battlegrounds like Florida.
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