On AlterNet: election reform

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "election reform"

Consensus Builds for Universal Voter Registration

Project Vote, November 19, 2008.

Experts and media call for sweeping reform of how voter registration is conducted in America.

Flunk the Electoral College: Getting Rid of the Exploding Cigar of American Politics

Michael Waldman, Brennan Center for Justice. June 12, 2008.

The Electoral College is an affront to basic democracy, warping competition and subverting political equality -- even when it works.

Democratic Congress to Voters: What Election Problems?

Art Levine, AlterNet. May 5, 2008.

A Democratic-majority Congress is unlikely to pass needed election reforms.

Highlights From My First and Probably Last Caucus

Sara Davidson, AlterNet AlterNet: Democracy and Elections. February 11, 2008.

It's time for a grassroots uprising to demand national popular elections, both for the nominees and the president.

The Return of Nader

Melissa McEwan, Shakesville AlterNet: Democracy and Elections. January 30, 2008.

Now that John Edwards and Dennis Kucinich are out of the race, it appears Ralph Nader is closer to getting in it.

Bob Woodward is Clueless About Voter Suppression

Amanda Terkel, ThinkProgress AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. November 22, 2007.

Amanda Terkel: So for all those Washington Post reporters out there, let's go over the facts again.

Will House Leaders Duck Debate on Electronic Voting Compromise?

Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet. September 17, 2007.

The House may regulate electronic voting this week, but a compromise curtailing the most controversial machines use may not be debated.

The Fallout From California's Ban on Electronic Voting Machines

Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet. August 8, 2007.

Thousands of electronic voting machines will be out of circulation in California after the secretary of state pulls them -- and the House Democrat in D.C. in charge of electronic voting reform applauds the decision.

Election Day: A Film About Real People Who Make Our Democracy Work [VIDEO]

Adam Howard, AlterNet: Video. July 28, 2007.

As these stories intertwine, audiences take in a portrait of American elections that is expansive, revealing and intimate.

An Opposing View on the Progressive Voting Machines Debate

Brad Friedman, AlterNet. March 23, 2007.

A response to People for the American Way and other progressives' recent statements on an important election reform bill pending in Congress.

Candidates Who Shun Corporate Cash Are Winning

Jim Hightower, Hightower Lowdown. February 26, 2007.

Electoral reform isn't just starry-eyed theory: Clean elections are taking place in states from Arizona to North Carolina, reversing the big-money corruption that rampages throughout our political system.

Will Senate Dems torpedo a plan for nonpartisan election officials?

Susan Wallace, AlterNet: PEEK. January 25, 2007.

Joshua Holland: This is one to keep an eye on ...