On AlterNet: registration

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "registration"

Care About the Election? Start Knocking on Doors

Paul Rogat Loeb, AlterNet. October 16, 2008.

Many of us root for our candidate as if for a sports team, while doing relatively little to affect the outcome. We must work to mobilize voters.

Florida Voting Law May Disenfranchise Thousands

The Brennan Center for Justice and Advancement ProjectSeptember 12, 2008.

The state will start enforcing a law that penalizes voters if their names are misspelled in voter registration records and government databases.

Student Voter Registration Faces New Obstacles in Virginia

Sara Hebel, The Chronicle of Higher Education. September 9, 2008.

Local officials interpret residency rules to discourage student voting.

The Scourge of "Identity Theft"

Bob Bauer, More Soft Money Hard Law AlterNet: Democracy and Elections. August 6, 2008.

Noted Democratic Party election lawyer Bob Bauer chastises the Virginia Republican Party chair for fear-mongering and voter suppression.

Justice Department to Question Former Lawyers in Politicization Probe

Murray Waas, Huffington Post. August 6, 2008.

As the Bush era comes to a close, the Justice Department starts to question the administration's selective enforcement of voting rights law.

The Youth Vote: A Matter of Access, Not Apathy

Michael Connery, The Nation. August 6, 2008.

The biggest obstacle to young voters is not apathy, but removing barriers that complicate the process for new voters.

States Fail to Offer Voter Registration to Millions of Low-Income Voters

Art Levine, AlterNet. July 29, 2008.

Another big election year and once again low-income voters are on the sidelines.

Coalition Plans to Register 500,000 Recent Immigrants to Vote

Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet AlterNet: Democracy and Elections. July 10, 2008.

The immigrants' rights movement announces an unprecedented effort to register new voters before the 2008 presidential election.