On AlterNet: voter registration
Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "voter registration"
Tova Andrea Wang, Common Cause. November 10, 2008.
"If this election had been much closer, the outcry over the problems enumerated would be huge."
Adam Skaggs, Brennan Center for Justice. October 17, 2008.
The GOP-led campaign to cast doubt on the integrity of the 2008 vote comes as states are breaking records for new voters.
AlterNetOctober 17, 2008.
From voter suppression to trust in public elections, a look at the candidates' positions on 10 important voter issues.
Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet: PEEK. October 14, 2008.
In 2004, right wingers in Ohio sued ACORN under racketeering laws and were forced to withdraw their suit. On Wednesday, history repeated itself.
Think ProgressOctober 14, 2008.
Republican smears have reached fever pitch.
Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet. October 7, 2008.
The group had been sharing material about problem voter registrations with Nevada officials for months.
Scott Novakowski, Demos.org. October 7, 2008.
As North Carolina, Michigan, Virginia and Missouri ask public aid recipients if they want to register to vote, thousands of new voters are added.
Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet. September 24, 2008.
The RNC calls ACORN "quasi-criminal" after finding two questionable voter applications in rural Florida.
Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet. September 11, 2008.
Across the country, problems with voter rolls, voting machines and partisan tactics point to trouble in November.
Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet. September 9, 2008.
With Senate pressure looming, Veterans Affairs issues a new policy after barring voter drives for most of the 2008 voter registration season.
Faiz Shakir, Think Progress AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. August 11, 2008.
Connecticut Secretary of State Susan Bysiewicz asks: "What is the secretary of Veterans Affairs thinking?"
Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet. July 25, 2008.
The states are swapping data files to find duplicate names, but civil rights attorneys say they are not following federal law to remove them.
Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet AlterNet: Democracy and Elections. July 22, 2008.
Four voting rights groups urge the VA to become voter registration agencies
Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet AlterNet: PEEK. July 18, 2008.
Connecticut is looking at litigation after VA issues new restrictions on voter registration drives.
Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet. July 18, 2008.
The Secretary of Veterans Affairs rejects a request by 19 secretaries of state to allow voter registration drives on VA facilities.
Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet. July 10, 2008.
Officials overseeing the VA and state elections say the VA's policy is unnecessary and insulting to veterans who sacrificed for our country.
Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet: Democracy and Elections. July 2, 2008.
VA policy banning registration drives defied by secretary of state, attorney general.
Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet. June 12, 2008.
The VA's attorney tells a federal appeals court that voters registration drives are a partisan distraction.
Pam Spaulding, Pandagon AlterNet: PEEK. May 1, 2008.
Are misleading robocalls by Women's Voices Women's Vote an honest mistake or voter suppression?
Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet. April 10, 2008.
VA secretary says registering voters in VA facilities is a "partisan" distraction.
Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet. March 18, 2008.
The VA has thrown up roadblocks since the last presidential election.
Project VoteFebruary 22, 2008.
Many states are failing to offer low-income Americans the registration opportunities required by law. Why is this happening?
Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet. July 25, 2007.
After the wave of successes in 2004 voter registration drives by groups like ACORN, a half-dozen states passed severe laws that scared off voting activists -- and now the Senate is weighing in.
Bill Boyarsky, Truthdig. May 2, 2007.
A look at one of the real reasons eight U.S. attorneys were fired -- the Republican effort to stop voter registration campaigns in poor neighborhoods.
