On AlterNet: voter suppression
Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "voter suppression"
Common Cause, Mi Familia Vote, SEIU, October 30, 2008.
"Thousands of Colorado voters illegally purged from the registration lists will have their votes counted."
American Civil Liberties Union, Advancement Project, October 30, 2008.
Ruling Is Latest Victory In ACLU And Advancement Project Legal Challenge.
Staff, CitizenTube AlterNet: Democracy and Elections. October 29, 2008.
Video your vote and capture polling place problems.
ZP Heller, Brave New Films AlterNet: Video. October 29, 2008.
Call McCain today and tell him "Not This Time!"
Steven Rosenfeld, October 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.
Advancement Project, October 27, 2008.
Colorado Voting rights groups sue the Republican Secretary of State to restore between 16,000 and 30,000 voters who were illegally purged this fall.
Steven Rosenfeld, October 26, 2008.
As activists worry about paperless voting machines, a top DNC lawyer describes the party's election protection efforts for voting machines.
Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet: PEEK. October 25, 2008.
The White House has forwarded a letter from congressional Republicans asking the Attorney General to intervene in the Ohio voter registration fight.
Andrew Gumbel, The Nation. October 24, 2008.
The GOP attack machine isn't dead yet, but the wheels have started coming off.
Steven Rosenfeld, October 23, 2008.
Court ruling, decisions by secretaries of state in Wisconsin, Ohio and Nevada blunt GOP's anti-voter agenda.
Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet. October 23, 2008.
On the eve of the 2008 election, the Department leaks a FBI probe of ACORN but remains silent on widespread voter intimidation tactics.
Wendy Weiser, Brennan Center for Justice. October 22, 2008.
The Brennan Center for Justice details the voter suppression tactics unfolding as America faces another presidential election.
ZP Heller, Brave New Films AlterNet: Election 2008. October 21, 2008.
Host a house party, watch the videos, and keep the dialogue going.
Advancement Project, October 20, 2008.
The Advancement Project identifies cities and precincts in swing states that may face long lines, poll worker shortages and voting delays in 2008.
Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet. October 18, 2008.
The GOP push for lists of voters whose registrations don't match state and federal databases may be prelude to a big intimidation campaign.
AlterNetOctober 17, 2008.
From voter suppression to trust in public elections, a look at the candidates' positions on 10 important voter issues.
ZP Heller, Meet the Bloggers AlterNet: Video. October 17, 2008.
Watch the show with Color of Change's James Rucker and join the conversation.
Advancement Project , ACLU, AlterNet: PEEK. October 16, 2008.
A federal judge orders Michigan's Republican Secretary of State to restore voters after ruling her 2008 voter purge broke federal voting rights law.
Staff, Talking Points Memo AlterNet: Video. October 15, 2008.
The return of former Bush Justice Dept. official Hans Von Spakovsky.
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.
Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet: PEEK. October 10, 2008.
Gene Fischer, a Republican Sheriff in Greene County, Ohio, is demanding new voters produce ID outside of the voting process.
Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet. October 9, 2008.
If the November vote is close, key swing states that have been illegally rejecting voters could become recount battlegrounds like Florida.
Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet: PEEK. October 8, 2008.
Republicans in Montana say they will not challenge 6,000 likely Democratic voters' right to vote.
Campaign Legal Center, AlterNet: PEEK. October 7, 2008.
The Wisconsin attorney general's effort to winnow voter rolls would violate federal law, a suit alleges.
Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet. October 7, 2008.
As Democrats sense victory in November, they are betting a record turnout will overcome partisan interference with the vote count.
