On AlterNet: voting rights
Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "voting rights"
Sanford Lewis, AlterNet: PEEK. December 4, 2008.
Particularly affected are those who tried to vote by mail.
Danielle Ivory, American News Project AlterNet: Democracy and Elections. October 20, 2008.
Is Pennsylvania's upcoming election a disaster waiting to happen?
Wendy Weiser, Brennan Center for Justice. September 25, 2008.
The Social Security Administration, whose databases verify new voter registrations, will be shut down in mid-October for three days for maintenance.
Anthony Papa, Drug Policy Alliance. September 23, 2008.
Exercising the right to vote is important part of prisoner rehabilitation, but over 5 million convicted felons are barred from doing so.
Brad Friedman, Brad Blog. September 10, 2008.
The hack shows vote counts can be altered no matter what the paper receipts say.
John Nichols, The Nation. August 20, 2008.
The late congresswoman was a fierce campaigner for fair elections.
Advancement Project and Project VoteAugust 13, 2008.
Voting rights attorneys say hundreds of thousands of voters could be purged from voter rolls.
Erin Ferns, Nathan Henderson-James, Project Vote AlterNet: Democracy and Elections. August 8, 2008.
Behind accusations of voter fraud are efforts to stop underserved minorities and young people from voting.
Dan Seligson, electionline.org. August 8, 2008.
Lack of ID and permanent addresses baffle voting officials.
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.
Advancement ProjectJuly 30, 2008.
The time has come to amend the Constitution to guarantee the individual right to vote, a prominent civil rights group declares.
J. Gerald Hebert , Susan Gershon, Campaign Legal Center Blog. July 18, 2008.
As insiders ponder redrawing the political map, voting-rights lawyers say the process needs less secrecy and more public input.
Demos , Project Vote , The Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, July 16, 2008.
The state failed to offer more than 1 million people the chance to register to vote.
Dan Wallach, Freedom to Tinker. July 7, 2008.
At a Texas legislative hearing, manufacturers say scientists who studied their machines were not looking at "real world" issues.
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.
Art Levine, AlterNet. June 10, 2008.
How the good guys finally won and what it means for 2008.
Jill C., Brilliant at Breakfast AlterNet: PEEK. June 5, 2008.
America must still come to terms with problems in its voting system.
Dan Tokaji, Election Law @ Moritz. June 4, 2008.
The state's 2008 fall election may pose new hurdles for voters.
Liza Sabater, Culture Kitchen AlterNet: Election 2008. June 2, 2008.
Statehood and the right to vote.
Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet: PEEK. May 16, 2008.
In Missouri, Arizona and Washington, D.C., voting rights advocates block and remove barriers to voting.
Art Levine, Huffington Post. May 12, 2008.
Missouri lawmakers are rushing to pass a law that would, among other things, deny some nuns the right to vote.
Attaturk, Firedoglake AlterNet: Democracy and Elections. May 12, 2008.
The Missouri Secretary of State estimates the amendment, if passed, would disenfranchise up to a quarter million citizens.
Jill C., Brilliant at Breakfast AlterNet: PEEK. May 9, 2008.
After their Indiana sisters were disenfranchised, Missouri nuns are mad as heck and not gonna take it anymore.
dday, Hullabaloo AlterNet: Election 2008. May 6, 2008.
According to the AP, 12 nuns were turned away from voting by one of their own sisters.
Mike Connery, AlterNet AlterNet: PEEK. May 2, 2008.
Election day registration could prevent voter suppression and significantly boost turnout rates, particularly among young voters.
