On AlterNet: voting rights
Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "voting rights"
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 Hussein 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 Hussein 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.
Matt Stoller, Open Left AlterNet: PEEK. April 29, 2008.
Separate but unequal voting systems in West Virginia threaten to disenfranchise independent voters.
Brennan Center for Justice, AlterNet. April 28, 2008.
It is more important now than ever for lawmakers across the country to pass laws protecting the right to vote.
Melissa McEwan, Shakesville AlterNet: PEEK. April 28, 2008.
In the "most important voting rights case since Bush v Gore," the Supreme Court validated GOP voter fraud talking points.
Erin Ferns, Project Vote. March 6, 2008.
Excluding citizens from the most basic right of a representative democracy undermines communal bonds and weakens our civic society.
Andres Idarraga, Brennan Center for Justice. March 4, 2008.
When Andres Idarraga got out of prison, he fought to win back his right to vote. On Tuesday, he won.
Erika Wood, Brennan Center for Justice AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. February 25, 2008.
Thirty-five states deny the vote to felons who have served their time. Now a Democrat and a Republican are trying to change that.
Amy Goodman, King Features Syndicate. February 7, 2008.
Restoring the right to vote for felons is essential to our democracy and could dramatically change election results.
Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet. November 6, 2007.
In a half-dozen states voting today, civil rights activists and Democrats expect to see voter intimidation and suppression.
Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet. November 2, 2007.
Attorneys and activists say taxpayers are due refunds for buying products that manufacturers knew were defective.
Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet. August 4, 2007.
California Secretary of State Debra Bowen will remove most touch-screen electronic voting machines before next February's presidential primary.
Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet. April 13, 2007.
A law regulating voting machines making its way through Congress lacks an explicit provision allowing voters to sue -- a right that was a cornerstone of the Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act.
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