Steven Rosenfeld

Your Own Private Ohio: Seven Ways Your Vote Might Not Count This November

Friday, August 22nd, 2008

Steven Rosenfeld author of Count My Vote: A Citizen’s Guide to Voting writes at Alternet, “Some of the most serious election protection problems can be discovered and fixed before the presidential voting begins.”
What voters often do not know is that long lines or delays in polling place voting can result from many factors — some […]

Be the Ballot

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008

Some used to say that the least you could do in a participatory democracy such as ours is to vote. But now, with the sharp and painful memory of 2000, 2004, and 2006 election day shenanigans still fresh in our minds, we have to do so much more. We have to be the Dr. Phils […]

Check Up On It

Monday, July 7th, 2008

Things are tough out there - rising food costs, record high gas prices, real estate and housing problems - and with an already traditionally low voter turnout, perhaps the last thing on people’s mind is making sure that all their voter registration ducks are in a row. But this year, not doing so would be […]

Florida in 2008: Still Hot. Still Humid. Still Disenfranchsing voters.

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008

Florida, oh, Florida. What are we going to do with you? We’re all afraid that the November 2008 election will be, in the words of baseball great Yogi Berra, “deja vu all over again.” But you, my stately friend, you’re trying to make sure of it, aren’t you?
Seriously, what is it with you and your […]