Voter Registration
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Dobbs
Monday, August 25th, 2008How can Lou Dobbs be so right on one thing and so wrong on another?!?!
In response to a story by CNN’s Dobbs in which he “told viewers that substantial evidence suggests that large numbers of non-citizens, including undocumented immigrants, are voting in federal elections and could be the deciding factor in November’s elections,” Truth in […]
Your Own Private Ohio: Seven Ways Your Vote Might Not Count This November
Friday, August 22nd, 2008Steven 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 […]
An Open Letter to Rep. David Davis, Candidate Tim Barnes, Nashville Public Radio, and the National Media
Friday, August 15th, 2008Dear Rep. Davis, Candidate Barnes, Nashville Public Radio, and, what the heck, the National Media,
First, I’d like to thank you all for your interest in the democratic process. As you know, it’s so important that as voters and American citizens we can count on our news media and elected officials to ensure that in every […]
Who Here Thinks We Have a Constitutional Right to Vote? Anyone?…Anyone?
Tuesday, August 5th, 2008For some reason our wild and crazy wig-wearing Founding Fathers didn’t see the need to build the right to vote into the Constitution. Instead, they decided to leave it up to the individual States to determine who, where, when and how we vote. Oh sure, some voting rights have been amended into the Constitution in […]
Must Read: Influx of Voters Expected to Test New Technology
Monday, July 21st, 2008Ian Urbina of the New York Times has written an article about the problems that could occur during the November election. And although it doesn’t offer concrete solutions, it is a must read for every voter for it sheds some much needed light on what to expect on election day and can help us work […]
Florida in 2008: Still Hot. Still Humid. Still Disenfranchsing voters.
Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008Florida, 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 […]
What Happens In New York Shouldn’t Stay in New York
Monday, June 23rd, 2008Newsday is reporting that thousands of voters could be turned away from the polls due to inconsistent voter records:
A new database compares voter information to other government data and flags mismatches or duplicate records. That’s a requirement of the Help America Vote Act, which aims to improve voting accuracy and access for the disabled.
Board spokesman […]
Setting Us Up (a.k.a. Something’s Craw-fishy)
Monday, June 16th, 2008Last week’s article in the NY Times, Democrats’ Vote Drive in Louisiana Stirs Concern, raised a red flag, but not because of the actual topic of the article - that a Democratic sponsored voter registration drive “has raised complaints from registrars about large numbers of duplicate, invalid or incomplete applications, and has led to an […]