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Feb 17 2010 - 1:42pm

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News and Features

Money 2000 (Presidential Election 2000, Campaign Finance, Electoral Reform, Politics)

The Nation Institute's Investigative Fund provided research assistance.

Bob Dreyfuss
Electoral College Dropouts (Electoral Reform, Politics)

When Americans go to the polls next November to choose a President, virtually every citizen over the age of 18 will have the opportunity to cast a ballot. But while the rules of U.S.

Matthew Hoffman
So, Is It Back to Bowling Alone? (Voting, Non-fiction, Politics)

The scene with which The Good Citizen opens could have been lifted straight from a Norman Rockwell painting.

David L. Kirp

Blogs

Our Elections Really Are Rigged—by Gerrymandering and Districting Abuses
John Nichols

Once Mark Sanford won the Republican primary, he was all but certain to win in a district drawn to elect Republicans. That’s how it works in America.

May 8, 2013
Like Modern GOP, Gilded Age Oligarchs Gerrymandered to Thwart Democracy
Lee Fang

Despite winning a minority of the votes, Republicans control the House of Representatives, through ruthless tactics that mirror strategies from a century ago. 

April 11, 2013
7 Ways North Carolina Republicans are Trying to Make it Harder to Vote
Ari Berman

Seventy-five new voting restrictions have been introduced in 30 states in 2013. North Carolina is leading the way.

April 5, 2013
New Voter Suppression Efforts Prove the Voting Rights Act Is Still Needed
Ari Berman

Fifty-five new voting restrictions have been introduced in thirty states this year.

March 28, 2013
Voting Rights Are Once Again Challenged at the Supreme Court
Ari Berman

In hearing a challenge to Arizona’s proof of citizenship law for voter registration, the Justices will decide what powers Congress has to protect the right to vote.

March 18, 2013
(Son of) Constitutional Roadblock to Efforts to Fix Federal Elections
Rick Perlstein

When it comes to a federal right to vote, things are a little more complicated than I wrote before—but that’s not to say we should be encouraged.

March 1, 2013
What Is Alabama's Problem With the Voting Rights Act?
Voting Rights Watch

The Supreme Court will hear arguments this week in a case that could gut the historic law. To understand where this is going, it’s crucial to know how we got here.

February 26, 2013
Virginia Legislators Approve Voter ID Law, May Kill Chances for Federal Bailout
Voting Rights Watch

Will Virginia be the latest case for proving why the Voting Rights Act is still needed?

February 22, 2013
Despite Longest Lines in the Nation, Florida State Secretary Calls Elections 'Fair'
Voting Rights Watch

Florida blames all its elections problems on its counties, while missing major problems in its elections improvement report.

February 6, 2013
The Constitutional Roadblock to Efforts to Fix Federal Elections
Rick Perlstein

We'd all like to see Congress make voting more free, fair and uniform—but unfortunately federalism gets in the way.

February 6, 2013
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