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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

The Justice Department Stops South Carolina's Assault on Voting Rights
Ben Adler

DOJ denied pre-clearance to a requirement that South Carolina voters show photo ID. But it doesn’t have the same power over every state. 

December 25, 2011
How Obama's Embrace Turned Teddy Roosevelt Into a Socialist
John Nichols

After Obama cited Roosevelt in his Kansas speech, Fox News has decided that TR peddled “socialistic nationalism.”

December 7, 2011
Youth Vote Faces Challenges With Voter ID Legislation
StudentNation

An interview with Rock the Vote president Heather Smith on the new restrictive voter ID laws. 

July 21, 2011
How to Make Elections Competitive
The Notion

 When it comes down to it, the easiest way to make elections competitive is to give candidates more money.

June 20, 2011
The Best Things in Life...
Eric Alterman

Reed Richardson on the GOP's campaign finance dodge and Eric takes the mail.

March 31, 2011
A Reply to The Atlantic's Wendy Kaminer
Katrina vanden Heuvel

I don’t begrudge Wendy Kaminer her determination to defend Citizens United. But I do wish that she would come up with her own arguments for why she thinks the justices were right to allow unlimited contributions from corporate treasuries to flood the electoral landscape.

February 10, 2011
From the Village Green to the C-SPAN Screen: 'Legalize Democracy!' Campaigners Attack Corporate Control of Elections
John Nichols

On one-year anniversary of Citizens United ruling, in dozens of communities across the country, Americans rally to demand a renewal of democracy. Updated with reports from marches, rallies and forums; C-SPAN links.

January 21, 2011
Ten Years After 'Bush v. Gore', Five Unfinished Election Reforms
John Nichols

The United States still has an unstable and unequal election system that is ripe for gaming by political insiders.

December 13, 2010
Youth Voters Lay the Foundation for a Clean Energy Future
StudentNation

Hope for a stronger economy, clean energy, green jobs, and improved health and security for our nation drove youth voters to the polls in record numbers on November 4.

November 10, 2008
Faces of Early Voters in Florida
StudentNation

By 10:00 am, 565 students at the Florida A&M University at Tallahassee, Florida already voted.

November 4, 2008
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