Election 2012

New Scheme to Rig Electoral College: Divide Dem Votes, Winner-Take-All for GOP

New Scheme to Rig Electoral College: Divide Dem Votes, Winner-Take-All for GOP New Scheme to Rig Electoral College: Divide Dem Votes, Winner-Take-All for GOP

The latest proposal being floated in Pennsylvania for redistributing electoral votes has the same goal as the last plan: allowing a Republican loser to "win" the presidency.

Feb 5, 2013 / Blog / John Nichols

Virginia Republicans’ Bizarre Notion of ‘Fair’ Voting

Virginia Republicans’ Bizarre Notion of ‘Fair’ Voting Virginia Republicans’ Bizarre Notion of ‘Fair’ Voting

If the state GOP's effort to reconfigure electoral college tallying would have been law last year, hundreds of thousands of black voters would have waited hours in line for not...

Jan 30, 2013 / Voting Rights Watch / Brentin Mock

Ten Things To Put the GOP Back on Track

Ten Things To Put the GOP Back on Track Ten Things To Put the GOP Back on Track

It’s tempting to let the GOP continue its slide toward irrelevance—but that would deny this country the robust political debate we need.

Jan 8, 2013 / Gregory Joseph

I’m With Tagg: Mitt Didn’t Want to Be President

I’m With Tagg: Mitt Didn’t Want to Be President I’m With Tagg: Mitt Didn’t Want to Be President

Mitt Romney deserved a Faye Dunaway Award for his “Make me president! Don’t make me president!” ambivalence.

Dec 27, 2012 / Blog / Leslie Savan

Speaker Boehner Loses It

Speaker Boehner Loses It Speaker Boehner Loses It

The Speaker's own House Repulicans abandoned him in the Plan B vote. But the American people already abandoned Boehner and the Republicans on November 6.

Dec 21, 2012 / Blog / John Nichols

Senate Hearing Recounts the Many Election Season Mishaps of 2012

Senate Hearing Recounts the Many Election Season Mishaps of 2012 Senate Hearing Recounts the Many Election Season Mishaps of 2012

Elections administrators gathered for a hearing before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary to unpack some of the shenanigans from last month.

Dec 20, 2012 / Voting Rights Watch / Brentin Mock and Voting Rights Watch

Figuring Out Why 93 Million People Didn’t Vote Figuring Out Why 93 Million People Didn’t Vote

Forty percent of voters didn’t participate last month. A new report outlines who they are, and why they didn’t cast a ballot. 

Dec 19, 2012 / Voting Rights Watch / Aura Bogado and Voting Rights Watch

A Highly Subjective and Inadequate Look Back at a Jam-Packed Year Full of Crazy (Part 2) A Highly Subjective and Inadequate Look Back at a Jam-Packed Year Full of Crazy (Part 2)

Your humble cartoonist goes crazy trying to catalog a year's worth of crazy.

Dec 17, 2012 / Blog / Tom Tomorrow

A Constitutional Case Against Felony Disenfranchisement Laws A Constitutional Case Against Felony Disenfranchisement Laws

Obama's recent court victory on early voting may have carved a legal path for fighting down felony disenfranchisement laws.

Dec 14, 2012 / Voting Rights Watch / Brentin Mock

The Election Is Over, but the Voting Rights Fight Is in Full Swing The Election Is Over, but the Voting Rights Fight Is in Full Swing

The biggest challenge voting rights advocates face right now is keeping people engaged without the spotlight of a presidential election.

Dec 10, 2012 / Voting Rights Watch / Aura Bogado and Voting Rights Watch

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