The GOP Plan That Could Cost Obama the Election The GOP Plan That Could Cost Obama the Election
A Republican proposal in Pennsylvania would change the way electoral votes are counted—and the results could spell Obama's defeat in 2012.
Oct 26, 2011 / Rob Richie
Suppressing the Vote Suppressing the Vote
From Minnesota to Texas to Illinois, the right is using the myth of voter fraud to challenge potentially millions of eligible voters.
Nov 1, 2010 / Laura Stampler
Inside the Wisconsin Right’s Voter-Suppression Scheme Inside the Wisconsin Right’s Voter-Suppression Scheme
Tea Party Activists, the state GOP and Americans for Prosperity are mounting a full-scale assault against unsubstantiated 'voter fraud.'
Oct 29, 2010 / Sarah Posner
Fox Hunts Student Voters Fox Hunts Student Voters
Juliana Zuccaro and Kelly Kraus thought they were exercising their civic rights and responsibilities on August 31 when, as officers of the Network of Feminist Student Activists a...
Sep 23, 2004 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Identity Politics Identity Politics
While controversy rages across the country over whether computerized voting machines may result in lost or manipulated votes, there is another change in the election system this ...
Jul 29, 2004 / Feature / Tova Andrea Wang
How They Could Steal the Election This Time How They Could Steal the Election This Time
Electronic counts, unaudited touch-screen ballots, enhance opportunities for fraud.
Jul 29, 2004 / Feature / Ronnie Dugger
Counting Every Vote Counting Every Vote
The Democratic platform approved this week by convention delegates in Boston contains strong language regarding the party's commitment to protect the right of Americans to vote--...
Jul 29, 2004 / The Editors
No Justice in Florida No Justice in Florida
When Donna Brazile learned in late May that the Justice Department might sue three Florida counties over voting rights violations that disfranchised minority citizens in the 2000 ...
May 30, 2002 / The Editors
Fractured Franchise Fractured Franchise
There's been a lot of talk in recent days about "disfranchisement." Jesse Jackson has invoked memories of the bloody battles for voter registration in Selma; elderly Jews in Palm...
Nov 27, 2000 / Alex Keyssar
Making Every Vote Count Making Every Vote Count
What we need are election rules that encourage voter turnout rather than suppress it.
Nov 16, 2000 / Lani Guinier