Election Night Election Night
So what couldn’t happen (we’d learned from the polls) Had happened before 12 o’clock. There’s much to discuss about what all this means. But later. Right now I’m in shock.
Nov 10, 2016 / Column / Calvin Trillin
The GOP’s Attack on Voting Rights Was the Most Under-Covered Story of 2016 The GOP’s Attack on Voting Rights Was the Most Under-Covered Story of 2016
This was the first presidential election in 50 years without the full protections of the Voting Rights Act.
Nov 9, 2016 / Ari Berman
Inequality Gave Rise to Donald Trump’s Presidency Inequality Gave Rise to Donald Trump’s Presidency
But few of the 60 million Americans who cast their votes for Trump want to see a more top-heavy America.
Nov 9, 2016 / Sarah Anderson, Chuck Collins, Josh Hoxie, and Sam Pizzigati
This 99-Year-Old Man Rode His Bike to the Polls. Wisconsin Republicans Turned Him Away. This 99-Year-Old Man Rode His Bike to the Polls. Wisconsin Republicans Turned Him Away.
Scott Walker’s voter-ID law is disenfranchising the greatest generation.
Nov 8, 2016 / Ari Berman
There Are 868 Fewer Places to Vote in 2016 Because the Supreme Court Gutted the Voting Rights Act There Are 868 Fewer Places to Vote in 2016 Because the Supreme Court Gutted the Voting Rights Act
Nearly half of counties that previously approved voting changes with the federal government have cut polling places this election.
Nov 4, 2016 / Ari Berman
It’s Never Been More Important to Protect the Right to Vote It’s Never Been More Important to Protect the Right to Vote
Here’s what’s being done to combat voter-suppression efforts in 2016.
Nov 3, 2016 / Ari Berman
Can the Working Families Party Break the Dem-GOP Duopoly? Can the Working Families Party Break the Dem-GOP Duopoly?
Its lawsuit in Pennsylvania just might allow the spread of “fusion” voting, which used to be the norm in American elections.
Nov 3, 2016 / Samantha Schuyler
Sign Our Pledge and Help Make Voting Easy and Inclusive Sign Our Pledge and Help Make Voting Easy and Inclusive
We’ve joined with voting and civil rights organizations across the country to respond to voter suppression by getting out the vote.
Nov 1, 2016 / NationAction
Iceland’s Election Draws 79 Percent Turnout. The US? Not So Much. Iceland’s Election Draws 79 Percent Turnout. The US? Not So Much.
Bernie Sanders wants Election Day to be a holiday. That reform would dramatically increase turnout.
Oct 31, 2016 / John Nichols
North Carolina Republicans Tried to Disenfranchise a 100-Year-Old African-American Woman North Carolina Republicans Tried to Disenfranchise a 100-Year-Old African-American Woman
With early voting underway in North Carolina, black and Democratic voters are being wrongly purged from the rolls.
Oct 27, 2016 / Ari Berman