Campaigns and Elections

Organized Confusion: Votes Killed, Destroyed, Stressed Organized Confusion: Votes Killed, Destroyed, Stressed

Voter ID supporters rely on tricky language. Missouri didn’t fall for it.

Mar 30, 2012 / Voting Rights Watch / Brentin Mock

GOP Code Confusion GOP Code Confusion

From Romney to the Chamber of Commerce to the Supreme Court, Republicans are so distracted by their multiple phony attack lines that they’ve begun to confuse themselves. ...

Mar 30, 2012 / Blog / Leslie Savan

The Republican War on Voter Registration The Republican War on Voter Registration

New state laws seek to prevent organizations from registering new voters from under-represented groups. 

Mar 29, 2012 / Blog / Ben Adler

Republicans Are Causing a Moral Crisis in America Republicans Are Causing a Moral Crisis in America

Republicans are right about the existance of a moral crisis in America, but they're wrong about its origins. 

Mar 28, 2012 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Texas Has to Chill With War on Voting Rights Act Texas Has to Chill With War on Voting Rights Act

In Texas, protectors of voting rights are concerned about the "chill effect" when it comes to voter ID law.

Mar 28, 2012 / Voting Rights Watch / Brentin Mock

Conservative Media Smears Trayvon Martin

Conservative Media Smears Trayvon Martin Conservative Media Smears Trayvon Martin

Right wing commentators are seizing on irrelevant details of Martin's life to justify his death.

Mar 27, 2012 / Blog / Ben Adler

Will Voter ID Laws Affect the 2012 Election Outcome? Will Voter ID Laws Affect the 2012 Election Outcome?

Ben Adler weighs in on the legal challenges to voter identification laws. 

Mar 27, 2012 / Nation in the News / The Nation

More Than Two-Thirds Oppose Afghan War More Than Two-Thirds Oppose Afghan War

Obama should capitalize on antiwar sentiment in the election.

Mar 27, 2012 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss

Are Voter ID Laws the New Jim Crow? Are Voter ID Laws the New Jim Crow?

Photo voter ID laws have serious potential to suppress voter turnout for millions, mainly people of color, low-income and elderly citizens, and college students.

Mar 27, 2012 / Voting Rights Watch / Brentin Mock

Paul Ryan’s Gift to Obama Paul Ryan’s Gift to Obama

The House GOP budget will be associated with Romney—and seniors won't like it. 

Mar 26, 2012 / Blog / Ben Adler

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