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January 19, 2017
The Electoral College Is Even More Biased Than You Think. But Democrats Can Beat It.
Focus on the voters who actually swing presidential elections.
Sean Darling-Hammond
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November 11, 2016
The Electoral College Has To Go. Sign Our Petition
We don’t need a constitutional amendment to make this happen.
NationAction
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November 3, 2016
The 2000 Election Unleashed Disaster on the World. We Can’t Let that Happen Again in 2016.
For eight years, George W. Bush ravaged the planet. What will be left of it if Trump wins?
Rebecca Solnit
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December 12, 2015
December 12, 2000: In ‘Bush v. Gore,’ the Supreme Court Gives the Presidential Election to George W. Bush
“Power is a mighty temptation. Money is another. Put the two together, and you have a force to reckon with.”
Richard Kreitner
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June 24, 2015
No Matter Who Wins, 2016 Will Be All About the Bankers
Jeb Bush and Hillary Clinton will face off in the presidential race—but the real battle will be between the billionaires backing them.
Nomi Prins
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January 23, 2014
The Infrastructure of American Democracy Is Dysfunctional
A presidential commission has proposed steps to make registering and voting easier. But it does not address the crisis of exceptionally low turnout.
John Nichols
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December 20, 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.
Brentin Mock and Voting Rights Watch
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December 14, 2012
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.
Brentin Mock
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August 17, 2012
What’s Ahead in the ‘Voting Wars’? Certainly Not Peace
A conversation with election law expert Richard Hasen on the true scope of voter fraud, the power of the ACORN myth and John Roberts’s scary interest in the Voting Rights Act.
Brentin Mock and Voting Rights Watch
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December 13, 2010
Ten Years After ‘Bush v. Gore’, Five Unfinished Election Reforms
The United States still has an unstable and unequal election system that is ripe for gaming by political insiders.
John Nichols