Massive turnout is the best strategy for defeating systematic efforts to disenfranchise U.S. voters.
Voter ID
Posted inPolitics
Trump Has Little Power to Make Drastic Voting Changes
Our decentralized system of elections will likely prevent the incoming president from achieving his goals. Here’s why.
Posted inProtecting the Vote
Ohio’s Restrictive Voting Law is a Disaster
The measure approved by the Republican governor and statehouse includes a strict photo ID requirement, unlike the more sensible ones used in other states.
Posted inPolitics
Georgia’s Election Laws Couldn’t Stop Raphael Warnock
Critics of the changes to state voting laws called them “Jim Crow 2.0.”
Posted inPolitical Animal
Voter Suppression is a Key Part of the GOP’s Electoral Strategy
Republicans are closing polling stations in areas of high minority population growth.
Posted inPolitical Animal
Voter Registration Organizations Should Be Unnecessary
Universal voter registration would eliminate the inevitable shortcomings of independent voter drives.
Posted inPolitical Animal
Why Oppose Making Election Day a Federal Holiday?
Mitch McConnell chose to ridicule the most popular provision in the Democrats’ voting rights bill.
Posted inPolitical Animal
If Native Americans Can’t Vote, Can Heidi Heitkamp Win?
The GOP is using the courts to disenfranchise part of the North Dakota senator’s key voting base.
Posted inBooks, Magazine, September/October 2018
Republicans vs. Democracy
Why the war on minority voting rights is about to get even worse.
Posted inPolitical Animal
Supreme Court Won’t Hear North Carolina Voter Suppression Appeal
What’s the dividing line between racist intent and naked self-interest?
