Voting
How Bogus Threats of Voter Fraud, Dangerous Abortions, and Other Phony Emergencies Make Honest Debate Impossible
Two Texas laws illustrate a politically poisonous legislative habit.
Nothing Says 'Voting Is Important' Like Lil' Jon and Lena Dunham Dancing
"Rock the Vote" gets even more desperate.
Please Don't Vote
The biggest fans of "democracy" treat this orgy of vacuous lever pulling as if it were sacred or patriotic. It's neither.
Court Strikes Down North Carolina Voting Restrictions
Will have to reinstate same-day voter registration.
A 'Voter Redistricting Czar'? How About Not.
A California Democrat is cooking up something very un-democratic.
Democratic Accountability Made as Simple as an App
The California Report Card is a growing, grassroots tool for individual citizens to make their government officials listen.
Sen. Rand Paul: "The war on drugs has had a racial outcome…and I want to try to fix it."
"Why are the prisons full of black and brown kids?"
Krist Novoselic's Alternative Politics
The Nirvana bassist on voting, farming, anarchism, heroin, and Kurt Cobain.
The Misinformed Case for Voter ID
Stricter new requirements may sound reasonable, but they're not reasonable for everyone-or reasonable for democracy.
The Real Vote Fraud
As a cure for fraudulent voting, a stringent voter ID law is like prescribing morphine for a hangnail. But as a cure for Democratic voting, it's hard to beat.
Icelanders Protest Government Decision to Withdraw EU Application Without Vote, Want to Vote it Down Themselves
Democracy and accountability
CPAC Attendee Finds Mostly Empty Hall for Minority Vote Outreach Panel
That big tent will have quite an echo.
Rand Paul Urges Kentucky Lawmakers To Restore Voting Rights For Felons
Testified before a Kentucky Legislature committee
Eric Holder Calls For State Laws To Be Repealed So Ex-Convicts Can Vote
Says, "These restrictions are not only unnecessary and unjust, they are also counterproductive"
Voting is a Lousy Way To Express Yourself
The progressive message is "vote or you have no voice."
New Egyptian Constitution Overwhelmingly Approved in Referendum
The Muslim Brotherhood called for the vote to be boycotted
Egyptians Vote in Second Day of Referendum on New Constitution
Muslim Brotherhood boycotting the vote
NAACP PAC, Democrats Oppose Florida Attempt to Remove Non-Citizens From Voter Rolls
Previous attempt halted amid flurry of lawsuits
Shaming Non-Voters Has No Place In a Free Society
People have the right to troop to the polls, or not, as they please.
