Krist Novoselic's Alternative Politics
The Nirvana bassist on voting, farming, anarchism, heroin, and Kurt Cobain.
The Nirvana bassist on voting, farming, anarchism, heroin, and Kurt Cobain.
Stricter new requirements may sound reasonable, but they're not reasonable for everyone-or reasonable for democracy.
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.
Democracy and accountability
That big tent will have quite an echo.
Testified before a Kentucky Legislature committee
Says, "These restrictions are not only unnecessary and unjust, they are also counterproductive"
The progressive message is "vote or you have no voice."
The Muslim Brotherhood called for the vote to be boycotted
Muslim Brotherhood boycotting the vote
Previous attempt halted amid flurry of lawsuits
People have the right to troop to the polls, or not, as they please.
Citing recent government shutdown
Despite Supreme Court ruling
To vote residents need to present government photo ID
New York magazine asked a hundred New Yorkers to pick the two out of lineups
Photo ID will be required to vote from 2016 onwards
Be sure to vote for your glorious benefactor
Joins 33 other states requiring some form of identification
Celebrate your independence with a subscription to Reason magazine, your most trusted source of honest, insightful news and analysis.