What is striking about how the process of disenfranchisement and voter suppression works is how much it relies upon the media to repeat and amplify the breathless and hyperbolic accusations of so-called voter fraud against voter … [Read more...]
Record Youth And Minority Turnout Threatened By Persistent Election Barriers
The dirty secret of elections in America is that getting on the rolls, casting a ballot, and having that ballot counted is a complicated system adjudicated and carried out by more than 3,000 counties and towns and regulated by a complex mix … [Read more...]
Richardson on Gay Rights
So, stumbled on a video of Governor Richardson - a presidential candidate - speaking at an HRC event. I must say, I'm impressed. I've thought for a while that he had a good shot, but it's the first time I've really considered thinking about … [Read more...]