Stories by Steven Rosenfeld
Steven Rosenfeld is a senior fellow at Alternet.org and author of Count My Vote: A Citizen's Guide to Voting (AlterNet Books, 2008).
But the Minnesota Democrat's latest hurdle to a U.S. Senate seat might affect the GOP's senate candidate in Georgia's upcoming runoff election.
Posted on Nov 26, 2008
The ongoing Senate races in Minnesota and Georgia highlight America's disparate systems of voting and auditing the count.
Posted on Nov 25, 2008
A preliminary study of 2008 results finds more than a million fewer white voters than in 2004 and nearly 7 million new minority voters.
Posted on Nov 18, 2008
Voting machine issues and the confusion they caused compounded the delays faced by untold thousands of voters this fall.
Posted on Nov 13, 2008
As the 2008 election comes to close, swing states may find voting is needlessly complex -- and that is before any ballots are counted.
Posted on Nov 4, 2008
So much for McCain's claim that "the fabric of democracy" is being torn. It's only being ruffled by Republicans in battleground states.
Posted on Nov 1, 2008
How to vote early, find your polling place, check your registration, know what ID to bring and more.
With new updated info.Posted on Oct 31, 2008
The divisions over what's wrong in America's elections are deepening on the eve of what may be the biggest turnout in decades.
Posted on Oct 29, 2008
As activists worry about paperless voting machines, a top DNC lawyer describes the party's election protection efforts for voting machines.
Posted on Oct 26, 2008
Court ruling, decisions by secretaries of state in Wisconsin, Ohio and Nevada blunt GOP's anti-voter agenda.
Posted on Oct 23, 2008
On the eve of the 2008 election, the Department leaks a FBI probe of ACORN but remains silent on widespread voter intimidation tactics.
Posted on Oct 23, 2008
Author John R. MacArthur's new book ponders the enduring problems in American democracy.
Posted on Oct 22, 2008
Voters should verify their voter registrations are current and then vote early to avoid Election Day delays at polling places.
Posted on Oct 21, 2008
The GOP push for lists of voters whose registrations don't match state and federal databases may be prelude to a big intimidation campaign.
Posted on Oct 18, 2008
Ohio's GOP says there will be no challenges of voters this year. But Democrats point to actions suggesting otherwise.
Posted on Oct 15, 2008
Mistakes in big voter registration drives are inevitable, even in Republican campaigns.
Posted on Oct 14, 2008
If the November vote is close, key swing states that have been illegally rejecting voters could become recount battlegrounds like Florida.
Posted on Oct 9, 2008
As Democrats sense victory in November, they are betting a record turnout will overcome partisan interference with the vote count.
Posted on Oct 7, 2008
A test in Santa Fe County finds and fixes an error that could have cost Democrats thousands of votes.
Posted on Oct 4, 2008
Montana GOP targets likely Democratic voters in university towns and on Native American reservations.
Posted on Oct 2, 2008
In Columbus, organizers ferry likely Democratic voters to the polls while no comparable GOP effort is seen.
Posted on Oct 1, 2008
Interviews with supporters at a McCain-Palin presidential rally in Ohio share their heartfelt reasons for embracing the vice presidential candidate.
Posted on Sep 30, 2008
The RNC calls ACORN "quasi-criminal" after finding two questionable voter applications in rural Florida.
Posted on Sep 24, 2008
A Republican computer data security expert tells how cyber-partisans could have stolen the 2004 election.
Posted on Sep 18, 2008
Frustration over the VA’s efforts to block voter registration drives throughout 2008 prompts congressional action.
Posted on Sep 17, 2008
Obama says the GOP is continuing a historic pattern to thwart Democratic voters, while the GOP says Obama's suit is based on a false media report.
Posted on Sep 16, 2008
With Senate pressure looming, Veterans Affairs issues a new policy after barring voter drives for most of the 2008 voter registration season.
Posted on Sep 9, 2008
The GOP trots out Dem backstabber Joe Lieberman for a keynote at their lackluster convention.
Posted on Sep 3, 2008
In a speech to a roaring crowd at the DNC, Hillary Clinton gave full support to Barack Obama, promising to fight for health care and the environment.
Posted on Aug 27, 2008
Michelle Obama gives an inspiring and intimate introduction to her family's all-American success story.
And: Ted Kennedy passes the torch.
Posted on Aug 26, 2008
Some of the most serious election protection problems can be discovered and fixed before the presidential voting begins.
Posted on Aug 22, 2008
Thousands of grassroots organizers will lead an effort to register millions of new voters and build momentum for political reform.
Posted on Aug 4, 2008
The states are swapping data files to find duplicate names, but civil rights attorneys say they are not following federal law to remove them.
Posted on Jul 25, 2008
At issue is whether injured vets living at VA facilities will be helped to vote for president in 2008.
Posted on Jul 23, 2008
The Secretary of Veterans Affairs rejects a request by 19 secretaries of state to allow voter registration drives on VA facilities.
Posted on Jul 18, 2008
A tent for 800 journalists, bloggers and activists will be set up at Denver's Democratic Convention site.
Posted on Jul 14, 2008
Officials overseeing the VA and state elections say the VA's policy is unnecessary and insulting to veterans who sacrificed for our country.
Posted on Jul 10, 2008
The GOP’s latest accusations are long on rhetoric but short on facts.
Posted on Jul 2, 2008
A court ruling means processing errors by local election officials can be cause to reject new voters.
Posted on Jun 28, 2008
The VA's attorney tells a federal appeals court that voters registration drives are a partisan distraction.
Posted on Jun 12, 2008
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