Richard L. Hasen, Huffington Post. October 10, 2008. Attacks on ACORN appear to be part of a broader GOP strategy to shrink the number of Dem voters and sow doubts if the election turns out to be close.
Anthony Papa, Drug Policy Alliance. September 23, 2008. Exercising the right to vote is important part of prisoner rehabilitation, but over 5 million convicted felons are barred from doing so.
Isaac Fitzgerald, AlterNet. September 17, 2008. In a presidential election where online videos seem more important (and better) than the candidates' ads, here are 10 that you can't miss.
Liza Sabater, Culture Kitchen AlterNet: Reproductive Justice and Gender. September 16, 2008. 69% of Latinas do not vote. 70% African American and Asian American registered voting women also abstain from voting.
Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet: Democracy and Elections. September 15, 2008. Despite a new policy, the Department of Veterans Affairs is still blocking voter registration efforts.
Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet. September 11, 2008. Across the country, problems with voter rolls, voting machines and partisan tactics point to trouble in November.
Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet. August 22, 2008. Some of the most serious election protection problems can be discovered and fixed before the presidential voting begins.
Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet. August 11, 2008. Despite new legislation in Congress, the VA is poised to prevent registration drives at its facilities before the November election.
Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet. July 25, 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.
Briggs Bomba, AlterNet. July 12, 2008. The best path to democracy in Africa? Strengthening institutions and pressuring them to uphold their protocols on human rights and good governance.
Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet AlterNet: Democracy and Elections. July 10, 2008. The immigrants' rights movement announces an unprecedented effort to register new voters before the 2008 presidential election.
Marta Steele, OpEdNews.com. June 18, 2008. A must-see documentary for the large percentage of our population unaware that a large percentage of votes aren't counted.
