Elections and Voting
April 29, 2009 -
Everyone else is chiming in with their grade on President Obama's first 100 days in office, so we thought we'd join in, too.
April 29, 2009 -
Talk about saving the biggest for last: Today, the last day of the Supreme Court term, they will hear one of the most important cases in years: the fate of the Voting Rights Act, the landmark piece of civil rights legislation pa
April 23, 2009 -
Here's a follow-up to my piece on Tuesday about a major -- but under-reported, at least nationally -- story coming out o
April 22, 2009 -
With the 2010 Census count looming, states are launching their efforts to make sure everyone gets counted in the decennial survey of the U.S. population. But with threadbare budgets and fast-changing demographics, many states face huge obstacles to making the Census successful.
April 21, 2009 -
Voting rights advocates were shocked after a Republican-dominated committee in the Florida House passed sweeping new election rules after allowing only six minutes of debate last Friday.
March 26, 2009 -
By Christian Smith-Socaris Progressive States Network
March 25, 2009 -
In West Virginia, state legislators are fiercely debating a bill for same-day voter registration during the state's early voting period. But despite bi-partisan support in the House chamber, the reform faces a tough road due to charges that allowing voters to register and vote at the same time would invite "voter fraud."