Elections and Voting

October 27, 2008 - Federal agents have broken up a plot allegedly hatched by two neo-Nazi skinheads from Tennessee and Arkansas to assassinate Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, the Associated Press reports.

October 27, 2008 - Some pundits would like to see the Voting Rights Act done away with -- particularly its provisions mandating special oversight of most Southern states because of their history of racially motivated vote

October 27, 2008 - A New York Times editorial today touches on an issue we've been covering at Facing South over the last few weeks: the

October 27, 2008 - We reported last week on the serious problem with long lines being reported at early voting sites across the South, even though election off

October 27, 2008 - Eight days to go ... what's happening in the Southern states in the presidential race? Here's the latest Facing South Southern Swingability Index (TM):

October 24, 2008 - A big THANK YOU to all the Facing South readers who have

October 24, 2008 - The Gainesville Sun reports on how Florida's new "no-match" rule is affecting students at the University of Florida: