Elections and Voting
July 15, 2008 -
Ralph Nader is back, running for president as an independent challenging corporate power. While his campaign has received little media attention since its February launch, it's gotten a boost recently from left-leaning voters upset over Sen.
July 7, 2008 -
South Carolina is making plans to issue plates featuring a Christian cross and the words "I Believe." Facing South reported last spring on Florida lawmakers' attempts to iss
July 3, 2008 -
North Carolina is one of the last Southern states to still support the federal ban on new offshore oil drilling, but lifting that ban has now become an issue in the governor's race.
July 2, 2008 -
Spurred by competitive primaries and hopes that their states might be in play come November, voters are registering in record numbers in Georgia and North Carolina.
June 25, 2008 -
There's a long-standing debate in Democratic Party circles about how to win over "swing states."
June 19, 2008 -
President Bush echoed the call of Republican presidential candidate John McCain this week in calling for an end to the 27-year-old federal ban on offshore oil drilling along the East and West coasts and in the eastern Gulf of Mexico.
June 10, 2008 -
The notion that Sen. Barack Obama's presidential candidacy will suddenly throw the entire South into contested territory may be far-fetched.