Politics

November 3, 2008 - Riffing on a theme Facing South raised two weeks ago -- that long voting lines are a voting right

November 3, 2008 - Florida has released the final number of voters who will be taken off the rolls due to the newly-enforced "no match" rule: 10,566 voters. As the Orlando Sentinel reports:

November 3, 2008 - This afternoon, a U.S. District judge in Richmond rejected a lawsuit brought by the Virginia NAACP calling on the state to extend voting hours and allow paper ballots on Election Day.

November 3, 2008 - Virginia State Police announced today that they will not press charges against the still-unnamed person or persons responsible for a bogus flier

November 3, 2008 - If you want to hear more about key election issues in the South, I'll be on several radio programs in the next two days talking about voting rights and Southern politics in 2008:

November 3, 2008 - With Election Day looming, voters are preparing to turn out for what many predict will be a record-setting day across the country. The past few months have seen a surge in efforts to restore voting rights to former felons.

November 3, 2008 - After reports came in across Georgia last week that early voters were being forced to wait six, eight and even 12 hours in line, many -- including Democrats, newspapers and even