Politics
May 30, 2007 -
National pundits may be writing off the South in 2008, but don't tell Southern states that. In a bid to shake off being treated as the neglected stray dogs of presidential politics, state leaders are battling to put the South back on the electoral map.
May 24, 2007 -
Last week, the Tennessee General Assembly passed the "Rosa Parks Act", which "expunges public records of persons charged with a misdemeanor or felony while challenging a law designed to maintain racial segregation or discrimination."
May 24, 2007 -
As the North Carolina legislature scurries to meet its "cross-over" deadline today, a slew of new legislation is being passed in haste -- with often confusing results.
May 21, 2007 -
It's official: Florida's bid to shake up the 2008 elections -- which we first reported on in March -- is now reality. Today, Republican Gov. Charlie Crist signed into law a bill that moves Florida's presidential primary ahead of February's "Super Tuesday," drastically altering the road candidates must take to get nominated. As Stateline.org reports:
May 21, 2007 -
Reporters at McClatchy are now digging deeper into the Department of Justice's crusade against "voter fraud" and how, in reality, it was a crackdown on African-American and Latino voting.
May 15, 2007 -
Ever since it was created, the Electoral College has had its detractors. But this year is the first time in a while that there is an organized movement to eliminate or bypass it. The National Popular Vote website spells out the rationale for change:
May 11, 2007 -
As many have noted, one of the main underlying stories behind the U.S. Attorney scandal was the Department of Justice's drive to dispose of staff who didn't enthusiastically embrace their program of battling "voter fraud" -- especially in areas that voted Democrat.