Election Laws

Clay Bennett / Truthdig Jul 16, 2012 Dig deeper

The GOP’s Crime Against Voters

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Jul 10, 2012 Spare us any more hooey about "preventing fraud" and "protecting the integrity of the ballot box." The Republican-led crusade for voter ID laws is revealed as a cynical ploy to disenfranchise as many likely Democratic voters as possible, with poor people and minorities the main targets. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Ron and Rand Crusade, Darker View for Pa. Voters, and More

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Jul 6, 2012 A look at the day's political happenings, including Mitt Romney's record-breaking month of fundraising and Stephen Colbert on what it means to be an American. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Across That Bridge, Again

Amy Goodman / Truthdig Jun 14, 2012 As the election season heats up, an increasing number of states are working to limit the number of people who are allowed to vote. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Witch Hunt for the Zombie Voter

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig May 1, 2012 Republicans are waging the most concerted campaign to prevent or discourage citizens from exercising their legitimate voting rights since the Jim Crow days of poll taxes and literacy tests. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Fewer Mexicans Entering U.S., More Leaving

Staff / Truthdig Apr 24, 2012 Mexican immigration to the United States has slowed after four decades of the largest rush of migrants from a single country in American history and may even be declining, a report by the Pew Hispanic Center says. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

If You Can’t Beat Them, Enjoin Them (From Voting)

Amy Goodman / Truthdig Dec 28, 2011 Across the country, state legislatures and governors are pushing laws that seek to restrict access to the voting booth, laws that will disproportionately harm people of color, low-income people, and young and elderly voters.Across the country, state legislatures and governors are pushing laws that seek to restrict access to the voting booth. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

The Attorney General Has a Great Idea

Staff / Truthdig Dec 14, 2011 During a speech in Austin, Texas, on Tuesday, Eric Holder provided an exhaustive summary of the mostly bigoted and partisan efforts to disenfranchise voters across the country, and somewhere buried toward the end he came out with a brilliant idea. (more)During a speech Tuesday, Eric Holder provided an exhaustive summary of the mostly bigoted and partisan efforts to disenfranchise voters across the country, and somewhere buried toward the end he came out with a brilliant idea. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Rigging the 2012 Election

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Jun 20, 2011 An attack on the right to vote is under way across the country through laws designed to make it more difficult to cast a ballot. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

More Dirt on the GOP’s ‘Voter Fraud’ Campaign

Staff / Truthdig Jul 2, 2007 Ousted U.S. Attorney David Iglesias says he believes he was fired, in part, for failing to meet the obsessive demands of a nonprofit organization with ties to the Republican Party that allegedly sought to limit the voting rights of minorities. Is there a more heinous political practice than the disenfranchisement of minority voters after so long a struggle? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Election Protection

Staff / Truthdig Jul 21, 2006 What good is a democracy without fair and clean elections? In this piece for Tom Paine, Art Levine looks ahead to the November vote, and explains ways concerned Americans can protect it. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )