Category Archives: voting
“Obama Calls Out America’s Dismal Voter Turnout: ‘Why Are You Staying Home?'”
Josh Douglas: “The Right to Vote Amendment is Worth At Least One Candle: A Reply to Heather Gerken”
The following is a guest post from Josh Douglas:
A new constitutional amendment affirmatively granting the right to vote could have a significant impact on protecting voting rights for all Americans. Most significantly – and perhaps paradoxically – we… Continue reading
“Obama Administration Using Century-Old Racist Case Law to Block Citizenship”
Mother Jones:
Well, this is awkward. This month, five people from American Samoa—the only place in the world where babies born on US soil are denied US citizenship—argued in federal court that the government’s refusal to grant them birthright… Continue reading
Is it Possible to Be In Favor of a Right-to-Vote Amendment but Against Amending the Constitution? Yes.
The DNC Executive Committee has just endorsed the idea that we should amend the Constitution to add a right to vote. I’m entirely in favor of a constitutional right to vote. But I’m against amending the Constitution to add it.… Continue reading
“Special delivery: Time to consign undemocratic boss-driven special elections to history”
NYDN.
“Right to Vote Amendment Secures Unanimous Backing of DNC Executive Committee”
“Officials seek ways to boost L.A. County’s voter turnout
Cert. Petition Filed at #SCOTUS in Colorado Secret Ballot Case
“Federal judge orders Gov. Andrew Cuomo to set a date for special congressional election”
“Special interests are at center of L.A. election date debate”
LAT:
The debate, and Feng’s role in it, is unusual for L.A. politics. Feng, who heads the government watchdog group California Common Cause, frequently raises alarms about campaign spending and special interests. This time around, she’s fielding questions about… Continue reading
“100 poll workers fired for not voting”
Cincinnati Enquirer:
More than 100 Hamilton County poll workers got fired Thursday for failing to do the one thing that matters most on Election Day.
They didn’t vote.
The board of elections said goodbye to the 104 workers after… Continue reading
“D.C., other cities debate whether legal immigrants should have voting rights”
WaPo reports (via Chapin).
“Five Reasons Why You’re Too Dumb to Vote”
National Review:
I would like to suggest, as gently as I can, that if you are voting as an act of self-gratification, if you do not understand the role that voting in fact plays in a constitutional republic, and if… Continue reading