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voting rights
Apr. 3, 2021
The States Following Georgia’s Lead on Voter Suppression Similar voting restrictions could soon be enacted in key Republican-controlled states like Arizona, Florida, New Hampshire, and Texas.
By Ed Kilgore
Shopping, With a Side of Democracy You can now register to vote at Saks.
By Emilia Petrarca
Texas Democrats Hold Wave-of-the-Future Virtual Convention As the national parties rethink convention plans due to COVID, Texas Democrats aim to show a virtual event can be not only safer but more effective.
By Ed Kilgore
Let’s Nationalize the Way We Run Elections With guerrilla warfare over voting procedures threatening public confidence in election results, it’s time for some clear and uniform procedures.
By Ed Kilgore
vision 2020
Apr. 23, 2020
The Coronavirus Is Throwing Down Obstacles for First-Time Voters With customary voter sign-up methods shut down and some states not offering online registration, Democrats must work to harvest first-time voters.
By Ed Kilgore
#wakandathevote
Feb. 18, 2018
By Amanda Arnold
Judge Overturns Early Voter Registration Deadline for the Ossoff-Handel Race In rough justice for GOP candidate and voting-rights pariah Karen Handel, a judge has extended registration for her runoff contest with Jon Ossoff.
By Ed Kilgore
voter suppression
Oct. 6, 2016
Will Hurricane Matthew Have Consequences for November? The storm is hitting the swing state of Florida days before the voter-registration deadline, and Governor Rick Scott has refused to extend it.
By Jonah Shepp
Even More A-Listers Want You to Vote Please register to vote, for Stanley Tucci’s sake.
By Halle Kiefer
Trump Has a Voter-Registration Problem Yes, theoretically Trump could benefit from a tide of votes from white working-class voters. But he lacks the resources to get them registered.
By Ed Kilgore
vote naked
Sept. 27, 2016
A Naked, Deranged Katy Perry Really Wants You to Vote Zip up your adult onesie and exercise your constitutional right.
By Halle Kiefer
get out the millennial vote
Sept. 26, 2016
MTV Brings Back TRL As Total Registration Live If Kendall Jenner can’t make you register to vote, maybe no one can.
Donald Trump Is Making Latinos Register to Vote (Again) Fresh evidence that the GOP’s favorite xenophobe is increasing the diversity of America’s electorate.
By Eric Levitz
early and awkward
Apr. 18, 2016
360,000 Californians Register for Wrong Party A right-wing party with a misleading name tripped them up.
By Claire Landsbaum
state politics
Oct. 21, 2014
Georgia’s Battle for the Ballot Box A successful state voter-registration effort, now being investigated for fraud, has the potential to turn a GOP stronghold into a swing state.
By Marin Cogan