New Orleans A lot of this is an old story, but there are enough new twists and turns that it settles disturbingly, especially if you care about democracy and understand the subtle things that can become significant in razor close elections with huge consequences. I know the freelance reporter and investigator, Spencer Woodman, who often …
Category: Voting Rights
Suppressing the Vote and Keeping in Simple in Arkansas
Dallas The Republican voter suppression efforts around the United States are such a yo-yo between legislatures, courts, and more courts that god only knows how much the voters in many of these states will be confused as they go to the polls in November or, as likely, as they stay home, …
Voter Suppression Spreading to the United Kingdom
New Orleans There’s a new virus spreading. This time it’s not Ebola or something from the Middle East or Africa, but the pernicious attacks on democracy through voter suppression now leaping from the United States to United Kingdom. Not surprisingly, it starts easily enough with some seemingly small tweaks in voter registration. In …