WADE RATHKE is the founder of ACORN, Chief Organizer at ACORN International, and Author of "Nuts & Bolts", "Citizen Wealth", "Global Grassroots", and "The Battle for the 9th Ward".
New Orleans Trump continues to call for nationalizing the US election procedures, despite the fact that he has surely been advised that the constitution makes it clear that election rules are generally the province of state governments, not federal action or presidential dictate. Beating this drum does send a message to his sycophants …
San Francisco Visiting the California Bay Area on my annual spring multi-meeting tour, unsurprisingly, the new Trump administration, its operations, excesses, and follies invariably sucked up no small amount of conversation. Nonetheless, life goes on, even as heads shake with everyone waiting for the next shoe to fall. Reading the tea leaves, there’s …
Lyon At the Voter Purge Project, we keep hoping secretaries of state around the United States have sort of learned their lesson. We don’t really believe that, but given how difficult it is to convince people that constant monitoring and tedious database care is essential to protect voter lists, we’re always hoping the …