New Orleans The headlines only tell part of the story when it comes to the emerging crisis in voter registration systems and the simple act of voting. I haven’t gone through the whole Pew Trust report on state problems according to their election performance index covering 2008 and 2010, but I’ve read enough to know …
Category: Voting Rights
Tactics and Strategies of the English Militant Suffragettes
Dauphine Island My friend and comrade, Mary Rowles, the organizing director of the British Columbia Government Employees Union (BCGEU) had recommended that I read Antonia Raeburn’s The Militant Suffragettes. Thanks to the miracles of Amazon and the “long tail,” I was able to find a copy published in 1974 exclusively for the members of the …
AG Holder Advocates National Automatic Voter Registration System
New Orleans Remember the election six weeks ago? Fierce fights about voter suppression came before the voting and then long lines in state after state were the result of continued obstacles for the electorate. President Obama in echoes of his recent statement about gun control on election night said, “We need to fix that.” Finally, Attorney …