Court watchers are largely predicting the Supreme Court will strike down the formula used to determine which jurisdictions are covered by Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act. These predictions were wrong in a similar case in 2009. They might be wrong now as well.
It is morally unacceptable when racial discrimination prevents eligible Americans from participating in our democracy. Under the Voting Rights Act, that interference is also legally unacceptable.
Tying the distribution of electoral votes for president to the outcome of individual congressional districts would take all the problems with redistricting and import that partisan dysfunction into the presidential election.
It is 2013, and our democracy should not have to suffer through another cycle of rancorous, partisan, and business-as-usual politics — there is too much we need to fix.
The Ohio Secretary of State’s Office took an important step this election to ensure the ballots of legitimate voters were counted. It’s worth highlighting because it didn’t receive any coverage, yet it’s an important example for other states to follow.
Texas's voter registration drive restrictions come under fire tomorrow in a federal appeals court. This entire fight could be avoided if we modernized registration.
America is the world’s leading democracy, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t improvements to be made. By modernizing registration, ending government dysfunction, and combating Citizens United, we can put the people back in charge of our democracy.
Now is the time to fix the system — when the wounds caused by the problems in our voting process are still fresh, and when there isn’t a major election on the horizon.
