The best, most reliable voting machine is worthless if a ballot is poorly designed. The dramatic drop in overvotes in New York State elections in 2012 from 2010 illustrate this design need to ensure that voter intent is recorded accurately.
Gov. McDonnell recently announced that VA is taking a first step in restoring voting rights to people with criminal convictions in their pasts. According to McDonnell, this will restore the right to vote to over 100,000 people. But we can go further.
In our latest money in politics update, citizens rally for campaign finance reform, leaders explain how the Senate's "Independent Democrats" can break the logjam in Albany, Attorney General Schneiderman unveils disclosure rule, and more.
Section 215 of the Patriot Act allows the government to collect data as long as that data is “relevant” to a terrorism or foreign intelligence investigation. Recent news that the government has spied on millions of Americans brings into questions how this law is being used.
Following the revelation that the NSA was collecting phone records of millions of customers, how did the FBI and NSA maneuver rules and regulations to collect, mine, and use collected data?
Backed by Democratic Gov. Jack Markell, Delaware’s Election Day Registration (EDR) bill would help increase turnout and provide a fail-safe alternative for voters who encounter problems at the polls. Find out how the state can become a national leader on election reform.
You might think the government would be satisfied that Bradley Manning has entered a guilty plea that could put him away for 20 years. Instead, in the court martial that began Monday, prosecutors are reaching for more.
Last Wednesday, a few hundred people rallied at the capitol and met with lawmakers, telling them not to leave Albany before the legislative session ends June 20 without enacting public campaign financing.
In a unanimous ruling last week, the Washington State Supreme Court affirmed its rule that indigent litigants have just as much right to use the civil courts as anyone else, and need not pay fees normally charged for merely filing a case.
Despite recent tragic acts of violence, nationwide crime is at a 30-year low. We would be wise to seize this opportunity to introduce much-needed rationality into criminal justice policy.
