Analysis & Commentary
Democracy
Congress Can Fix the Super PAC Problem
The Florida primary shows why it's time end the farce of "independent" expenditures.
Authored by: Adam Skaggs
– 01/31/12
Modernize Florida’s Voting System
In 2012, you can use your iPhone to deposit a check or track your fantasy team, but registering to vote is still stuck in the 19th century. Once again, Florida is in the middle of the war on voting, passing an election law last year that will make it even harder for tens of thousands of citizens to vote.
Authored by: Jonathan Brater
– 01/26/12
Growing Backlash Against ‘Citizens United’
We can expect citizens and courts to continue to rally against the case until it ceases to be the law of the land.
Authored by: Mimi Marziani
– 01/23/12
Make Sure Every Vote Counts
In November 2010, millions of New Yorkers voted on electronic, optical-scan voting machines for the first time. Citizens went to their polling places on Election Day, filled out paper ballots and fed them into brand-new machines. But tens of thousands of them did not count.
Authored by: Sundeep Iyer and Hazel Dukes
– 01/19/12
Reject Voter ID
Seniors, minorities, young people and the poor could lose their right to vote.
Authored by: Keesha Gaskins
– 01/11/12
Supreme Court Preview: Future of the Voting Rights Act
In advance of the Supreme Court's latest session, the Brennan Center calls attention to two important cases that could impact the future of the Voting Rights Act.
Authored by: Sidney S. Rosdeitcher and William J. Taylor, Jr.
– 01/05/12
Minimizing Special-Interest Power by Maximizing Participation
Fighting back against restrictive voting-rights laws and empowering small donors can help reclaim elections.
Authored by: Michael Waldman
– 01/04/12
Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich’s Hypocrisy on Super PACs
Romney thinks super PACs are a ‘disaster’? What about his Restore Our Future, which is savaging Gingrich in Iowa? And Time for Newt is racing to catch up. Michael Waldman on the campaign finance double-speak.
Authored by: Michael Waldman
– 12/21/11
Avoiding the Florida Nightmare in 2012
On Election Day 2000, tens of thousands of Floridians accidentally marked their ballots in ways that could not be read by the state’s voting machines. Their votes didn’t count. The identity of our next president hung in the balance for 36 days.
Authored by: Sundeep Iyer and Lawrence Norden
– 12/20/11
The Other 5 Million
The right to vote is one of our most fundamental rights. In recent weeks, the national news media has focused significant attention on the swath of restrictive voting laws that several states have enacted this year, zeroing in on a particularly alarming statistic: namely, the 5 million eligible voters whose access to the polls has been undermined by these new restrictions on the franchise.
Authored by: Nicole Austin-Hillery and Nic Riley
– 12/16/11