A constitutional amendment to protect collective bargaining rights could bolster unions—or, if it’s defeated, weaken them.
Abby Rapoport
Abby Rapoport is a freelance journalist and former staff writer at The American Prospect. She was previously a political reporter for the Texas Observer. Follow @ rarapoport
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In Minnesota, Voting Blind on Voter ID
The state’s voters will decide whether to require a photo ID at the polls. But they’ll get no say in the specifics of the provision.
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Georgia’s Bitter Charter Battle
Will voters create a $430 million charter-school commission when school budgets are already suffering?
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A Bumper Crop of Pot Referenda
Will this be the year a state legalizes recreational marijuana or medical marijuana arrives in the South?
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True the Vote’s True Agenda
The organization obsessed with voter fraud may sell itself as nonpartisan, but its Republican leanings are easy to spot.
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What’s the Truth about True the Vote?
The conservative watchdogs of “ballot integrity” may have more bark than bite.
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Courting Chaos in Ohio Elections
The Republican secretary of state appeals a decision allowing early voting on the weekend before Election Day to the Supreme Court—prolonging the electoral insanity in battleground Ohio. Meanwhile, voters still don’t know whether thousands of provisional ballots will be counted.Â
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Better Know a Ballot Measure
The first in a Prospect series on the 174 initiatives and referendums up for a vote this November
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The Sound of Crickets: Conservative Sites Silent about GOP Voter-Registration Fraud
ACORN’s minor offenses became the right-wing scandal of the century. Nathan Sproul’s voter-registration fraud on behalf of the GOP elicits absolute silence from the Breitbarts and Drudges.
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Pennsyvlania Voter ID: Now Requested But Not Required
Thanks to a decision today by Commonwealth Court Judge Robert Simpson, Pennsylvania’s controversial voter-ID law will not be in effect in November. Though voters will be asked for one of the several allowable government-issued photo IDs at the polls, those who do not have such identification will still be able to cast the usual ballot. […]
