Even without the curse of voter suppression, the usual strategies for in-person registration are faltering. Can progressive groups regroup?
Voting Rights
Posted inCoronavirus
Unsanitized: More Evidence That the Postal Service Means to Make Voting Harder
A letter encourages states to pay more to get ballots to voters. This is The COVID-19 Daily Report for August 11, 2020.
Posted inPolitics
Republicans Pummeled the Constitution Long Before Trump
Whitman College political scientist Jack Jackson discusses his book ‘Law Without Future: Anti-Constitutional Politics and the American Right’ and how authoritarianism seeped into the body politic.
Posted inTAP
Whiplash Day: Obama, Lewis, Trump
Today on TAP: Our greatest recent president pays tribute to a civil rights hero
Posted inPolitics
New York Primary Glitches Show Rough Waters Ahead for November
The Empire State primary provides one example of how difficult it is to transition to vote-by-mail elections.
Posted inCoronavirus
Unsanitized: Postal Service Being Torn Apart from Within
Also the day traders fly into Kodak. This is The COVID-19 Daily Report for July 30, 2020.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
The Student Voting Mess
If you think voter registration in a pandemic is a challenge generally, consider the special case of college students who have no idea where they will be living in September.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
How to Boost Voter Turnout: Require It
A new study looks at the advantages for democracy if voting is made mandatory.
