There are degrees of political insanity. After its recent Republican primary elections, Texas approaches a psychotic break.
Voting Rights
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Mayday in Florida
The political landscape for state Democrats shifts dramatically after another historic abortion decision.
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Georgia’s Latest Attack on the Right to Vote
Today on TAP: The Republican legislature has a clumsy new effort to disqualify registered voters.
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High-Tech to No-Tech Vote Counting
Hand-counting ballots is expensive, tedious, time-consuming, inaccurate, and insecure. Some communities want it all.
Posted inLaw and Justice
The Corrupt Supreme Court Bails Out Trump Once More
America does not have to be ruled by an unelected council of high priests.
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Andy Kim vs. the Machine
Today on TAP: Kim files suit against the ‘unjust and undemocratic’ New Jersey county line, while winning Democratic convention votes to cut into Tammy Murphy’s advantage.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
Q&A: Election 2024 Fake-Out
The FCC bans AI-generated robocalls, but deepfakes and other tactics could still disrupt the voting season.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
Assaults on the Right to Vote
The latest challenge to the Voting Rights Act of 1965 concerns who is allowed to sue to enforce it.
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Mississippi’s Direct-Democracy Con in Progress
The ballot measure process died three years ago, but some Republicans working on a new, more restrictive framework hope that voters won’t notice.
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Breaking the Ballot
Republican state lawmakers are enthusiastic practitioners of direct-democracy backsliding. Can voters hold them off?
