As a matter of long-term politics, though, I worry about this categorical support for Democratic candidates; the longer Democrats don't have to worry about losing African American voters, the longer Democratic representatives can take advantage of their black support. Unfortunately, there's not much of an alternative. Republicans don't need black votes to win, and as such, have no real stake in advancing African American interests. The only conceivable strategy is for black voters to sit out an election, but that's just as likely to inspire enmity as it is to force engagement with their interests. African American voters are in a tough spot, to say the least.

As if we need more proof, it seems the RGA has elevated Haley Barbour to lead the old guard. Far be it from me to make judgments about anyone's affiliations yet it does amuse me when people claim the high road while using the backs of others to get there.

Tensions over race in the Democratic Presidential campaign rose over the weekend, spurred by comments made by Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama about who were the dominant role-players in the civil rights movement. Rights' activists offer insight on

Cox says that she chose touch-screen systems because, among other attributes, they had the best chance of reducing the undervote. She was right: In the 2002 election, using the new machines, the undervote rate in Georgia was less than 1 percent.

Voting Machines Stolen In Georgia

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David Dill, Michael Shamos, Tova Wang, Deborah Goldberg and others. Incl. video stream.

But Ms. Boxer's courage did not arise from nothing: she was encouraged and pushed into a position of moral leadership by her constituents in California. How they did it is a lesson for progressive activists everywhere, for the next few years will only be

On November 2 millions of Americans will cast their votes for President in computerized voting systems that can be rigged by corporate or local-election insiders. Some 98 million citizens, five out of every six of the roughly 115 million who will go to th

About 5 percent of Arizona's voters - 101,536 of them, to be exact - had some trouble voting in the 2004 election, and 27,878 of them had their "provisional" votes thrown out.

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League of Pissed Off Voters:‽Rash of Misinformation Hits Black Community: Thousands of Phony Flyers Distributed at Barber Shops and Street Corners<br> Milwaukee League Works Overtime to Take on the Propaganda, Educate the Community and Ensure that Peopl

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The ranking Democratic member of the House Judiciary Committee, Representative John Conyers Jr. of Michigan, plans to ask the Federal Bureau of Investigation and a county prosecutor in Ohio today to explore "inappropriate and likely illegal election tampe

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Election Officials Express Dismay at Extent of Misinformation, Variety of Tricks Targeting Voters (national overview)

The Jefferson County Republican Party again plans to place challengers in predominantly Democratic precincts for the November election

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Republican Party officials in Ohio took formal steps yesterday to place thousands of recruits inside polling places on Election Day to challenge the qualifications of voters they suspect are not eligible to cast ballots.

Some public and Party officials focus on preventing rather than encouraging voting

Democrats say the Bush campaign is targeting black precincts for challenges. The GOP says many absentee ballots have been lost.

Still smarting from a drubbing in November, Florida Democrats are dusting off a pitch to take the partisanship out of the explosive once-a-decade task of redrawing political boundaries -- a long-shot proposal they say could help the one-time majority part

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Selectively targeting King County, one of only three counties where the Democrat holds more than a 2,000 vote advantage over opponent Dino Rossi, Gregoire supporters demanded the release of voter names whose provisional ballots had been rejected.