Mother Jones: Why John Boehner Has Gerrymandering to Thank for His Majority
-By Nick Baumann November 8, 2012- In November 2010, I reported that GOP control of all elements of state government in key swing states—including but not limited to Wisconsin, Michigan,…
Think Progress: Judge Blasts Ohio’s Last Minute Disenfranchisement Effort: ‘I Don’t Want To See Democracy Die In The Darkness’
-By Aviva Shen November 9, 2012- Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted is fast becoming one of the most despised election officials in the country for his many attempts to…
Think Progress: Ohio’s GOP Secretary of State Already Has A Plan To Rig The 2016 Election For Republicans
-By Ian Millhiser and Josh Israel November 9, 2012- Last year, Pennsylvania’s Republican Gov. Tom Corbett proposed rigging the Electoral College vote in his state through a plan that would…
Crooks & Liars: Montana Passes Referendum Declaring Corporations are not People
-By Diane Sweet November 8, 2012- An overlooked development from Montana on election night, a referendum to state that corporations don’t have constitutional rights has unofficially passed by a 75…
Huffington Post: Election Problems Included Confusion, Intimidation, Untrained Poll Workers
-By Jason Cherkis November 8, 2012- On Election Day, Leo Kim, 34, drove a group of elderly Korean Americans to the polls in Annandale, Va., a Washington suburb. They quickly…
World Banoosh: Voters and FBI put on alert: Massive deceptions found in the No on 37 campaign, all documented
By Mr.M November 7, 2012- Campaign supporters of genetically manipulated foods could soon find themselves involved in a federal criminal investigation, related to their own manipulation of voters in California’s…
Washington Post: For U.S. Chamber of Commerce, election was a money-loser
-By Jia Lynn Yang and Tom Hamburger November 7, 2012- The day after an election in which the U.S. Chamber of Commerce spent millions of dollars backing losing Republican candidates,…
RAW Story: PA voting machine ‘taken out of service’ for flipping votes to Romney: report
-By Stephen C. Webster November 6, 2012- A voting machine in Pennsylvania was “taken out of service” for flipping votes for President Barack Obama to Republican challenger Mitt Romney, MSNBC…
RAW Story: Oregon election worker fired for altering ballots to Republican straight ticket
-By David Edwards November 6, 2012- An election worker in Oregon is facing a criminal investigation for allegedly altering multiple ballots to benefit Republican candidates. In a press release on…
The Nation: Three Major Election Day Voting Problems
-By Ari Berman November 6, 2012- I attended a briefing in Washington this morning with voting rights advocates hosted by the Election Protection Coalition, which runs the 1-866-Our-Vote hotline. They…
Think Progress: REPORT: ‘Voter Fraud’ Protection Group Submitted Forged Documents To Ohio Election Officials
-By Josh Israel November 6, 2012- Volunteers with True the Vote, a Tea Party group that claims it is trying to fight voter fraud by challenging the right of voters…
Voter Suppression Hotlines
If you are having problems at the polls, please report it! As of 10:00 EST, voter suppression reports are already in the tens of thousands. Ohio: 1-855-VOTING HELP (1-855-868-4644) or…
Bloomberg: Presidential Election Seen Spurring New Wave of Lawsuits
-By Margaret Cronin Fisk November 5, 2012- The U.S. presidential contest, marked by two dozen lawsuits in the past six months over voter rules including photo ID requirements and limited…