From JacobinAt the beginning of the early voting period, some voters in Cobb County, Georgia, waited more than six hours to cast a ballot. Elsewhere in Atlanta, the delay was over ten hours. In New York City, it took four hours for some voters to get into the polling … [Read more...] about Long Voting Lines Are a Poll Tax
Social Justice/社会正義
On Election Day, Follow the Money for Both Parties
From JacobinWhoever wins today’s election, the United States is still an oligarchy, and in an oligarchy, money is the … [Read more...] about On Election Day, Follow the Money for Both Parties
Republicans Don’t Want the “Wrong Kind of People” to Vote
From JacobinOn November 22, 2000, a phalanx of chino-clad Republican operatives descended on Florida’s Miami-Dade County polling headquarters, where local officials were scrambling to complete a manual recount of ballots cast in the presidential contest between George W. … [Read more...] about Republicans Don’t Want the “Wrong Kind of People” to Vote
Election Day Media Briefings with Common Cause
From CommonDreamsWASHINGTON - Today and tomorrow, Common Cause election experts will brief the media on what voters are experiencing in key swing states, based on the eyes and ears of the volunteers in our largest-ever voter protection field program. Right now thousands of nonpartisan poll monitors and social media monitors are working across the country to … [Read more...] about Election Day Media Briefings with Common Cause
Trump's GOP Worked Harder to Stop People From Voting Than They Did to Stop Covid-19 From Spreading
From CommonDreamsPublished on Tuesday, November 03, 2020 by Common DreamsTrump's GOP Worked Harder to Stop People From Voting Than They Did to Stop Covid-19 From Spreading While Republican lawyers work overtime to have counts stopped and legal, filled-out ballots destroyed, the president tries to scare opposing voters away. byAllan Nairn 0 Comments A … [Read more...] about Trump's GOP Worked Harder to Stop People From Voting Than They Did to Stop Covid-19 From Spreading