If You’re In Line When Polls Close, You Can Still Vote
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Voter Suppression Wiki Action Alert
With long lines all over the country, the Voter Suppression Wiki is issuing another action alert with a reminder that as long as you’re in line when the polls close, you can still vote.
While most election workers are familiar with this rule, some may not be. Voters who [...]
Today’s It’s Just Politics: FAIL!
What a snooze. I’m sorry Ed Pearce but It’s Not Just Politics needed some life on the Sunday before election day. Not only was it boring, it was full of incorrect information! I watched in horror as GOP Washoe County Chair Heidi Smith said that there was nothing voters could do if they [...]
Last Day of Early Voting in Nevada is Friday, October 31st
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For the California Voters
Voter Suppression Efforts Alive and Well in Nevada
The Washington Independent published a piece detailing the surprise of local Republicans over how quickly Washoe County has become a Democratic county (Hat tip to a press release from the State Democratic Party’s Paul Kincaid).
Perhaps Republicans’ surprise is a big part of their problem. After all, it’s widely acknowledged that the state Republicans have failed [...]
You Can Protect Your Vote and Tweet Your Vote!
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The Voter Suppression Wiki
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Twitter Vote Report
Tweet the Vote: Twitter Vote Report Project Update
At the moment, the Twitter Vote Report project is an amazing and chaotic storm of volunteer programmers, developers, activists, and partner organizations shaping this octopus into a lean, mean vote reporting machine. In just a few days, where there is a wiki, there will be a fully developed website full of organized information about [...]
One GOP Voter Suppression Plan Foiled in Nevada
Voter Suppression Wiki
Nevada Secretary of State Ross Miller rejected GOP Chair Sue Lowden’s attempt to suppress the votes of thousands of voters in Nevada. Specifically, Miller rejected Lowden’s claim that voters should not be allowed to correct registration mistakes found after the voter registration deadline. From TPMMuckraker:
Question: If a county clerk/registrar of voters determines [...]
Voter Suppression Action Alert in North Carolina
Voter Suppression Wiki
If you know people in North Carolina, please help get the news out. The Voter Suppression Wiki has released it’s first action alert, for a voting problem in North Carolina. According to Chris Kromm at Facing South, as many as 40,000 votes for presidential candidates will be under counted because North [...]
Saving Democracy with Twitter
Voter Suppression Wiki
It was inevitable that online political organizers would find innovative ways to use social media during this election season, but I am part of a project that’s got me incredibly excited about the organizing potential of Twitter. If you haven’t heard about the election cycle’s most controversial issue–voter suppression–you’ve been spending too [...]
After The Debate, Let’s Talk about Real Voter Fraud: Voter Suppression
The list of Republican voter suppression efforts is LONG. That’s what makes their hysterical outrage over a few bad apples who fraudulently registered Mickey Mouse and Tony Romo while working for ACORN utterly laughable. Or maybe not, because who knows more about the damage that can be done Republicans know quite a bit [...]
