Elections and Voting
November 5, 2012 -
Forcing voters to wait in line at polling sites for hours or more could be discouraging many from participating. It's also a problem that reformers say could be avoided.
November 5, 2012 -
A new report from the Brennan Center for Justice examines recount procedures in 10 key tipping point states for the presidential election. With polls showing President Obama and Mitt Romney in a virtual deadlock nationally, those procedures may be an important factor in determining the winner.
November 2, 2012 -
Florida's restrictive new voting laws have resulted in a lot of media scrutiny. But could they really impact the final outcome of the 2012 elections? Easily.
October 31, 2012 -
Voting rights advocates have successfully pushed back against state laws that aimed to restrict voter participation -- and that means far fewer people will be disenfranchised this year than feared. But voters in some states still face new restrictions.
October 26, 2012 -
President Obama won three Southern states en route to the White House in 2008. What's happened in the South's swing states? Is it any different than what's happened in the rest of the country? And can he still win?
October 26, 2012 -
With True the Vote and other tea party-affiliated groups planning a massive poll-watching effort for this election, voting rights advocates are mobilizing in unprecedented numbers to fight back against intimidation.
October 25, 2012 -
A new study finds that North Carolina has some of the strangest-shaped congressional districts in the nation -- part of a trend that experts say has led to the disappearance of political moderates.