Elections and Voting
  
  
    
      
  
  
  
      
  
  
  
    
  
    
        
          
              
            
            
            
        June 17, 2011 -
        
  
        By Cristina Francisco-McGuire, Progressive States Network  The 2008 early vote proved beneficial to progressives, with self-identified Democrats making up a disproportionate share of the early vote. Barack Obama's success in engaging the Democratic base and, in particular, targeting early voters was especially evident in the fact that, though 80% of first-time early 
  
      
     
   
  
  
    
        
          
              
            
            
            
        June 9, 2011 -
        
  
        If you're a Republican legislator eager to
  
      
     
   
  
  
    
        
          
              
            
            
            
        June 2, 2011 -
        
  
        Would-be president Newt Gingrich calls Barack Obama our "most successful food stamp president," Santana gets booed at the "Civil Rights" baseball game in Atlanta for criticizing Georgia's new immigration law, and politicians in Alabama forbid undocumented children from attending the school prom. 
  
      
     
   
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
        
          
              
            
            
            
        May 5, 2011 -
        
  
        Last November, the big themes of the 2010 elections were jobs and the economy. But in states across the South and country, many of the most pitched legislative battles have focused on another issue entirely: voting rights.	
  
      
     
   
  
  
    
        
          
              
            
            
            
        April 1, 2011 -
        
  
        			Arkansas latest in series of defeats for voter photo ID bills