Voting

Venezuela Votes: Will The World’s Media Ever Get It Right?

July 18, 2017 Staff, www.telesurtv.net Educate! Elections, Media, Propaganda, Venezuela, Voting

By Staff of Tele Sur - International coverage entirely ignores Sunday's demonstration of support for a Constituent Assembly. Did you hear the one about a practice election in Venezuela, where millions of people lined up from early morning until late at night, just to cast their vote in a dry run poll that meant absolutely nothing at all? Except to express support for another election in two weeks time? Actually, it's not a joke. It did happen. On Sunday. Video shows them singing and dancing as they waited to test voting machines and see how the election of a new Constituent Assembly on July 30 will work. But you probably never heard about it. Because the world's media, pretty much without exception, concentrated almost exclusively on the other vote happening in Venezuela on Sunday, an informal plebiscite held by the opposition, with no constitutional status, to oppose that Constituent Assembly. So let's just look at the quality media. The New York Times for example — you remember: “All the news that's fit to print.” Well, maybe not ALL of it ...

Voters Are Fired Up For Single Payer Creating Dilemma For Democrats

June 6, 2017 Margaret Flowers, www.healthoverprofit.org Organize! Congress, Health Care, Single-Payer, Voting

By Margaret Flowers for Health Over Profit - On Sunday, June 4, the same day that Our Revolution, a Democratic Party group that arose from the Bernie Sanders presidential campaign, organized rallies and die-ins to highlight the number of people dying in the United States due to lack of access to health care, the New York Times published an article, “The Single Payer Party? Democrats Shift Left on Health Care“, prominently on the front page and above the fold. The article quotes RoseAnn DeMoro, head of National Nurses United, saying, “There is a cultural shift. Health care is now seen as something everyone deserves. It’s like a national light went off.” Minnesota Congressman Rick Nolan was also quoted, saying that rank and file Democrats “are energized in a way I have not witnessed in a long, long time.” Nolan is correct in stating that following the Democrat’s large loss in 2016, the party needs “a more boldly ‘aspirational’ health care platform.” Democratic Party voters have been strong supporters of single payer health care for a long time. Polls have consistently shown that super-majorities of Democratic Party voters want single payer, but Democratic Party candidates keep telling them that they can’t have it.

Trump Administration Lost Again, This Time On Voter ID

April 17, 2017 Jessica Huseman, www.propublica.org Educate! Trump Administration, Voting

By Jessica Huseman for Pro Publica - A federal judge ruled that Texas’ voter ID was intended to discriminate against blacks and Latinos. The Department of Justice tried to argue otherwise. A federal court in Texas has again ruled the state’s 2011 voter identification law intentionally discriminated against minorities. It’s the latest loss in the case for Texas — which has spent years unsuccessfully defending the law. But it also has implications for the Trump administration. In February, the new administration abruptly abandoned the crux of the Justice Department’s opposition to the voter ID law. Government lawyers also asked the judge to delay her decision on whether the law intentionally discriminated against blacks and Latinos. Judge Nelva Ramos Gonzales rejected their request for a delay. And Monday, she ruled that the law “was passed, at least in part, with a discriminatory intent in violation of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.” When it passed in 2011, Texas’s law had the country’s strictest voter ID provisions. It required one of seven forms of Texas or federally issued IDs to vote and allowed exemptions only for disability or age. It allowed no exception for low income voters.

Hacking America’s Antiquated Elections

December 7, 2016 Rob Richie, www.cato-unbound.org Create! Elections, United States, Voting

By Rob Richie for Cato Unbound - American democracy today is working more poorly than it has in generations. Even as the toxic 2016 presidential campaign featured the two most unpopular major party candidates in modern history and Congress has historic lows in approval, minor party presidential challengers were marginalized, and nearly 98% of congressional incumbents won re-election. New voices are demeaned as spoilers, which suppresses debate about innovative ideas and shoehorns our diverse political views into two fiercely partisan camps. With the overwhelming majority of elections predictably going to a district or state’s partisan majority, most voters lack meaningful choice even among two candidates.

E-Voting Machines Need Paper Audits To Be Trustworthy

December 6, 2016 Jacob Hoffman-Andrews, www.eff.org Create! Audit, Elections, Voting

By Jacob Hoffman-Andrews for EFF - Election security experts concerned about voting machines are calling for an audit of ballots in the three states where the presidential election was very close: Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania. We agree. This is an important election safety measure and should happen in all elections, not just those that have a razor-thin margin. Voting machines, especially those that have digital components, are intrinsically susceptible to being hacked. The main protection against hacking is for voting machines to provide an auditable paper trail.

Republicans Were Wildly Successful At Suppressing Voters In 2016

November 21, 2016 Alice Miranda Ollstein, www.thinkprogress.org Resist! Republican Party, Voting

By Alice Miranda Ollstein for Think Progress - Last week, the first election in 50 years without the full protection of the federal Voting Rights Act propelled Donald Trump to the White House. Trump will assume the presidency because of the Electoral College’s influence — nearly a million more people cast ballots for Hillary Clinton as of November 15. The election was also marked by low turnout, with tens of millions of eligible voters choosing not to participate at all.

Eight Ways To Strengthen Our Democracy Beyond Voting

November 3, 2016 Chuck Collins, www.otherwords.org Create! Democracy, Voting

By Chuck Collins for Other Worlds - The strength of our civic life depends on what we do outside elections. Throughout this trying election season, we’ve been told how much is at stake with our vote. But the success of any democracy depends on continuing to pay attention long after we cast our ballots. So let’s pledge to strengthen our democracy with a few resolutions to focus our intentions and keep us moving forward over the next four years.

Trickle-Up Democracy: State And Local Ballots Give Voters A Say

November 2, 2016 Frances Moore Lappé And Adam Eichen, www.billmoyers.com Create! Democracy, Voting

By Frances Moore Lappé And Adam Eichen for Moyers and Company - Even in a presidential campaign where both candidates are speaking out against the influence of big money in politics, it’s easy to be cynical about the prospects for reform. The failure of Congress to take even baby steps in the right direction is enough to dishearten even the most idealistic among us. But there is hope for our political system coming from the grass roots. Citizens across the country may well turn the 2016 election into a watershed moment for democracy.

After 50 Years Of War, A Chance At Peace

October 1, 2016 Mario Murillo, www.indypendent.org Create! Colombia, FARC, Voting

By Mario Murillo for The Indypendent - '"Only in Colombia do we have to vote on whether or not we want to live in peace,” someone posted on Twitter recently, referring to the upcoming referendum on whether to ratify the historic peace agreement between the government of President Juan Manuel Santos and the rebels of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). On Oct. 2, Colombians will go to the polls and answer a simple question with either a “yes” or a “no

Fear Of Hackable Elections Show Need For Paper Ballots

September 8, 2016 Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman, www.readersupportednews.org Create! Elections, Fraud, Voting

By Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman for Reader Supported News - Finally, the major for-profit media is approaching consensus that it’s easy to hack U.S. political elections. Even candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are raising unprecedented doubts – from very different directions – about the reliability of the upcoming vote count. Ultimately, there is just one solution: universal hand-counted paper ballots, with carefully protected voter registration rolls, and a transparent chain of custody.

US Activists Urged To Accompany Colombian Voters In October Peace Referendum

September 7, 2016 Staff, www.afgj.org Organize! Colombia, Peace, Voting, Workers Rights and Jobs

By Staff of AFGJ - One of Colombia’s most targeted labor organizations has asked the United Steelworkers to send union members to accompany voters in the country’s October 2nd peace plebiscite. If the “yes” vote wins this election, it will bring an end to 52 years of civil war. The National Unitary Federation of Agricultural Workers Unions (Fensuagro) believes the presence of international solidarity activists can provide an atmosphere of safety in places where paramilitary organizations are threatening pro-peace voters.

Victory! Supreme Court Denies Stay In N. Carolina Voting Rights Case

September 1, 2016 Staff, www.acluofnorthcarolina.org Resist! North Carolina, Supreme Court, Voting

By Staff of ACLU - WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court today denied North Carolina’s request to stay a federal appeals court ruling that struck down the state’s restrictive voting law. The American Civil Liberties Union and Southern Coalition for Social Justice challenged the law, charging it discriminates against African-American votersand unduly burdens the right to vote, in violation of the U.S Constitution’s 14th Amendment and the Voting Rights Act.

52 Years Ago, This Speech Changed Course Of Black Voting Rights

August 29, 2016 Keisha N. Blain, www.timeline.com Educate! Black History, Voting, Voting Rights

By Keisha N. Blain for Timeline - Fifty-two years ago, on August 22, 1964, Fannie Lou Hamer delivered arguably the most significant speech of her political career. The fiery civil rights activist known for her iconic line, “I’m sick and tired of being sick and tired,” spoke before a televised audience at the 1964 Democratic National Convention (DNC), held in Atlantic City, New Jersey. She had traveled all the way from Mississippi on behalf of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) — an organization that was established in April 1964 to challenge the all-white Mississippi delegation to the DNC.

How Presidential Debates Became ‘A Fraud On The American Voter’

August 4, 2016 Pete Tucker, www.huffingtonpost.com Educate! Elections, Voting

By Pete Tucker for The Huffington Post - With the Democratic and Republican nominees selected, the presidential debates are just around the corner. The venues and dates for Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump’s three bouts are set, but many important details are yet to be worked out, likely behind closed doors. Facilitating negotiations between the campaigns will be the official sounding but private Commission on Presidential Debates.

Victory: Court Finds North Carolina Voter Suppression Law Illegal

July 30, 2016 Julie Ebenstein, www.aclu.org Create! North Carolina, Voting

By Julie Ebenstein for ACLU - A federal appeals court today struck down the entirety of North Carolina’s voter suppression law in a sweeping victory for voting rights. The ruling blocks voter ID and restores preregistration, a week of early voting, same-day registration, and out-of-precinct provisional voting. The ruling is a stinging rebuke of the North Carolina legislature’s attempt to undermine African-American voter participation, which had surged over the last decade.

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