South Dakota Sioux Tribe File Voting Discrimination Case
Members of the Oglala Sioux tribe live on the very rural Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, most of whom do not have cars. Traveling during winter months is compounded by infrequently plowed gravel and...
View ArticleHow Important Is Early Voting?
Election Day may be more than a month away, but early voting has already begun. Voters in South Dakota and Idaho began casting their ballots on September 21, while voters in Iowa lined up outside...
View ArticleSCOTUS Issues Blow to Early Voting
Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court delayed the start of early voting in Ohio.Early voting was due to start today but it will now begin October 7th, narrowing the voting window by 30 percent fewer...
View ArticleThe Process is Political: Early Voting and Turnout in Special Elections
One of These Special Elections Is Not Like the Other: In special Congressional elections in New York and Nevada, turnout will be key today. In New York, there could be a headline-grabbing upset victory...
View ArticleThe Process is Political: Ohio Petition Effort Delays Law to Shorten Early...
Our daily look at the details that can change everything.Opponents of Changes to Ohio's Early Voting Law Win Delay:The Ohio legislature passed a law last June to shorten the early voting period. It was...
View ArticleThe Process is Political: Bloomberg Testimony, Where to Count Prisoners
Our daily look at the details that can change everything.Early Voting and Football in Close Gov Race:Headed into Election Day today, polls show that acting Governor Earl Ray Tomblin and Republican Bill...
View ArticleThe Process is Political: More Money, Less Control in Super PAC Fundraising
Our daily look at the details that can change everything.More Money, Less Certainty: Super PACs can raise unlimited cash and spend it in support of particular candidates, as long as they aren't...
View ArticleOpinion: From Early Voting to Welfare, the Little Things Will Decide 2012
There is a great old song from 1953 called “Little Things Mean a Lot,” by Kitty Kallen. In it, she sings Blow me a kiss from across the roomSay I look nice when I'm notTouch my hair as you pass my...
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How the rise of early voting is changing campaign tactics
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioJUDY WOODRUFF: Election Day may be 40 days away, but voting has already started in a number of states.Lisa Desjardins reports on the candidates ground game.HILLARY...
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What Trump and Clinton need to do in early-voting battlegrounds Ohio and...
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioHARI SREENIVASAN: We turn now to take a closer look at two key battleground states.John Yang is our guide.JOHN YANG: Early voting begins tomorrow in Ohio and Arizona,...
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New voter ID rules, other election changes could cause confusion
Voters walk to a polling precinct on primary day in Florida for the U.S. presidential election in Boca Raton, Florida March 15, 2016. Photo by Joe Skipper/ReutersLess than three weeks before Election...
View ArticleDevelopments in Garner Case; Ta-Nehisi Coates; (Unofficial) Early Voting...
Coming up on today's show:Alan Feuer, New York Times metro desk reporter, discusses how the inquiry into civil rights violations against the NYPD officer responsible for Eric Garner’s death has caused...
View ArticleAn (Unofficial) Early Voting Poll
Steve Shepard, chief polling analyst at POLITICO, talks about early voting statistics and listeners who have already cast their ballots call in.
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What issues are motivating Florida voters?
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioALISON STEWART, PBS NEWSHOUR WEEEKEND ANCHOR: Joining me now from Tallahassee to discuss the battle for Florida is Mary Ellen Klas. She’s the capital bureau chief for...
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The states you should be watching tonight
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioJUDY WOODRUFF: And now for our election eve edition of Politics Monday.We’re joined by Amy Walter of The Cook Political Report, Susan Page, Washington bureau chief of...
View ArticleAdvocates Urge State Lawmakers to Budget for Voting Reforms
For the second year in a row, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo included electoral reform in his State of the State address in January. Now advocates are urging Cuomo to put his money where his mouth is –...
View ArticleDe Blasio Joins End-of-Session Push on Electoral Reform
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is preparing to jump-start his push for electoral reform as the state legislative session winds into its final few weeks.Last fall, the mayor called for a series of...
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