International Press
New Orleans As the international work percolates along let me share a couple of notices on campaigns that are stirring in Toronto in an exciting campaign that is leverage political strength to win...
View ArticleDemocracy When?
Baltimore There was a good news article in the Times indicating that the African-American vote almost caught up and in some categories exceeded other groups in voting participation in the 2008 election...
View ArticleVoter Registration Reform
Takoma Park I have long advocated an automatic registration system as a step forward in democracy in America. A couple of days ago there may have been some movement in this direction from a new...
View ArticleMissing ACORN with Mid-Term Elections Coming
Portland A meeting is on the horizon this week with the Toronto elections commissioner and ACORN Canada to discuss how to meet ACORN’s demand that more voting stations be provided for city elections in...
View ArticleWrong Reasons, Right Move
Helena Coming back on the grid for a day, you go through your email, answer the urgent calls, see what’s tweeting, hit the Facebook, and scan through the headlines in the New York Times and other...
View ArticleVoter Registration Down, No Duh
New Orleans The popular Politico blog by Ben Smith on October 15th drew the obvious conclusion last week about the report that voter registration numbers are significantly down, especially in lower...
View ArticlePalin, Assange, Project Vote, Toronto, and Foreclosures
New Orleans I’m on the predawn patrol to Phoenix to check again on foreclosure ground zero and how it can be possible with tens of thousands of people losing their homes that this is not a central...
View ArticleRegistration Down, Lower Income Votes Out
Phoenix Registration Down, Lower Income Votes Out Phoenix We did the first direct action with Arizona Advocates & Actions yesterday as 20 Bank of America mortgage holders demanded that their...
View ArticlePuppy Love for the Big Dawg, Clinton
Bill Clinton Urged Florida Democrat to Quit Bid Phoenix I’m pretty sure either Mexico billionaire Carlos Slim didn’t make his contribution this year to the Clinton Foundation Global Initiative and...
View ArticleQualifying Parties via Internet
New Orleans In a piece about the feinting being done by billionaire NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Matt Bai in the New York Times correctly pointed out that not only money but “ballot access” was a huge...
View ArticleHolder and DOJ Need to Act to Stop Voter Suppression on Steroids
New Orleans An lead article in the Sunday New York Times was a wan effort to footnote the partisan efforts of Republicans controlling an increasing number of state legislatures to suppress the ability...
View ArticleAre Republican Governors Moving to Deny Voter Access to Poor?
New Orleans A lawsuit filed against the State of Louisiana by the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division may give another sad clue to the strategy of Republican governors seeking to block...
View ArticleWhoops, Clown O’Keefe a Criminal Again!
New Orleans James O’Keefe, video fool, clown, and conspirator, is at it again. Yawn. This time the scene was in New Hampshire where he and his associates engaged in voter fraud by attempting to vote...
View ArticleVoter Suppression in Canada
New Orleans When my friends in Canada compare their politics to the great southland of the United States, I know there’s no compliment coming at the back end of the sentence. When friends started...
View ArticleWhy not Mandatory Voting and Registration?
Set up and interview on voting rights and access with Fox News Eric Shawn for upcoming special New Orleans The interview with Eric Shawn, a Fox News anchor and senior correspondent, went OK as those...
View ArticleCorporations and Foundations OK with ALEC on Voter Suppression, Not Killing
New Orleans The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) has glowingly taken credit for many of the bills sweeping newly elected Republican state houses. ALEC and its 2000 legislative members...
View ArticleHuge Obstacles to Beating Scott Walker in Wisconsin Recall
We Are Wisconsin Madison The life-and-death struggle in Wisconsin to turn back the radical and sweeping rightwing program of Governor Scott Walker being waged by progressive forces is entering...
View ArticleTechnology and Democracy: Wired Magazine Elitism versus Pirate Party Openness
Logo of the Pirate Party in Germany New Orleans My son subscribes to Wired magazine, the glossy, tech and computer boosting publication. I like it and read it regularly once he’s finished....
View ArticleJohn Lewis and the New Fight for Voting Rights
Congressman John Lewis Speaking up for Voting Rights Houston The lion in winter is still a lion, and John Lewis, a beacon for the civil rights movement in the 1960’s and now a longstanding...
View ArticleOrganizing Plans with News from Walmart, Facebook, Spain, and Florida Voting...
Meeting of the Latin American organizers Mexico City The annual meeting of the ACORN International board continued its meetings for a second day in Mexico City, as they conferred on fundamental...
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