Bernie Sanders talks with voting rights, campaign finance expert and friend of DC Professor Rick Hasen
Voter Access articles on Democracy Chronicles
This section of DC focuses on voter access: a vitally important aspect of democracy concerned with ease of voting and the various barriers in the way. Voter ID, Compulsory Voting and Felon Voting are just some of the hot button issues highlighted here. Also see our sections on American democracy and Money Politics.
Samantha Bee’s History Of Florida’s Felon Voting Ban
Bee explores how Florida’s felon voting ban compares with other states in her usual comedic style
More Courts Are Ruling Voter ID Laws Harm Minorities Unfairly
Mistake to crack down on voter fraud with stricter voter ID, registration and early-voting laws
Voting Machine Upgrades in Need Around the United States
As a nation that prides itself on being up to date on the latest technology and software, the United States is failing terribly behind in one major category, working voting machines on election days.
A Powerhouse for US Democracy: The Brennan Center for Justice
The Brennan Center for Justice uses a multipronged approach to pursue social justice
Finally, New York Early Voting is Being Expanded
Many other states already use the no-excuse absentee voting system in week before election day
You Can Loose Your Right to Vote For Moral Turpitude in Alabama
An old unjust law might finally be changed as define legislature to define crimes of moral turpitude
Does True Democracy Even Exist and is it Obtainable?
Democracy is a complicated ideology to grasp not least because it is a rather personal thing, it means things to different people. As a result of this it has transpired to take many different forms.
Supreme Court Declines to Revive North Carolina’s Voter ID Law
The Supreme Court declined to hear a case seeking to reinstate North Carolina’s voter ID law
Kobach: Voter Fraud Commission Not Out to Prove Trump Claims
Commission empaneled by Trump to investigate the scale of voter fraud and electoral vulnerabilities