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Supreme Court Limits Power of Voting Rights Act

(Newser) - The Supreme Court ruled today that a part of the Voting Rights Act aimed at helping minorities elect their preferred candidates only applies in electoral districts where minorities make up more than half the population, the AP reports. The decision could make it harder for some minority candidates to win...

Sunni Iraqis: Shiites Barred Us From Voting

Thousands turned away in former insurgent enclave

(Newser) - At least 1,000 Sunni Iraqis were turned away from the polls in Baghdad today for being unregistered to vote, and many accused the Shiite government of deleting their names from the polls, the Los Angeles Times reports. “This is a disappointment,” complained one man. Agitation was high...

Oops! Caroline Forgot to Vote
Oops! Caroline Forgot to Vote
Dec 19, 2008 3:48 AM CST

Oops! Caroline Forgot to Vote

Senate hopeful has skipped half of New York's elections in last 20 years

(Newser) - For someone who hopes to be a US senator, Caroline Kennedy has turned out to be a surprisingly unenthusiastic fan of voting, the New York Daily News has discovered. Kennedy has voted in only about half of 38 elections since moving to the city in 1988, according to records. She...

Recount Bares Flaws in Minn. Absentee System

13% of absentee ballots typically tossed each election

(Newser) - A close examination of this year's Minnesota senate race has revealed significant flaws in the voting system that typically rejects 13% of absentee ballots—about 1,600 votes. State officials say the votes are "normally" rejected due to voter or official error, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports. The problem...

Voter Board: Hey Tim, Wanna Do a PSA?

Actor hasn't minced words in aftermath of Election Day polling snafu

(Newser) - The New York City Board of Elections, headed up by a man Tim Robbins has termed a "corrupt scumbag," is reaching out to the prickly actor with an offer he might well resist—turn his Election Day voting tantrum into a civics lesson. TMZ reports that the board...

Robbins, Officials Still Sparring Over Voting Snafu

Actor may have been in the wrong location

(Newser) - Actor and political activist Tim Robbins, who filed a court order to vote after his name wasn’t in the poll books on Election Day, may simply have been in the wrong place at the wrong time. The election commissioner now claims Robbins filed a change-of-address form when he moved...

Space: The Final Voting Frontier

Two astronauts vote from space station

(Newser) - Two US astronauts on the International Space Station did their civic duty from afar yesterday, casting absentee ballots from space using laptops with secure connections. Commander E. Michael Fincke and flight engineer Greg Chamitoff  are the only voters who could actually see all those red and blue states, reports Bloomberg....

'I Have Never Seen Anything Like This'

Huge turnout gums up voting system, but most Americans take it in stride

(Newser) - Huge turnout caused long waits for some voters today, but most politely waited their turn, the AP reports. New Yorkers lined up at polling places well before dawn, and long lines persisted throughout the day. California’s voting system bent but did not break under the weight of estimated 80%...

Voter Activist Tim Robbins Rejected at Polling Place

Glitch forces celeb to fight for his right to vote

(Newser) - Tim Robbins’ Election Day was complicated by a glitch in the voter rolls, leaving the actor in exactly the situation he has described when urging Americans to fight for their right to vote. Workers at the Chelsea polling station where he's voted for more than 10 years couldn’t find...

Foes Campaign 'Til the End
 Foes Campaign 'Til the End 
Nov 4, 2008 4:28 PM CST

Foes Campaign 'Til the End

McCain makes swing to Colo.; Obama touts chances in Ind.

(Newser) - John McCain and Barack Obama both made final pushes today, trying to invigorate voters in battleground states, the Chicago Tribune reports. McCain hit Colorado, hotly contested, and told supporters. “I feel momentum, I feel it. We're going to win it.” Obama also went next door. “I think...

One Man's Vote: Right Makes Rite
 One Man's Vote: 
 Right Makes Rite 
COMMENTARY
Nov 4, 2008 3:48 PM CST

One Man's Vote: Right Makes Rite

Scribe ruminates on participating in the democratic process, New York style

(Newser) - Roger Angell has an almost religious view of the act of voting, and he shares it in the New Yorker. His experience might seem odd to voters outside New York, where touch screens are more prevalent, but the curtain, of “material and stiffness unknown elsewhere,” gives Angell a...

Ignore Those Exit Polls!
 Ignore Those Exit Polls! 
Analysis
Nov 4, 2008 1:25 PM CST

Ignore Those Exit Polls!

Sample sizes and enthusiasm gaps can skew results

(Newser) - Exit polls can be addictive for those who can't take Election Day suspense, but poll analyst Nate Silver recommends you resist the temptation. Here's why:
  1. Exit polls have high margins of error because they are taken at only a few precincts in a state.
  2. Exit polls overstated Democratic support in
...

Obamas Hit the Polls
 Obamas Hit the Polls 
Nov 4, 2008 10:51 AM CST

Obamas Hit the Polls

Voters line up around the country on long-awaited day

(Newser) - Barack and Michelle Obama cast their votes for president in Chicago today with their daughters in tow, the AP reports. They were ushered in ahead of lines that snaked around the block as neighbors who’d gathered to see his arrival cheered, the Chicago Tribune reports. Obama kissed the cheek...

Do Your Civic Duty and Get a Free Sex Toy

Or coffee, doughnuts, ice cream as shops reward US voters

(Newser) - Joining a host of firms rewarding US voters, a sex-toy chain is giving out self-pleasuring devices to customers who have stopped at the polls, MSNBC reports. Men get “Maverick” sleeves: “He’s always there to lend a hand, he works for every man, and he bucks the status...

If You Don't Know Who This Is, Don't Vote

Uninformed citizens should stay home, unpopular as the sentiment might be

(Newser) - Countless actors, musicians and other celebrities have volunteered their time encouraging young people to vote. But should they? ABC News anchor John Stossel quizzed voters on basic political knowledge at a registration-drive concert and in the nation’s capital. A shockingly high number of uninformed answers led Stossel to the...

Voting Could Get Ugly, Warn Watchdogs

Ballot denial, long lines likely in battleground states

(Newser) - With record-shattering turnout anticipated, voter-rights groups predict contentious voting in battleground states, where Republicans are accused of disenfranchising new voters—who are overwhelmingly Democrat. In Florida, a “no match, no vote” standard denies ballots to people whose registration info clashes with government records, an obstacle not unique to that...

Florida Extends Early Voting Hours

Governor makes move to cut down on hours-long lines

(Newser) - Florida Gov. Charlie Crist decreed yesterday that early-voting locations stay open 12 hours a day instead of the usual eight, in an attempt to address hours-long lines at many polling places, the Orlando Sentinel reports. Crist's failure to consult with his party's leadership has ruffled some Republican feathers, but the...

'Perfect Storm' of Problems Forecast for Missouri Polls

Close races plus potential voting chaos could make for a challenge

(Newser) - Missouri is one of several states anticipated to have voting problems next week, but nobody is sure just how big they might be, the Boston Globe reports. The potential is huge, though, in a sharply divided state where John McCain and Barack Obama are polling dead even and a legion...

Men Tend to Bail on Election Day
Men Tend
to Bail on
Election Day
ANALYSIS
Oct 19, 2008 6:27 AM CDT

Men Tend to Bail on Election Day

Jail, work, apathy behind 40-year voting dip

(Newser) - The percentage of men who vote has been falling for 40 years, and will likely continue to drop this year, Newsweek reports. Total voter turnout has been dropping since a record high in 1964, but men appear particularly hamstrung by gender-specific factors. More go to prison, fewer attend college, and...

Ohio Must Check Voter Registrations: Court

GOP wins fight to have new registrations cross-checked with government info

(Newser) - A federal appeals court has sided with the GOP and ordered Ohio to set up a computer system by Friday to verify new voter registrations, the Cincinnati Enquirer reports. Registrations must now be cross-checked with other government information. Ohio's secretary of state, accused of partisan bias by Republicans, had argued...

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