Rethinking the Veepstakes
John Nichols : Presidential Election 2000
The process of picking a Vice President needn't be the craven political exercise it is today. Do we even need one?
2008
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Boxed In
Peter C. Baker : Non-Fiction
Electoral reform in the United States will require federal intervention to empower voters and overcome the challenges posed by state and local autonomy.
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Protecting the Rights of Millionaires
Laura MacCleery : Campaign Finance
By equating money with free speech, is the Supreme Court defending the right of the rich to steal elections?
2007
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Restore Integrity to Federal Elections
Lawrence Norden : Presidential Election 2008
The House must act now to create universal voting standards and restore confidence in our electoral system.
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Failing Electoral College
Rob Richie : Electoral Politics
As California Republicans seek to game the dysfunctional Electoral College, a campaign is rising to establish a national popular vote.
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How to Fix Our Democracy
In just six years, Bush has squandered centuries of American progress. It's time to start repairing the damage.
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The Sounds of Silence
Walter Mosley : Jails & Prisons
Voting is a privilege and a responsibility that every American bears. Allowing prisoners to vote will keep us honest.
2006
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Revote and Verify
Now that 18,000 electronic ballots have vanished in the flawed 13th Congressional District election in Sarasota, Florida, it's time for a revote.
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Protect the Vote Locally
Paul Rogat Loeb : Voters & Voting
As the Democratic majority in Congress weighs several measures to address voter suppression, the time is right for real voting reform on the local level.
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Fixing Elections
Andrew Gumbel : Voters & Voting
Let's stop obsessing over conspiracy and focus on the real problem: lack of reliability, transparency and accountability in our electoral system.
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Bring Democracy Home
To repair our broken voting system, declare Election Day a holiday, establish national election standards and require reliable voting machines and a paper trail.
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Guardian of the Ballot Box
Andrew Gumbel : Voters & Voting
Ion Sancho, an election supervisor in Florida, is dedicated to creating a fair and accurate voting system. But his passion has nearly cost him his job.
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The Coming Ballot Meltdown
Andrew Gumbel : Voters & Voting
Ohio is the bellwether for the nation's electoral health and the prognosis is bad. Error-ridden e-voting, draconian restrictions and widespread incompetence could cause another November breakdown.
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Everyone's a Reformer
For a long time on Capitol Hill, no one was interested in lobbying reform. Now everybody wants to get in on the act.
2005
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Yes, Virginia...
John Nichols : Electoral Politics
Democratic gubernatorial wins in Virginia and New Jersey gave the lie to the GOP contention that "conservatism is on the march." But infighting among Dems doomed electoral reform in Ohio, gay marriage is still illegal in Texas and there's a long way to go to mid-year elections.
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Sweeping Up Ohio
John Nichols : Gubernatorial Campaigns & Elections
There's a way to cure Ohio's dysfunctional electoral system: an election-reform referendum that allows creation of "swing districts."
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Time to Fix the System
Tom DeLay's indictments open the door for Congress to overhaul current lobbying laws and fix the broken system of campaign finance, redistricting and electoral laws that foster misconduct on both sides of the aisle.
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Voting Rights for All
With key provisions of the Voting Rights Act up for renewal, Congress must remain committed to the equal right to vote.
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Failing the Electoral Standards
Andrew Gumbel : Campaigns & Elections
Democracy's future depends on electoral reform in the US.
2004
This week: Imagining a new new deal, with Howard Zinn, Frances Moore Lappe, Andrea Batista Schlesinger, Eric Schlosser and...FDR himself. Plus: Ennis Carter and Stephen Duncombe on the political propaganda legacy of the WPA. (13mb mp3)
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