Voting

January 9, 2008 -- Keeping pace with the significant increase in youth turnout from last week's Iowa caucuses, young voters in New Hampshire voted in significant numbers in Tuesday's New Hampshire presidential primaries.    » read more »

January 8, 2008 -- Trenton, NJ – New Jersey election officials reminded New Jersey residents today that the deadline to register to vote to be eligible to participate in the February 5 presidential primary election in New Jersey is Tuesday, January 15.
Applications are available at county and municipal offices, and available on line at the Division of Elections Web site:

www.nj.gov/oag/elections/voter-registration-application.html    » read more »

Iowa Youth Turnout Rate More than Triples

Washington, D.C. - 01/04/2008 - Thirteen percent of eligible Iowans under the age of 30 participated in last night’s Iowa caucuses, according to preliminary analysis by CIRCLE (The Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning & Engagement). The youth turnout rate rose to 13 percent in 2008 from 4 percent in 2004 and 3 percent in 2000.    » read more »

January 7, 2008 -- Michigan Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land reminds residents that Michigan's presidential primary election is Tuesday, Jan. 15.

Communities in 43 counties also are holding special elections on Jan. 15, which replaces the regular February election for this year only. Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.    » read more »

January 3, 2008 -- New Hampshire Attorney General Kelly A. Ayotte will be available to answer press questions on the ongoing investigation of an alleged push-poll at 3:30 p.m. in the third floor conference room at the Attorney General’s Office at 33 Capitol Street.

McCain and Romney Push Poll Complaints    » read more »

20 December 2007 -- Washington -- "It's the economy, stupid."

President Bill Clinton's staffers used this popular slogan in his 1992 campaign against George H. W. Bush to indicate that, with the country deep in a recession, the economy was at the top of voters' minds.

Today, there is growing indication that when Americans are asked about their top concern, again it's the economy, stupid.    » read more »

21 December 2007 -- Thailand holds general elections Sunday, heralding a return to democratic rule after the military coup of last year. With the return of democracy comes the old practice of vote-buying - a problem that persists despite government efforts to stamp it out.

Bangkok's Klong Toey neighborhood is home to some of the city's poorest slums. In the shadow of sleek new expressways and gleaming high-rise buildings sit wooden shacks with rusting corrugated iron roofs and festering open sewers. This is home of those who have been left out of Thailand's economic miracle.    » read more »

Emphasis is on those who “fit” disparate districts they would serve

18 December 2007 -- Washington -- Not everyone, it seems, is eager to be a congressman.

Campaign committees for both major political parties spend substantial time and effort recruiting the best potential candidates for key election districts around the country.    » read more »

December 18, 2007 -- Frankfort, KY -- If citizens want to change their party registration in time to participate in their party’s primary election that determines nominees for President of the United States, United States Senator, United States Congressional Representatives, and other partisan offices, they must do so by December 31, 2007; otherwise, they might miss out on their chance.    » read more »

- Public Service Announcements, Webpage, Hotline and Comcast Foundation grants to diverse organizations headline campaign
- Comcast, Time Warner, Cox Communications, Inc. and Bright House Networks to support effort

12/13/2007, PHILADELPHIA, PA – Comcast, the nation’s leading provider of cable, entertainment and communications products and services today announced the launch of “Our Time to Vote,” a year-long, non-partisan voter education and registration campaign that is designed to increase voting in diverse communities served by the cable industry.    » read more »

December 14, 2007 -- WASHINGTON, D.C. – Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) and Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-08), Chair of the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties today remarked on the resignation of John Tanner as Chief of the Justice Department’s Voting Section of the Civil Rights Division.    » read more »

December 14, 2007 -- “John Tanner's resignation today as Chief of the Voting Section of the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice was long overdue. And while I welcome the news of Mr. Tanner's departure, it is quite clear that the systemic problems that plague the Voting Rights Section go well beyond one person. By what it has done and what it has failed to do, the Bush Justice Department has made clear it would rather advance its narrow partisan agenda than the cause of civil rights.    » read more »

12.14.07 - Columbus, Ohio – Ohio Governor Ted Strickland today issued the following statement regarding the findings of the EVEREST report on Ohio elections systems:

“Confidence in the elections system is important and fundamental to our democracy,” Strickland said. “I commend Secretary of State Brunner for her leadership in seeing this study through to its conclusion.

The report raises serious issues that deserve serious review and consideration.    » read more »

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – December is a crucial month for presidential candidates and Rhode Island voters, according to Rhode Island Secretary of State A. Ralph Mollis.

Secretary Mollis has created a calendar that spells out the deadlines and steps presidential candidates and Rhode Islanders who want to be a delegate at one of the national political conventions must take leading up to the state’s March 4 presidential primary.    » read more »

Obama joins entire CBC in filing brief to revoke voter ID requirement

November 26, 2007 -- WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) today released the following statement on the Supreme Court amicus brief to challenge the constitutionality of the Indiana Voter ID Law currently before the Supreme Court, which he has signed.

The brief, originally filed by Congressman Keith Ellison and supported by the entire Congressional Black Caucus, argues that the Indiana law is unconstitutional because it is effectively a poll tax and therefore violates the 24th Amendment.    » read more »