California approves election-day voter registration
While Republican state governments press to restrict the vote, California's governor signed a bill allowing voters to register up to and on Election Day.
Will Obama again take “Last Capital of Confederacy”?
President Barack Obama stunned voters here after the results of the 2008 election poured in.
Detroit increases voting access, defying “tyrants”
"The right to vote preserves all other rights; tyrants deny people the right to vote," Jesse Jackson told a big voter mobilization rally here Thursday.
Survey: Voters hate secret money in congressional races
Voters in 54 "battleground" GOP-held congressional districts overwhelmingly hate big and secret money in politics.
Defying obstruction, voting begins in Ohio
Crowds gathered at election boards early Tuesday morning, waiting for the doors to open on the first day of early voting in Ohio in the critical Nov. 6 presidential election.
Watchdog group says debate should address High Court nominations
With the presidential debates coming up, the Alliance for Justice is insisting that debate moderators press the candidates to discuss the types of nominees they would propose for the High Court.
Progressives say election may bolster social safety net
The increasingly likely win by President Obama may amount to a mandate to preserve, if not extend, the social safety net and the social insurance programs.
Black Caucus meet: “Vote like you never did before!”
Some 10,000 participants from all over the country gathered here at the Congressional Black Caucus annual meeting earlier this month to listen, discuss and speak their minds.
Polls show Romney’s ship running aground
The Quinnipiac/New York Times/CBS News poll of likely voters released today, taken entirely after Mitt Romney's 47% remarks, show his campaign running aground.
