Voting Rights

Welcome to the WomenMatter Voting Rights Archives page. Click on the links below to view the past updates.

• 5/03/08 - Supreme Court OKs Voter IDs
• 1/23/08 - Election Matters: The Paper Ballot
• 1/3/08 - Seat Change: Congressional Seats Move toward the South and West
• 9/11/07 - Election Alert: Start Thinking about Voting Now
• 7/25/07 - Getting Ready for the Vote: Democrats Compromise on Reforms
• 5/13/07 - Tomato, Tomahto: The Importance of Language in Politics
• 5/12/07 - A Very New Court: Supreme Court Limits Abortion
• 11/12/06 - Election Day Weather: Do Scattered Showers Equal a Major Storm?
• 10/29/06 - Can You Prove Your Citizenship? New Voting Laws Require It
• 10/21/06 - Fraud v. Keeping Away the Vote: Party Lines at Election Time
• 9/29/06 - Do You Know Where Your Birth Certificate Is? You may Need it to Vote
• 9/9/06 - Election Time: Are You Ready?
• 8/30/06 - Coming Soon to a Voting Booth near You? The Paper Trail
• 7/11/06 - Voting Vigil? Congress Debates Democracy Fundamentals
• 3/25/06 - Thinking Ahead: Presidential Primaries Already a Focus
• 3/12/06 - Start Spreadin’ the News: New York Voting Blues
• 12/3/05 - Broke Vote: The General Accountability Office Reports Voting Problems
• 10/2/05 - Congressional Delay? Lawmakers Respond to Indictment of Top Dog
• 9/24/05 - Not in the News: Commission Report Outlines Needed Election Reforms
• 8/11/05 - Making of the Matrix: States Work on their Voter Registration Databases
• 8/5/05 - Reauthorizing History: The Voting Rights Act Turns 40
• 5/2/05 - Ethics Hokey Pokey: What is it all about?
• 1/10/05 - A Heck of a First Day: Rules, Ethics, and Party Strategy
• 1/6/05 - Following the Rules: Understanding the All-Powerful House Committee
• 12/20/04 - Church Groups Go Grassroots: Legislation Inspired by Bush Reelection
• 11/16/04 - The Personal is Political: Women and the Vote 2004
• 10/21/04 - All Eyes on Florida: The Challenges of Voting in the Sunshine State
• 8/27/04 - The New Hanging Chads? Provisional Ballots May Cause Problems in November 2004
• 7/12/04 - Another Aspect of Homeland Security: The Vote
• 7/9/04 - Independents’ Day: Alternative Candidates and the Electoral College System
• 6/15/04 - The Court Speaks: Justices Reveal their Positions on Redistricting
• 5/21/04 - Registration Roadblocks: Why some Young Voters don’t Vote
• 4/27/04 - Preparing for the Worst: Representatives Legislate their Mortality
• 3/16/04 - WomenMatter: Both Parties Want Your Vote in 2004
• 1/30/04 - Women and the Vote: WomenMatter Travels to the New Hampshire Primary
• 1/14/04 - Primary Primer: Voting Changes in Key States
• 12/18/03 - Democracy Repair: Money and EAC Support Election Renovation
• 12/17/03 - The Presidential Primary: A Privilege, Not a Right
• 12/9/03 - The Elephant and the Salamander: Colorado Rules Against Redistricting
• 11/4/03 - What’s Age Got to Do With It? The Disconnect Between Youths and Voting
• 10/13/03 - The Gerrymander: A Partisan Strategy Dance That’s all the Rage
• 9/18/03 - Class Without a Teacher: States Struggle to Reform Voting Without EAC
• 9/16/03 - Recall Ready? California’s Contentious Election May Be Later Rather than Sooner
• 8/27/03 - Don’t Mess With Texas State Senators: The Standoff over Redistricting
• 8/26/03 - Direct Democracy: A Power to use Sparingly
• 8/20/03 - Help Wanted: Large Important State Seeks Capable Executive
• 8/15/03 - The Politics of Celebrity: Republican Strategy Concealed by the Gleam of Tinseltown
• 8/8/03 - What Madison Couldn’t Know: Techno Democracy
• 7/10/03 - Let’s Have a Fair Vote in 2004: A Florida Update