Today, FairVote released its third in a series of reports highlighting potential problems in swing states on Election Day. The newest report focuses on Colorado, a state that has been safely “red” in recent years and has only gone Democratic once since 1964 (Clinton won in 1992). Western states like Colorado, New Mexico and Nevada [...]

Felons don’t have the right to vote in most of the states considered “competitive” in the 2008 presidential race. In 3 of the most crucial battleground states – Florida, Virginia, and Nevada- most people convicted of felonies have many obstacles in regaining their voting rights. Yet, if these citizens could vote, it would likely have [...]

A person who is deprived of freedom should not be deprived of his basic human rights. Yet in the US, in the last election, 4.7 million citizens were disenfranchised due to their status as felons or ex felons.
In some states (Kentucky and Virginia), all felons, regardless of the nature of their crimes, are disenfranchised for [...]

The National Association of Secretaries of State has decreed September National Voter Registration Month. Please make sure that you are registered to vote so that you may participate in this presidential election and all other elections happening this cycle. Their website provides information about the deadlines in all states for voter registration, requirements for registration [...]