voting

Published
September 16, 2021

Proposals would shift Augusta, and maybe Waterville, to 2nd Congressional District

Maps showing how Republicans and Democrats want to change Maine's two U.S. Congressional districts and 35 state Senate districts were released late Thursday for voters to contemplate.
Published
August 28, 2021

Another View: Court makes voting easier – so North Carolina Republicans object

Thousands on probation and parole in North Carolina have regained the right to vote, and they should be welcomed back to society as citizens and voters.
Published
August 21, 2021

Commentary: We couldn’t build a strong Afghan democracy because we don’t have one here

Condemning authoritarianism, domestic terrorism and violence toward women must start at home.
Published
August 19, 2021

Maine Voices: Turn on the light of election liberty now

The media paint states as red, blue or purple at a time when our states need election systems that are red, white and blue.
Published
July 17, 2021

Commentary: President Biden’s speech on voting rights was a sermon, not a battle plan

The soaring rhetoric in his address Tuesday needs to be followed by practical politics.
Published
July 13, 2021

Republican state voting restrictions are ‘un-American,’ Biden says

The president appears to tacitly acknowledge the fading hopes for voting rights bills in Congress, saying he would launch a nationwide campaign to arm voters with information on rules changes and restrictions before the 2022 midterm elections.
Published
July 13, 2021

Texas Democrats’ D.C. escape plan has limited staying power

The escape from Austin to Washington denied Republican Gov. Greg Abbott the quorum to vote on legislation in a special session he called after Democrats walked out of the regular one in May.
Published
July 12, 2021

Texas Democrats leave state to try to stop Republican voting bill

When Democrats last fled the state 2 decades ago – in an ultimately failed attempt to stop new Republican-drawn voting maps – state troopers were deployed to try bringing them back.
Published
July 10, 2021

Commentary: Voting rights legislation should have passed, but not for reasons you think

The proposal would have outlawed House gerrymandering and ended dark money – provisions worth pursuing in any compromise versions.
Published
July 8, 2021

VP Harris says Democrats will spend more to register voters as Republicans push to limit voting

Harris said the party would spend $25 million on top of $20 million already announced for a party program called “I Will Vote” that began in 2018.