When a US federal court blocked Wisconsin’s voter ID law in 2014, Governor Walker famously said, “It doesn’t matter if there’s one, 100 or 1,000 [cases of voter fraud]. Amongst us, who would be that one person who would like to have our vote ...
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When a US federal court blocked Wisconsin’s voter ID law in 2014, Governor Walker famously said, “It doesn’t matter if there’s one, 100 or 1,000 [cases of voter fraud]. Amongst us, who would be that one person who would like to have our vote ...
Long lines, shoddy preparations and incomprehensible rules: The US voting process is marred by these well-documented problems. But these barriers are just the beginning for minority groups like the blind and visually impaired. Individuals with visual...
Long lines, shoddy preparations and incomprehensible rules: The US voting process is marred by these well-documented problems. But these barriers are just the beginning for minority groups like the blind and visually impaired. Individuals with visual...
This is my sixtieth column for BPR, and probably my last (though feel free to start the Brett Favre “will he or won’t he?” unretirement talk, it’s good for the ego). I started out writing about gambling in my hometown, and end...
This is my sixtieth column for BPR, and probably my last (though feel free to start the Brett Favre “will he or won’t he?” unretirement talk, it’s good for the ego). I started out writing about gambling in my hometown, and end...
If you only watch one video this week, make it this one. Madison Kimrey, a 12-year-old from North Carolina, is already a force to be reckoned with, and she hasn’t even started high school. She speaks out against North Carolina’s new voter...
If you only watch one video this week, make it this one. Madison Kimrey, a 12-year-old from North Carolina, is already a force to be reckoned with, and she hasn’t even started high school. She speaks out against North Carolina’s new voter...
Good morning, readers. What should I write about today? Oh, wait—it’s still September! And there is a veritable cornucopia of Supreme Court decisions from June 2013 with far-reaching ramifications, the effects of which the United States will be f...
Good morning, readers. What should I write about today? Oh, wait—it’s still September! And there is a veritable cornucopia of Supreme Court decisions from June 2013 with far-reaching ramifications, the effects of which the United States will be f...
The Dorr Rebellion. Image obtained from Wikimedia Commons. Just this month, several members of the Cranston Board of Canvassers resigned from their positions rather than approve the provision of an absentee ballot to convicted murderer Michael Woodma...
The Dorr Rebellion. Image obtained from Wikimedia Commons. Just this month, several members of the Cranston Board of Canvassers resigned from their positions rather than approve the provision of an absentee ballot to convicted murderer Michael Woodma...
If these voting laws aren’t overturned, polling places could be much emptier than this one in November’s election. Image courtesy of “Muffet/calliope” on Flickr. Two weeks ago, NPR aired a feature on its program “All Things ...
If these voting laws aren’t overturned, polling places could be much emptier than this one in November’s election. Image courtesy of “Muffet/calliope” on Flickr. Two weeks ago, NPR aired a feature on its program “All Things ...