MetaFilter posts tagged with voting and democracy

Polling Place Photo Project

coudal — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 03:51:33 -0800

The Polling Place Photo Project is an experiment in citizen journalism that intends to collect photographs of every polling place in America next Tuesday.

"Nonparticipation in the election process is more of a problem in this country than noncitizens trying to vote."

chunking express — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 08:33:20 -0800

Some people call it a poll-tax: "The House yesterday passed legislation that would require voters to show a valid photo identification in federal elections over the overwhelming objections of Democrats who compared the bill to segregation-era measures aimed at disenfranchising Southern blacks." [previously]

Diebold

Protocols of the Elders of Awesome — Tue, 13 Dec 2005 12:06:42 -0800

Diebold boss resigns pending fraud investigation

Shame on you all

Mick — Sun, 30 Jan 2005 07:58:08 -0800

Nothing is more damning than silence.

No Race-Neutral Racism: Targeting African-Americans Is as Racist as it Looks

y2karl — Sat, 30 Oct 2004 14:56:50 -0800

Racially-Based Suppression of the African-American Vote: The Role It May Play in the Upcoming Presidential Election What exactly is racially-based vote suppression? Simply defined, it is the targeting of potential voters, based on their race, in an attempt to suppress the exercise of their right to vote for the candidate of their choice.

adrianhon — Sun, 10 Mar 2002 06:05:04 -0800

Experiences of voting in Zimbabwe - BBC News Online has a forum where it is displaying emails from Zimbabwe about voter's experiences in the current presidential poll. I think the BBC are using their status responsibly in providing direct information about the conditions there.

holgate — Sun, 19 Nov 2000 01:01:10 -0800

"The rules of this game were set by the people, underwritten by the people, financed or not." Yet another opportunity for the British Observer to put the US newspapers to shame, with an closely-argued, even-handed reflection on the fun in Florida. "The system, full of inefficiencies and coagulations, may stink, but it is also a system which belongs to the voters who now complain so shrilly about it."